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    A Walk Through the Woods
    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    Keywords: ecologygraphingResources @ Dryadhypothesis testingdata visualizationbotanyclimate changeadaptationforestryDryadLabhypothesis formulationenvironmental pressureswood structure and function

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    2011-W_Wood-Squigonometry
    The differential equations used to define a unit circle, namely x’(t) = - y(t), y’(t) = (t), x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0 are generalized to produce interesting functions which...

    Keywords: Trigonometric Functionscirclesquigonometryinverse functiontrigonmetry

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    2011-W_Wood-Squigonometry
    The differential equations used to define a unit circle, namely x’(t) = - y(t), y’(t) = x(t), x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0 are generalized to produce interesting functions which...

    Keywords: TrigonometryTrigonometric Functionsparametric equationscirclesinecosinesquigonometryinverse function

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    ODD Description of the BEFORE Beech Forest Model
    This is a supplemental resource from ABM

    Keywords: case studytextbookNetLogoagent-based modelingODD protocol

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    NMDS to Study Dead Wood Fungi Communities in Parks of New Jersey
    Students use dead wood (saproxylic) fungi occurrence data from New Jersey, USA collected by students and faculty of Kean University to learn the basics of community ecology. Simple NMDS ordination...

    Keywords: RRStudioCommunity EcologyBioinformatics Educationbiodiversity informaticsNMDSfungiordination

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    3-027-BobbingDropping-ModelingScenario
    We present two exercises in which we ask students to model (1) falling object experiencing terminal velocity and (2) bobbing block of wood in liquid. We model the motion using Newton's Second Law...

    Keywords: drug resistancedirectedbuoyancyfree fallstatic equilibriumdisplacement

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    Microhabitats and macroinvertebrates: Logjam influences on stream morphology and macroinvertebrate traits
    Logjams are important hydrologic features that shape stream channel morphology and create habitat for organisms. In this lesson, students learn about and measure logjams in a wadeable stream and...

    Keywords: aquatic macroinvertebrateswoodriparian ecologyhabitatfunctional feeding groupRiver Field Studies Networklarge wood

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    CURESUB Lecture 5 - OMICS
    s assistant professor in the department of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Manisha Bajpai, PhD., led the Gastroenterology division’s clinical and translational research...
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    The Importance of Street Trees and Urban Avifauna: A lesson exploring the relationship between urban forest and foraging birds
    This module examines the relationship between street trees, urban avifauna, and socioeconomic gradients in the highly urbanized county of Los Angeles, California. Using edited data from a published...

    Keywords: conservationBiodiversityurbanizationGeneralized linear modelsavifaunaurban forestsocioeconomicsstreet treesnegative binomial regression

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    Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphism and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Dr. Swanne Gordon
    In this lesson students interpret graphical evidence of frequency-dependent selection in the wood tiger moth, then make long-term evolutionary predictions. They then read and reflect on an...
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    10-001-TilingHallway-ModelingScenario
    Students investigate difference equations through tiling hallways. They observe patterns in the tiling which lead to a difference equation. Solutions will be calculated by iteration. and the shift...

    Keywords: Geometryiterationtilingrecurrenceshift operatorpatternsclosed formanalytic solution

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    Evaluating Representation in Science Through a Peer-Reviewed Research Study
    The demographic representation of scientists featured in biology curricular materials do not match that of the undergraduate biology student population or of the U.S. population. In this lesson, we...

    Keywords: societyRepresentationSTEM equity

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    The impact of diversifying and humanizing science role models on student attitudes and interest in science careers
    We introduced diverse and humanized scientist role models into data literacy instruction and quantified changes in student attitudes towards science. We found that the impact of science role models...
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    1-082-MirroMirror-ModelingScenario
    This project models the ``Foucault Knife Edge Test,'' an optical test commonly used by amateur astronomers who make their own mirrors for reflecting telescopes. The goal of the test is to estimate...

    Keywords: astronomymirror climate change mitigation ocean deacidificationopticstelescopelensFoucaultinterpolation

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    A Momentum-First Approach to Newton’s Second Law
    Students frequently struggle with seeing the connection between forces and motion in introductory physics. This lesson is part of a combined momentum and kinematics unit that first teaches...

    Keywords: group workMomentumNewton's Laws

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    Understanding Host-Pathogen Interactions With the Use of Galleria mellonella
    The Galleria mellonella; the larvae of the Greater Wax Moth, is a safe and effective means to study host-pathogen interactions in the undergraduate setting. The use of animal models in the teaching...

    Keywords: innate immunitybacterial pathogenesisHost-pathogen interactionsGalleria mellonellaVirulence

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    SEAS CURE: Exploring Coral Biology Across Scales
    Complex biological concepts (like symbiosis and coral biology) that span multiple scales and cross disciplinary boundaries are often difficult for students to understand. This complexity is...

    Keywords: microscopyAnatomySymbiosisMetabolismbleachinginvertebratedinoflagellate

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    Using Place-Based Economically Relevant Organisms to Improve Student Understanding of the Roles of Carbon Dioxide, Sunlight, and Nutrients in Photosynthetic Organisms
    Biology students require broad preparation for diverse careers including agriculture, natural resource management, and laboratory research. Concurrent with this need, employers are seeking...

    Keywords: energyphotosynthesisbiomass

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