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1. The Language of Science

   09 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Davida Smyth

   Texas A&M San Antonio

   This part focuses on the language of science

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4323/?v=1

2. 1-032-WordPropagation-ModelingScenario

   26 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rachel Bayless¹, Rachelle DeCoste²

   1. Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA USA 2. Wheaton College, Norton MA USA

   This activity is a gentle introduction to modeling via differential equations. The students will learn about exponential growth by modeling the rate at which the word jumbo has propagated through...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3308/?v=1

3. 1-134-LanguageDynamics-ModelingScenario

   22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Crodelle

   Students will be introduced to a mathematical model for language dynamics. Specifically, the model describes the change in the fraction of a population speaking one language over another.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3205/?v=1

4. Helping Students to Overcome STUMPS: Scientific terms undermined by meanings peripheral to science

   20 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kim Quillin

   Salisbury University

   Many terms and phrases that are ubiquitous in everyday use have very different meanings in science. As a result, biology students often hold prior conceptions that are difficult to change. In this...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2518/?v=1