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1. 2020-TeachingModule-CarSuspension

   12 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Therese Shelton

   Southwestern University, Georgetown TX USA

   The modeling activity on car suspensions assumes that students have grappled with second order linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4498/?v=1

2. 2020-TeachingModule-CarSuspension

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

   By Therese Shelton

   Southwestern University, Georgetown TX USA

   The modeling activity on car suspensions assumes that students have grappled with second order linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4498/?v=2

3. 2020-TeachingModule-GeometricBehaviorOfLinearSysteModeling

   13 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Audrey Malagon

   Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach VA USA

   This module concentrates on the geometric properties of a system of 2 linear, homogeneous first order differential equations in 2 variables as dictated by the corresponding eigenvalues. Students...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4501/?v=1

4. 2020-TeachingModule-ModelingFallingColumnOfWater

   13 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brian Winkel

   SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations, Chardon OH USA

   We discuss how to model a falling column of water empirically and analytically from first principles in physics laws.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4502/?v=1

5. 2020-TeachingModule-ModelingNonlethalInfluenzaEpidemic

   14 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brian Winkel

   SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations, Chardon OH USA

   We discuss the modeling efforts and tools for success in modeling the spread of nonlethal influenza in an English boarding school

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4505/?v=1

6. 2020-TeachingModule-ModelingSpreadOfOilSlick

   14 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brian Winkel

   SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations, Chardon OH USA

   This is support material and video for teaching a Modeling Scenario using a first order ODE to model the spread of an oilslick with incomplete data.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4503/?v=1

7. 2020-TeachingModule-SpreadOfCommonColdSimulation

   13 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By R. Corban Harwood

   George Fox University, Newberg OR USA

   This simulation is meant to introduce the idea of a differential equation model and investigate the impact of heightened hygiene and decreased interactions on the spread of an infectious disease....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4499/?v=1

8. 2020-TeachingModule-SpringDesignToMeetSpecsAtMinimumCosts

   14 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brian Winkel

   SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations, Chardon OH USA

   We discuss a Modeling Scenario in which students are asked to design a spring mass system at minimum costs give relative costs of features of the spring.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4508/?v=1

9. 3D FractaL-Tree

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   24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: John R Jungck, Jennifer A Spangenberg, Noppadon Khiripet, Rawin Viruchpinta, Jutarat Maneewattanapluk

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/775Artistid Lindemayer (1975, 1989, 1990) invented a mathematics based on graph grammar rewriting systems to describe iteratively branching structures; these were named in...

10. A brief review of basic probability theory

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    10 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Winfried Just

    The spread of infectious diseases is inherently a stochastic process and the materials posted at this web site heavily rely on probability theory. Here we review some basic concepts of probability theory for easy reference. The material is restricted to notions that are used in teaching...

11. A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

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    24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Sarah Fortner, Martha Murphy, Hannah Scherer

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/291This module addresses agricultural productivity by providing students with the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands,...

12. A quick tour of IONTW

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    30 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Winfried Just, Ying Xin

    In this module we guide you through some of the capabilities of IONTW. Highlights include the types of networks supported, setting up various types of models of disease transmission, observing the resulting dynamics, and collecting statistics on the outcomes. Along the way, the module also...

13. A Walk Through the Woods

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    09 Jul 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Jerome Chave, David Coomes, Steven Jansen, Simon L. Lewis, Nathan G. Swenson, Amy E. Zanne, Gaby Lopez-gonzales, J Illic, RB Miller, MC Wiemann, Samantha Swauger

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/274/Wood density data used in this activity are derived from: Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from:...

14. AIM-UP! Reading scientific literature module

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    28 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Galen Rask

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/336Designed to span 4 one-hour lectures, this module focuses upon developing the skill of thorough and critical reading of scientific literature. 

15. AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression

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    15 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Jeremy M Wojdak

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/239This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and...

16. AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression

    03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak

    Radford University

    This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and statistics.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/239/?v=1

17. AIMS: Dendroclimatology

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    21 Dec 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stockton Maxwell, Jeremy M Wojdak

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/544/The AIMS (Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics) project was founded on the idea that students don't often care much about analysis until they care about...

18. An Introduction to Population Ecology - The Logistic Growth Equation

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    17 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brandon M. Hale, Maeve L. McCarthy

    Describes the logistic population growth model and applies it to the scenario of population growth and overabundance in white-tailed deer. Activity also contains links to more advanced activities such how to model the harvesting rate of a population with logistic growth.

19. An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections

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    02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Libby Beckman, Yadeeh Sawyer, Kayce Bell, Joseph Cook

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/278This module guides students through tests of two fundamental rules of island biogeography using specimens collected from the Alexander Archipelago in Southeastern Alaska. The module was...

20. An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections

    14 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Debra Linton¹, Anna Monfils¹, Molly Phillips², Libby Ellwood³, Joseph Cook⁴

    1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 3. iDigBio 4. University of New Mexico

    Module on coevolution in which students utilize natural history collections. Initial module by AIM-UP was modified by BLUE

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/278/?v=1