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Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
23 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF
Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=2
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Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: The Central Limit Theorem and a t-test
09 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Paul Miller
Everett Community College
Students are introduced to concepts of sampling distributions and hypothesis testing using a simulation applet, elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3679/?v=1
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Effect of the Intestinal Protein Snakeskin on the Lifespan of Fruit Flies: A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysissource Draft (1)
03 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Maila Hallare1, Iordanka Panayotova2, Anna Salazar2
1. US Air Force Academy 2. Christopher Newport University
In this activity, students perform the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis on raw data obtained from an experiment that explores the effect of overexpressing the Snakeskin (Ssk) protein on the lifespan...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3670/?v=1
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Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
01 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF
Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=1
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Evolution of Tusklessness in African Elephants
17 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jennifer Buntz1, Jessica Ross2, Tony Weisstein3, Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo4
1. Central New Mexico Community College 2. Midwood High School 3. Truman State University 4. Georgia State University Perimeter Colllege
The exploitation of African elephants in the form of ivory poaching is exacerbated by warfare. The affects of this anthropogenic evolutionary force on the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3503/?v=1
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Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
28 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Alida Janmaat1, Pete Kaslik2, Randall LaRue Moser Jr, Kevin David Simpson, Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo3
1. University of the Fraser Valley 2. Pierce College 3. Alfred University
Students are introduced to concepts of hypothesis testing using elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish population for methylmercury levels (using real and...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2434/?v=1
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Analysis of Amylase Activity
24 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Allison Carter Burlyn1, Christina Fieber1, Melanie Lenahan2
1. Horry-Georgetown Technical College 2. Raritan Valley Community College
This lab is an exploration of enzyme function and the effects of environmental conditions on the activity of the enzyme amylase. The lab utilizes analytical and graphing skills to assess enzyme...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2145/?v=1
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Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics
15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Amy Troyer1, Brandi Morgante Handzlik1, Mary Phillips1
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1896/?v=1
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Why are Cells Small? Surface Area to Volume Ratio
30 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By John Howard Starnes1, Christianne Baucom Nieuwsma2, Jennifer Glee Buntz3, Sondra Marie LoRe4, Vedham Karpakakunjaram5
1. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College 2. South Mountain Community College 3. Central New Mexico Community College 4. SPEAR (STEM Program Evaluation, Assessment, & Research) Consultants 5. Montgomery College
This module explores surface area to volume ratios in a cube and sphere in relation to cell size.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1824/?v=1