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    Mentoring Undergraduate Research Projects in Mathematical Biology
    Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education

    Keywords: epidemiologymentoringcurriculumundergraduate researchGene regulatory networkpest management

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    Module 4: What Kind of Data Goes in a Field Notebook?
    The goal of this activity is to introduce students to biological field notebooks and how they are used by scientists during field work. Specifically, students will learn what a botanist collecting...

    Keywords: Herbarium digitizationField notebookTimothy Plowman

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    1-050-BargingAhead-ModelingScenario
    As captain of a barge, you need to determine how fast to transport your barge up river against the current in order to minimize the expended energy.

    Keywords: optimizationkineticsenergytrophic efficiencyworkriverterminal velocityfrictioncurrentforcebargeworlkspeed

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    2016-Starling-EtAl-Local Brewery - A Project for Use in Differential Equations Courses
    We describe a modeling project designed for an ordinary differential equations (ODEs) course using first-order and systems of first-order differential equations to model the fermentation process in...

    Keywords: BEERFermentationbrewery

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    Spatial Analysis with QGIS
    Map specimen data points using QGIS, connect them to form a polygon using the Concave Hull plugin, and calculate the range of a species to examine how it changes over time.

    Keywords: natural history collectionsspecies distributionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)spatial analysisdigitized natural history collectionsQGIS

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    Assessing River Herring Migration Using Nonparametric Analysis
    In this lesson, users will play the role of a fisheries biologist by tackling a contemporary fisheries research problem by performing data normality tests, data transformations, nonparametric...

    Keywords: testR Markdownfisheries scienceanadromouschesapeake bayriver herringfisheries managementelectronic fish counterblueback herringalewifevirginiachickahominyriverwalker's damnonparametricwilcoxonsignedranknormalityfish migration

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    A Simple Method for Predicting a Molecule's Biological Properties From Its Polarity
    The distinction between very polar and less polar substances is a foundation of biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology; it surfaces in multiple concept inventories and elaborations of...

    Keywords: Diffusionsolubilitycovalent bondshydrophilichydrophobicpartition coefficientplasma membranepolarity

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    Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
    Because most people have been infected by and/or immunized against influenza, students should know how the immune system responds to the infection and how vaccines protect against disease. Vaccines...

    Keywords: VaccinesInfluenzaImmunizationVaccine efficacy

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