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3D FractaL-Tree

Abstract: This interactive L-system simulation produces visualizations of tree forms based on data from specimens in the field or laboratory.

Action Potential Experiments

Abstract: Action Potential Experiments is a demonstration/simulation laboratory for neurophysiology based on the 'sodium theory' as originally formulated and tested by A. L. Hodgkin and his colleagues. The application includes simulations of the original experiments of Hodgkins and his colleagues, and of the classic ... More »

An Introduction to BioQUEST's 3Ps

Abstract: A text chapter that introduces and explores some of the key issues in the 3Ps (Problem-posing, Problem-solving, and Persuading Peers) philosophy behind the activities of the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium and the materials included in The BioQUEST Library.

Avida-ED

Abstract: Avida-ED allows users to design and perform experiments to test hypotheses about evolutionary mechanisms using evolving digital organisms. Avida-ED is an NSF-funded project to develop a digital evolution educational software platform for use in biology courses. The co-PIs on the project are Charles Ofria, ... More »

BeeVisit

Abstract: BeeVisit enables students to evaluate the relative contributions of different pollinator species to a plant's reproductive success through an interactive model of pollen transfer. The model tracks a plant's presentation of pollen through time; pollen may be presented gradually or all at once, and the ... More »

Benzer

Abstract: This tool aids in investigating relationships between interacting data elements or data clusters analysis in genetic mapping and in competition between different groups of organisms and their resource requirements.

BioGrapher

Biometrics

Abstract: This text manual introduces statistical analysis and its underlying philosophy, enabling students to understand how to describe the confidence they have in their analysis. Statistical analysis is one of the most widely used, and abused, techniques in the biological sciences. Statistics are ostensibly ... More »

BIRDD: Beagle Investigations Return with Darwinian Data

Abstract: BIRDD is a rich collection of primary scientific data and supporting materials about the Gal·pagos Islands and Darwin's finches.

Cardiovascular Construction Kit

Abstract: The Cardiovascular Construction Kit (CVCK) allows students to design and construct a wide range of cardiovascular systems, testing each one to see how it behaves and whether it could actually exist and survive in a real organism. CVCK provides a set of basic components, e.g., pumps, vessels, capillaries ... More »

Cardiovascular Function Lab

Abstract: The CFL simulation includes two models: the original Isolated Heart Lab, which models an isolated left ventricle, and a new Closed Circulation Lab The <i>Closed Circulation Lab</i> models the entire circulatory loop: left ventricle, peripheral circulation, right ventricle, and pulmonary circulation. Both ... More »

Case It

Abstract: This software can be used to investigate common molecular biology laboratory procedures using DNA or protein sequence data. These simulations and cases are based primarily on genetic and infectious disease with techniques such as: DNA electrophoresis, Southern blot, PCR, Multiplex PCR, Dot blot, ELISA, ... More »

Cell Differentials

Abstract: Cell Differentials offers a visual dataset of white blood cells that gives students practice in developing strategies and techniques for the recognition of these blood cell types. Over 100 different cell images are randomly presented with feedback on successful identification. In traditional labs, ... More »

CuraÁao

Abstract: CuraÁao is a computer program that simulates the sterile insect release method (SIRM) of pest population suppression, first conceived by E. F. Knipling (1955). The user can investigate the effects of several variables on the effectiveness of the method and discover what happens when some of the basic ... More »

Data Collection and Organization

Abstract: The Data Collection and Organization (DC&O) text module provides background on useful, general-purpose software tools. The aim is to discuss types of generic software that virtually every well-equipped scientist uses. This includes: spreadsheets, database programs, statistics packages, graphics programs, ... More »

Developmental Selection

Abstract: The Developmental Selection module is a research simulation that allows students to investigate the possible causes of incomplete embryo development in perennial legume fruits. Two competing hypotheses are proposed to explain patterns of seed abortion - the pollen tube competition hypothesis and the ... More »

Environmental Decision Making

Abstract: Using the Extend 'connect-the-components' visual programming, students can model and simulate ecosystems including social and economic forces as well as study parameter variations to develop an understanding of ecosystem function and productivity. By making 'what if...' changes in the model, the effects ... More »

Epidemiology

Abstract: This program allows users to graphically enter population and disease characteristics (e.g., the virulence of the pathogen, the likelihood of transmission), to set up an initial population, and then observe the changes in population characteristics and the prevalence of the disease through time. Using ... More »

Evolve

Abstract: Evolve allows students to model evolution and get quick results from population genetics experiments. With Evolve, you can control: * the starting population size * overall population size * intensity of natural selection * pattern of inheritance * proportion of migration in a hypothetical ... More »

Genetics Construction Kit

Abstract: Genetics Construction Kit is a simulation of a classic Mendelian genetics laboratory. It provides students with a set of organisms with unknown patterns of inheritance, and gives them the tools to design and perform a series of experiments to discover these inheritance patterns. Students will be able ... More »