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Full-Text Articles in Education
Alien Invaders! Pre-Visit Lesson: Introduced And Invasive Species (Grade 6), Discover Mojave: Forever Earth
Alien Invaders! Pre-Visit Lesson: Introduced And Invasive Species (Grade 6), Discover Mojave: Forever Earth
Curriculum materials (FE)
In the “Alien Invaders!” program, students use the Forever Earth vessel to investigate how quagga mussels might affect Lake Mead. Students collect water quality data such as clarity, pH, and temperature to determine whether current habitat conditions would allow quagga mussels to survive and thrive. Students learn about the consequences the quagga mussels could have on the lake and its living and non-living resources. Using the knowledge they’ve gained, students create their own management plans to prevent the spread of quagga mussels to other waterways.
This activity involves students in the concepts of introduced and invasive species
Gsi: Geo Scene Investigation! On-Site Programming, Support Materials (Grade 7), Discover Mojave: Forever Earth
Gsi: Geo Scene Investigation! On-Site Programming, Support Materials (Grade 7), Discover Mojave: Forever Earth
Curriculum materials (FE)
What happened geologically to produce the landscape we see today? What was the stage like that ultimately produced the Colorado River? What are the processes that are still at work today?
To begin exploring and discovering the answers to these questions, we can look at what’s happened in the past and also examine the clues that are evident on today’s landscape. Lake Mead’s geologic past can be organized like acts in a play. These geologic “acts” represent the area’s significant geologic events. The acts are not equal in terms of time (millions of years), nor is all geologic time accounted …
Spreadsheet Modeling Of Equipment Acquisition Plan, Thin Yin Leong, Michelle L. F. Cheong
Spreadsheet Modeling Of Equipment Acquisition Plan, Thin Yin Leong, Michelle L. F. Cheong
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Excel spreadsheets have been used in many classrooms to teach modeling and analysis of real business problems. This can be done with relative ease but often the modeling approach may be inappropriate and the analysis results not easily implemented. In this article, we illustrate these difficulties with the modeling of the number of equipment required in future years, given demand (historical and projected) and the amount of equipment held. We show how the desired output can be, and needs to be related to the given input. For this purpose, we apply the TREND function to predict data into future years. …
An Assessment Of Local Peoples Opinions Of Community Conservation Initiatives In Relation To Livelihood Strategies In Kenya, Jill Mechtenberg
An Assessment Of Local Peoples Opinions Of Community Conservation Initiatives In Relation To Livelihood Strategies In Kenya, Jill Mechtenberg
Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses
Abstract This paper analyzed the changing livelihood strategies in Kenya, and their cultural impacts via a literature review. I then combined this understanding with the data I collected while in Kenya to examine the opinions local people have of community conservation initiatives, based on their changing livelihood strategies. I expected to find that the following factors would have an affect on the opinions local community members have of community conservation initiatives: livelihood strategy, gender, ethnicity, whether or not they believe the distribution of benefits coming from wildlife conservation is equitable, what issues they would like to see improved within community …
We're Moving Into Unlv's New Science And Engineering Building, Scott R. Abella
We're Moving Into Unlv's New Science And Engineering Building, Scott R. Abella
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
Our research group is one of the few select groups that is moving into the new, $113-million UNLV Science and Engineering Building. The building is exclusively dedicated to research, and its four stories contain 200,000 square feet of research laboratories, faculty offices, and auditorium space for research symposia. Located on North Campus just northeast of the Biology Building, the building is anticipated to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
Torino Ranch, Public Lands Institute
Torino Ranch, Public Lands Institute
Presentations (PLI)
Photos of Torino Ranch in 2008.
Torino Ranch specializes in summer camps for special needs children and their families.
Education In The Environment: A Strategy For Continued Interagency Outdoor Education Programming: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending May 31, 2008, Margaret N. Rees
Education In The Environment: A Strategy For Continued Interagency Outdoor Education Programming: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending May 31, 2008, Margaret N. Rees
Reports (PLI Education)
Highlights of the university’s focused efforts during the past three months include the following:
- Progress was made on three projects to meet Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (SNAP)
strategic messaging needs: an anti-litter exhibit, a volunteer restoration program with educational
components, and activity stations to tell the story of Lee Meadows restoration efforts. - 175 people attended the Our Places Tell Stories conference March 4-6, 2008.
- The Nevada State Environmental Education and Interpretation Certification Program will be launched beginning June 17, 2008.
- Forever Earth was scheduled on 51 days involving 1985 individuals.
- Discover Mojave Outdoor World conducted seven events for 152 participants.
Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater Type Identities, James Mclaughlin, Andrew Sills, Peter Zimmer
Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater Type Identities, James Mclaughlin, Andrew Sills, Peter Zimmer
Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications
In this survey article, we present an expanded version of Lucy Slater's famous list of identities of the Rogers-Ramanujan type, including identities of similar type, which were discovered after the publication of Slater's papers, and older identities (such as those in Ramanujan's lost notebook) which were not included in Slater's papers. We attempt to supply the earliest known reference for each identity. Also included are identities of false theta functions, along with their relationship to Rogers-Ramanujan type identities. We also describe several ways in which pairs/larger sets of identities may be related, as well as dependence relationships between identities.
College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Spring 2008, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Spring 2008, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects
Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge.
The senior design competition helps to focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects …
Tractor Inventory, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Tractor Inventory, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Nebraska Tractor Tests
No abstract provided.
Digital Media Agco Challenger, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Digital Media Agco Challenger, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Nebraska Tractor Tests
Images and videos of the 2008 Agco Challenger Tractor Testing.
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 5, Wku Provost
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 5, Wku Provost
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.
Searching For Binding Partners For The Novel Phkg1 Variant, Phkγ 181, Kishore Polireddy
Searching For Binding Partners For The Novel Phkg1 Variant, Phkγ 181, Kishore Polireddy
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
Phopshorylase kinase (PhK) is a hexadecameric holoenzyme made up of four different subunits in the arrangement (αβγδ)4 and has total molecular mass of 1.3MDa. Alpha and β are regulatory subunits, γ is catalytic, and δ is an intrinsic molecule of calmodulin. PhK is a serine threonine kinase with glycogenolytic regulatory functions. Our lab has recently discovered that the γ subunit can be alternatively processed to produce a truncated form of 181 residues (γ-181). This variant of γ contains a phosphorylation site for PK-C, and its activity is influenced by this phosphorylation. We are using a LexA based yeast two hybrid …
38th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
38th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
Western Kentucky University 38th Annual Student Research Conference program and student abstracts. Saturday, April 12, 2008, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Formal Education For Sustainable Development, Caryn Saslow
Formal Education For Sustainable Development, Caryn Saslow
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Over the next 50 years, humans will make the choice as to whether or not they would like to mitigate or exacerbate global warming. Seeing as now is a crucial time in which to enact change, why is it that the issues inherent in sustainable development are not currently a compulsory part of primary and secondary school education within the developed Western world? If our children stand to inherit our environmental, social, and economic problems, it is our responsibility to supply them with the tools to survive through such adversity. This paper examines the history of the concept of sustainable …
Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, Mamie Peers, David Ashley, Diane Russell, Michelle Mouton, Grace Russell
Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, Mamie Peers, David Ashley, Diane Russell, Michelle Mouton, Grace Russell
Inside UNLV
No abstract provided.
Unlv Magazine, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Barbara Cloud, Holly Ivy De Vore, Gian Galassi, Matthew K. Jacobsen, Michelle Mouton, Erin O'Donnell, Shane Bevell, Cate Weeks
Unlv Magazine, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Barbara Cloud, Holly Ivy De Vore, Gian Galassi, Matthew K. Jacobsen, Michelle Mouton, Erin O'Donnell, Shane Bevell, Cate Weeks
UNLV Magazine
No abstract provided.
Geosciences Newsletter - Spring 2008, Department Of Geosciences
Geosciences Newsletter - Spring 2008, Department Of Geosciences
Geological and Environmental Sciences News
Vol. 2, No. 3
- Dear Friends and Alumni
- Faculty Updates
- Research News
- Publications
- Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education
- Department Updates
- Graduate Students
- 2007 Department Awards
- Internships
- Grants
- Alumni News
A Closer Look At The Crease Length Problem, Sean F. Ellermeyer
A Closer Look At The Crease Length Problem, Sean F. Ellermeyer
Faculty and Research Publications
An optimization problem that appears as an exercise in most modern calculus textbooks is the crease length problem. Here, Ellermeyer provides a solution of the general crease length problem in which all possible foldings of a corner to the opposite edge are taken into account. One of his findings will be that the minimum crease length is never produced by a Case 2 fold and hence that the general crease length problem always yields a different minimum than the constrained problem that is treated in the textbooks. He discovers a criterion that determines which foldings must be performed in order …
Storybooks: A Teaching Tool For Sustainability, Amanda Medress
Storybooks: A Teaching Tool For Sustainability, Amanda Medress
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
If today’s children learn to make decisions with the environment in mind, tomorrow’s future will be cleaner, greener, and energy leaner. Storybooks, which are a creative and imaginative learning tool, can influence children to pursue sustainable lifestyles. Early education through literature can help green decisions be the default mode for the next generation.
This project has two components. The first is to produce research on the following question: what kind of storybook instills environmental regard and motivates sustainable behavior? The second is to produce a children’s adaptation of Greeniology, a green living guide by Tanya Ha, which utilizes the findings …
Collaborative Research: Research On The Learning And Teaching Of Thermal Physics, John R. Thompson
Collaborative Research: Research On The Learning And Teaching Of Thermal Physics, John R. Thompson
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
Groups at Iowa State University and the University of Maine will collaborate in a coordinated program of research and research-based curriculum development in thermal physics, targeting both introductory general physics courses and advanced-level undergraduate courses. The research component involves one-on-one student interviews, written pre- and post-test questions, and multiple-choice surveys. This research is then applied to the development of curricular materials intended to improve student understanding in a manner consistent with active-learning methods previously shown be effective in physics instruction. The curriculum will in turn be evaluated for its effectiveness at addressing the student difficulties previously identified through research.
This …
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Provost
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Provost
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.
Education In The Environment: A Strategy For Continued Interagency Outdoor Programming: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending February 29, 2008, Environmental Education Strategy For Nevada
Education In The Environment: A Strategy For Continued Interagency Outdoor Programming: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending February 29, 2008, Environmental Education Strategy For Nevada
Reports (PLI Education)
Highlights of the university’s focused efforts during the past three months include the following:
- Progress was made on three projects to meet Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (SNAP) strategic messaging needs: an anti-litter exhibit, a volunteer restoration program with educational components, and activity stations to tell the story of Lee Meadows restoration efforts.
- Interpretive planning is underway for Mountain’s Edge Explorer’s Interpretive Trail.
- A Spanish class tailored to meet the communication needs of environmental educators and interpreters was held January 2008.
- Our Places Tell Stories conference, featuring sixty presenters, panelists, moderators, and facilitators, will be held March 4-6, 2008.
- The Nevada …
Anti-Litter/Anti-Dumping Messaging Campaign – Phase Ii, Public Lands Institute
Anti-Litter/Anti-Dumping Messaging Campaign – Phase Ii, Public Lands Institute
Anti-littering Presentations
- Desert dumping is a problem
- Dumping and littering are illegal, costly and socially irresponsible
- There are easy, legal ways to dispose of trash and construction debris
Quality Assurance Services, Amy J. Smiecinski
Quality Assurance Services, Amy J. Smiecinski
Publications (YM)
The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Quality Assurance (QA) Program provides a full range of affordable QA services including records management, document and data control, training, and auditing. The program was regularly audited by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure strict compliance to regulatory requirements for nuclear facilities.
The NSHE QA Program is staffed by knowledgeable professionals who specialize in assisting smaller organizations who have no previous quality assurance experience.
Reorganizing Freshman Business Mathematics Ii: Authentic Assessment In Mathematics Through Professional Memos, Kris H. Green, W. Allen Emerson
Reorganizing Freshman Business Mathematics Ii: Authentic Assessment In Mathematics Through Professional Memos, Kris H. Green, W. Allen Emerson
Mathematical and Computing Sciences Faculty/Staff Publications
Part I of this paper described the development of a new Freshman Business Mathematics (FBM) course at our college. In this second part of the paper, we discuss our assessment tool, the business memo, as a venue for students to apply mathematical skills, via mathematical modeling, to realistic business problems. These memos have proven a crucial step in turning our FBM course around from a dreaded course with little connection to students’ intended careers into a course where students experience the power of mathematics for solving problems and informing decisions. Comments from students in the course throughout its six-year history …
Our Places To Tell Stories: Preliminary Program, Public Lands Institute
Our Places To Tell Stories: Preliminary Program, Public Lands Institute
Our Places to Tell Stories
Our Places Tell Stories is an innovative conference for educators and others working at public lands, nature centers, museums, zoos, aquariums, and other nature- and heritage-rich places. By providing participants with successful educational strategies and techniques, this conference will meet the needs of those interested in learning how to effectively connect with audiences to create motivated stewards of the environment.
2008 Newsletter, Morton Sternheim
2008 Newsletter, Morton Sternheim
STEM Education Institute Newsletters
NANOTECHNOLOGY 2008 INSTITUTE P. 2
IPY STEM CONNECTIONS P. 4
TEACHING PHYSICS TO TEACHERS
THE ARSENIC PROJECT P.10
STEM BRIDGE FOR
NOYCE SCHOLARS UPDATE
CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION: LESSONS LEARNED
Dynamic Web Tools For Trigonometry, Steven J. Wilson
Dynamic Web Tools For Trigonometry, Steven J. Wilson
Innovations in Math Technology
In the last 20 years, computer technology having mathematical capability has been developed, improved, and become widely available, but textbook presentations are still largely free of any discussion that might require technology. Technology could be used in mathematical instruction for student drill and practice, for instructor demonstrations that promote conceptual understanding, or for the exploration of mathematical ideas, but software is often designed to be pedagogically generic, leaving its use to the creativity of the instructor. Technological solutions for local machines can be quite extensive, but cost and time constraints then limit availability for student use. The internet has the …
A Geowall With Physics And Astronomy Applications, Phillip Dukes, Dan Bruton
A Geowall With Physics And Astronomy Applications, Phillip Dukes, Dan Bruton
Faculty Publications
A GeoWall is a passive stereoscopic projection system that can be used by students, teachers, and researchers for visualization of the structure and dynamics of three-dimensional systems and data. The type of system described here adequately provides 3-D visualization in natural color for large or small groups of viewers. The name “GeoWall” derives from its initial development to visualize data in the geosciences.1 An early GeoWall system was developed by Paul Morin at the electronic visualization laboratory at the University of Minnesota and was applied in an introductory geology course in spring of 2001. Since that time, several stereoscopic media, …