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Network Science: Genealogy, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

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Remember that family trees are a type of network. The network we create helps us understand which traits were passed down and who they came from. While humans can inherit traits like hair color and eye shape, sometimes they can inherit genetic diseases or be more likely to develop health issues because of their genetics. In most cases, inherited traits are based on probability, so tracing family networks can tell us how likely people are to have these types of diseases. When tracing the genealogical flow of relatedness from one generation to the next one or two generations, it is …

Expanding Graduate Education And Career Placement Through Cer, Julia Mcquillan, Patricia Wonch Hill, Meghan Leadabrand

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is an R1 (doctoral granting and high research activity) institution with decades of experience with community-engaged research (CER). The UNL Sociology Department has long emphasized research methods, particularly survey methodology and social network analyses, in academic and practice settings. The department offers many opportunities to conduct CER, as well as general applied sociology, and encourages faculty to publish with students out of those opportunities. In part through insights gained through ASA efforts (e.g., leadership development about careers in practice settings), and in part learning from graduate students who perceived discouragement from considering jobs in applied …

Network Science: Fish Supply, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

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Objective The student will understand how being a part of a network (e.g. different roles) influences an individual’s decision-making in addition to understanding positions of power within a fish supply network. The student will be able to identify fish transfer (and money) in a fish supply chain network while seeing how each participant’s goals compete with one another and are balanced by the network. The student will engage with NGSS Crosscutting Concept 4. Systems/System Models.

The Fishing Industry has been around for a very long time. Many jobs are tied to the industry, including people who actually catch the fish, …

Network Science: Ecology, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

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Building a network using wooden blocks demonstrates that some pieces in a network are more important than others. Removing pieces of a network will change the structure, but removing the pieces that are most connected or more foundational to the network will have more significant impacts on the network. In an ecosystem network, the more connected the network, the more robust it is. Think about ecosystems and food webs as networks with varying degrees of robustness depending upon how many connections and kinds of connections they contain (e.g. if there are “hubs” or “key links” in the chain). In an …

Network Science: Play Dough Liaisons, Worlds Of Connections Sepa

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Brokers play an important role in the access of information and transactions. What makes a person a broker is the fact that the parties the broker is connected to have no way of communicating with each other without the broker. This gives a broker power in what they choose to do with the information they have received. For more information, see the brokerage role sheet (Handout 2). According to the brokerage role sheet, there are five different types of brokers. The brokerage roles can all be depicted as having directed or undirected lines, except for the gatekeeper and the representative. …

Hands-On With Ne Stem 4u: For Budding Stemers In Grades 4-8, Ne Stem 4u Program

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Character Biographies 5

Chemistry: The Crystal Tree 10

Biology: Fruitful DNA 15 • Honey Purity Test 22 • Human DNA Extraction 26 • Model Cell 32 • Stethoscopes and Heart Rate 36

Engineering: Build a Catapult 41 • Building Bridges 47

Physics: Battling Balloons 51 • Balloon Popping 57 • Divin' Challenge 60 • Life Jackets and Buoyancy 65 • Simple Circuits 69 • Newton's Tower 75

Geology: Aquifers and Artesian Wells 80 • The Center of the Earth 84 • Mapping and Location Intelligence 88 • Seismology and Earthquakes 92 • Volcanoes 98

Mathematics: Hexaflexagons 102 • Stick Puzzle …