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Highlights: a module introducing random walks following 1D kinematics as the mechanism of gradient-driven flow
Abstract: This module introduces the random walk immediately after 1D kinematics, so as to emphasize the importance of random motion in the life sciences and lay a foundation for students to think statistically as well as deterministically. It connects the random walk of individual molecules as the mechanism for gradient-driven flow. The module culminates in a two-week (6-hour) laboratory in which students actually observe random motion on the microscopic scale through video microscopy and digital image analysis.
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Copyright:   2019 Catherine Crouch, Ben Geller

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