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Highlights: An extended groupwork activity that helps students analyze and see functional dependence in equations important to biology

Abstract: This groupwork activity has students work through two problems in functional dependence relevant to biologists: (1) the time dependence of diffusion spreading and (2) the Hagen-Poissuille equation describing viscous fluid flow. The lesson is highly scaffolded without being algorithmic. Appropriate either for a recitation or a large lecture class with groupwork structures available.

Resource Types: In-class activity, Lecture materials

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Authors:

Edward Redish (he/him)

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

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Physics Topics:

Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity

Thermo & Stat Mech > Kinetic and Diffusive Processes > Diffusion

Life Sciences Topics:

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > Causal Mechanisms > Physical Mechanisms

Human and Animal Physiology > Cardiovascular System

Chemistry Topics:

None

Math Topics:

Algebra; Geometry

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