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Connect exponential equation to cooling, chemical reactions, metabolic rates and filtration rates
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This resource focuses on the exponential function to help students connect this function to meaning, and not see the function merely as a way to get a number. By looking at the same function in many different ways and in different representations, they begin to see the story that the function is telling. The exponential function comes into play in biology in reaction rates, metabolic rates, cooling, filtration rates, and RC circuits, which are used to model nerve signal propagation. This resource has two labs, one lecture, and several problems (some just mathematical and others connecting to biology).
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In-class activity, Clicker question, Lecture materials, Lab, Homework, Exam problem, Instructor supplement, Restricted access
Authors:
Christopher Shubert
University of New Hampshire
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Life Sciences Topics:
Human and Animal Physiology > Metabolism, Renal/Urinary, Thermoregulation
Chemistry Topics:
Reaction Mechanisms > Reaction Rates
Math Topics:
Exponentials and Logarithms
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Copyright: 2021 Dawn Meredith, Christopher Shubert
CC: BY-NC-SA - Attribution, No Commercial uses and Share Alike. Derivative works must have the same licenseLast Edit Date:
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