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Statistical Analysis & Error Analysis

Apply statistical methods and evaluate uncertainty and experimental error.

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Bacterial Quantification by Culture

Bacterial Quantification by Culture

Use the serial dilution technique to quantify the effect of a novel antibiotic compound on bacterial growth.

46
Min
Chemistry
Health Sciences
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Quantitative Reasoning
Statistics & Error Analysis
Measurements and Uncertainty

Measurements and Uncertainty

Take a scientific approach to the classic task of guessing how many candies are in a jar. Rather than random guesses, utilize good experimental design to select the correct measurement tools, continually refine the approach, and account for uncertainty in the data.

12
Min
Chemistry
Health Sciences
Biology
Physics
High School
Higher Education
Lab Techniques & Safety
Statistics & Error Analysis
Engineering Design
Experimental Design
Kjeldahl Method: Estimate the protein content in food

Kjeldahl Method: Estimate the protein content in food

Measure the protein content in a food sample with the Kjeldahl method, and investigate whether the apparent result has been tampered with by using LC-MS/MS.

45
Min
Chemistry
Health Sciences
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Research Ethics & Collaboration
Scientific Communication
Lab Techniques & Safety
Statistics & Error Analysis
Population Growth: Lets catch some goslins!

Population Growth: Lets catch some goslins!

Help ecologists devise a conservation strategy that will protect the goslin population on a newly discovered exoplanet, Astakos IV.

30
Min
Chemistry
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Quantitative Reasoning
Statistics & Error Analysis
Biodiversity: Assess and compare biodiversity on an exoplanet

Biodiversity: Assess and compare biodiversity on an exoplanet

Travel to the exoplanet Astakos IV and use ecological methods to assess and compare biodiversity over time and between different sites.

35
Min
Chemistry
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Scientific Communication
Lab Instruments & Methods
Data Analysis
Statistics & Error Analysis
Experimental Design
Cancer Sample Preparation for Mass Spectrometry

Cancer Sample Preparation for Mass Spectrometry

Assist in a biopsy on a cancer patient and learn how to prepare the sample for mass spectrometry by extracting its phosphopeptides. Will you be able to identify the cancer stage of the patient by looking at the phosphorylation pattern?

44
Min
Health Sciences
Chemistry
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Statistics & Error Analysis
Counting Cells: Control the epidemic

Counting Cells: Control the epidemic

Work as a pharmaceutical detective to identify the link between a new drug and a recent epidemic. Use the scientific method to define the different variables and perform a fluorescent cell assay to test the effect of the drug on the cells.

15
Min
Chemistry
Biology
Health Sciences
High School
Higher Education
Statistics & Error Analysis
Eutrophication

Eutrophication

Utilize microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to solve a massive fish kill mystery. Investigate how dissolved nitrogen levels and an algal bloom are linked to the fish population.

30
Min
Chemistry
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Statistics & Error Analysis
Evolution: Journey of the canids

Evolution: Journey of the canids

Follow the million-year evolutionary journey of a canid colony as you create random mutations in their DNA.

15
Min
Chemistry
Biology
Health Sciences
High School
Higher Education
Scientific Communication
Data Analysis
Statistics & Error Analysis
Modeling & Systems Thinking
Experimental Design

Experimental Design

Work as a pharmaceutical detective to identify the link between a new drug and a recent epidemic. Use the scientific method to design an experiment and perform a fluorescent cell assay to test your hypothesis.

35
Min
Biology
Chemistry
Health Sciences
High School
Higher Education
Research Ethics & Collaboration
Lab Techniques & Safety
Statistics & Error Analysis
Engineering Design
Experimental Design
The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

Work as a pharmaceutical detective to identify the link between a new drug and a recent epidemic. Use the scientific method to come up with a hypothesis and subsequently design an experiment that will test the validity of your hypothesis.

15
Min
Biology
Chemistry
Health Sciences
High School
Higher Education
Research Ethics & Collaboration
Statistics & Error Analysis
Engineering Design
Spatial Ecology: Learn how the environment can influence the distribution of species

Spatial Ecology: Learn how the environment can influence the distribution of species

Help the scientists on the exoplanet Astakos IV to choose the location of the new research center by finding out where it will have the least impact on the ecological diversity of the area.

28
Min
Chemistry
Biology
High School
Higher Education
Statistics & Error Analysis
Titration: Neutralize an acid lake contamination

Titration: Neutralize an acid lake contamination

Finding the concentration of an acid can be tedious and boring. Join a science expert to learn how to drop the base in style!

47
Min
Biology
Chemistry
Health Sciences
High School
Higher Education
Lab Instruments & Methods
Lab Techniques & Safety
Quantitative Reasoning
Statistics & Error Analysis

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