{"id":752,"date":"2015-07-01T09:41:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T08:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2019-05-26T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:26:40","slug":"maths-for-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/projects\/maths-for-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths for biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-809\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"m4b\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b-900x663.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/m4b.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This page will contain a list of Maths for Biology resources. Any questions: <a href=\"mailto:C.Bokhove@soton.ac.uk\">C.Bokhove@soton.ac.uk<\/a>. The slides for the day are here: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/maths4bio_v5.pptm\">maths4bio_v5<\/a>. Note that some slides feature resources from the TES site; they are also referenced in the slides.<br \/>\nOther documents that featured in the day are here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/expgrowthtable.docx\">Exponential growth: doubling paper<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>There are two excel sheets on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/Exponential-growth.xls\">folding papers<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/SARS.xls\">SARS example<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Two videos were shown on the day, the one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5CKd0aPSWe8\">Powers of 10<\/a> and the Mythbusters one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wnJpMX-GXcg\">paper folding<\/a>. Youtube is also full of instructional videos for all kinds of calculators, for example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y5PSw-Cd3Gs\">this one for the Casio and standard form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You might want to use graph paper <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/normalgraphpaper.pdf\">normalgraphpaper<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/Semi-logarithmic-vertlog_bw.pdf\">Semi-logarithmic-vertlog_bw<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/SL5.pdf\">SemiLog5<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/Logarithms-True-or-False.doc\">Logarithms True or False<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A range of practice sheets for exponential functions and logarithms:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/expgrowthdecay_practice.doc\">expgrowthdecay_practice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/expgrowthdecay_practice_answers.doc\">expgrowthdecay_practice_answers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/expgrowthdecay_worksheet.doc\">expgrowthdecay_worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sample exam questions are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/bio_exam.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The slides contain the resources used in the mini workshops as well. There were some more documents used, for example this <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/Standard-Error.docx\">Standard Error<\/a> information and a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/stats-work-sheet.docx\">Stats worksheet<\/a> with helpful data sets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an <a href=\"http:\/\/mc2dme.appspot.com\/\">experimental &#8216;Maths for Biology&#8217; digital book<\/a> on the MC squared platform, on measures of centrality and dispersion. You can access it by logging in with account maths4bio and a number 1-20 and a password which will be given at the CPD meeting<br \/>\n<strong>[No guarantee this works after 2018]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/cbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-758\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/cbook-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"cbook\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/cbook-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/files\/2015\/07\/cbook.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Other ICT resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.co.uk\/teaching-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TES site<\/a> has a lot of resources on virtually any topic.<\/li>\n<li>The same holds for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncetm.org.uk\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">site of the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics<\/a> (NCETM)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khan Academy<\/a> has a lot of resources on exponential growth.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/tube.geogebra.org\/search\/perform\/search\/Exponential%20growth\/type\/book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geogebra book<\/a> on Exponential growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page will contain a list of Maths for Biology resources. Any questions: C.Bokhove@soton.ac.uk. The slides for the day are here: maths4bio_v5. Note that some slides feature resources from the TES site; they are also referenced in the slides. Other documents that featured in the day are here: Exponential growth: doubling paper. 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