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Week 13 Biophysics: “Energy” woo-woo
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Week 10 Biology: Bison fight Back!
Around 60 million bison freely roamed America’s Great Plains, prairies, and forests, eating up to 50 pounds grass and sedges…
Week 10 Physics: E-Prime
E-Prime is a language tool that revises sentence structure to avoid misuse of factual statements. The concept of E-Prime is…
Week 9 Biology: Mojave Desert: Ecosystems are both strong and fragile
Joshua Tree 2018 Joshua Tree, CA is the area where two desert meet: the Mojave and Colorado desert. Both deserts…
Week 9 Chemistry: The Chemicals under my Sink
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