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2009-Brian_Winkel-Population_modelling_with_MandMs
Several activities in which population dynamics can be modeled by tossing M&M’s® candy are presented.
simulation
parameter estimation
immigration
death
difference equation
Modeling Scenario
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195
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0
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3-130-MatterOfSomeGravity-ModelingScenario
This project introduces the concept of an inverse problem (or parameter estimation), in the context of the simple linearized pendulum ordinary differential equation.
gravity
inverse problem
acceleration
Modeling Scenario
476
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194
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0
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5-012-LipoproteinModeling-ModelingScenario
Data from a study on the amounts of low-density-lipoprotein (LDL), form of cholesterol, in blood plasma is presented. Students build, validate, and use a compartment model of the kinetic exchange of the LDL between body tissue and blood plasma.
wildlife
low-density-lipoprotein
tracer
compartment model
cholesterol
blood plasma
body tissue
Modeling Scenario
257
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320
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0
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1-160-HeartDeathRate-ModelingScenario
Students simulate experience from a given data set which represents the heart death rate during the period 2000 - 2010 using several approaches to include exponential decay, difference equation, differential equation, and parameter estimation...
data
heart death rate
Modeling Scenario
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0
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1-011-Kinetics-ModelingScenario
We make the connection between chemistry course and differential equations coursework. We do this through modeling kinetics, or rates of chemical reaction. We study zeroth, first, and second order reactions.
kinetics
chemistry
Law of Mass Action
chemical kinetics
order of reaction
chemical reaction
Modeling Scenario
666
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713
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0
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3-043-BallisticModeling-SpongeDart-ModelingScenario
The goal of this project is for students to develop, analyze, and compare three different models for the flight of a sponge dart moving under the influences of gravity and air resistance.
projectile motion
air resistance
ballistics
dimensional analysis
Newtonian mechanics
sponge dart
Nerf gun
Nerf dart
Buckingham's Theorem
Modeling Scenario
377
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441
downloads
0
comments
1-011A-Kinetics-ModelingScenario
We help students see the connection between college level chemistry course work and their differential equations coursework. We do this through modeling kinetics, or rates of chemical reaction.
kinetics
Law of Mass Action
fitting
order of reaction
chemical reaction
Modeling Scenario
255
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283
downloads
0
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1-055-WaterFallingInCone-ModelingScenario
We offer an opportunity to model the height of a falling body of water in a right circular cone (funnel) and to estimate an appropriate parameter based on data collected from a video of the experiment found on YouTube.
Torricelli's Law
discharge coefficient
cone
contraction coefficient
Modeling Scenario
431
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1060
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0
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the column.
data
Spanish
tank
column of water
aperture
Torricelli's Law
Conservation of Energyt
Solver
water flow
Excel Solver
Modeling Scenario
1155
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626
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0
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3-065-UpDown-ModelingScenario
We model the height of a launched object which is subject to resistance proportional to velocity during its flight. We ask questions about the motion as well, e.g., highest point or apex and terminal velocity.
terminal velocity
Newton's Second Law of Motion
velocity
motion
apex
Modeling Scenario
382
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497
downloads
1
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1-017-DiseaseSpread-ModelingScenario
Using a grid and m&m candies, we simulate the spread of disease. Students conduct the simulation and collect data to estimate parameters (in several ways) in a differential equation model for the spread of the disease.
Modeling Scenario
316
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147
downloads
0
comments
1-014-DrainingContainers
Given two rectangular circular cylinders of water with the same volume, but different radii, with a small bore hole of same radius on the center of the bottom through which water exits the cylinder, which empties faster?
containers
tank
flow
Torricelli's Law
draining
fixed volume
Modeling Scenario
352
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221
downloads
0
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1-045-TimeOfDeath-ModelingScenario
Students are asked to determine the time of death given both environmental temperature situations and two observations of body temperature under several different circumstances.
body mass
temperature
death
Newton's Law of Cooling
body temperature
Modeling Scenario
306
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268
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0
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3-013-WhiffleBallFall-ModelingScenario
We are given data on the time and position of a whiffle ball as it falls to the ground. We attempt to model the falling ball and we confront the different resistance terms and models.
Akaike Information Criterion
resistance
gravity
Free Body Diagram
force
falling object
Whiffle ball
Modeling Scenario
389
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418
downloads
0
comments
3-001-SpringMassDataAnalysis-ModelingScenario
We offer data on position of a mass at end of spring over time where the spring mass configuration has damping due to taped flat index cards at the bottom of the mass. Modeling of a spring mass configuration and estimation of parameters are the core.
data
damping
spring-mass system
Newton's Second Law of Motion
spring constant
Hooke's Law
General Resource
1053
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142
downloads
0
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Instructor Solutions Second Edition SIMIODE Textbook HTML Version
This is material we make available for instructors teaching a modeling-first approach to differential equations when using the Second Edition of SIMIODE Textbook, Differential Equations: A Toolbox for Modeling the Real World in HTML Version.
textbook
html
SIMIODE textbook
Second Edition
Potential Scenario
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80
downloads
0
comments
2017-Ole_Witt-Hansen-Examples Of Differential Equations In Physics
This is an article from the author’s homepage. The work contains fundamental and basic background and derivation of the differential equation models for a number of phenomena.
projectile
air resistance
free fall
drag
harmonic oscillation
Modeling Scenario
345
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342
downloads
0
comments
1-022-SpreadOfTechnologies-ModelingScenario
We examine plots on the spread of technologies and ask students to estimate and extract data from the plots and then model several of these spread of technologies phenomena with a logistic differential equation model.
data analysis
technology
logistic
spread
innovation
Modeling Scenario
362
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239
downloads
0
comments
1-020-IceMelt-ModelingScenario
We offer up the claim of a store catalog that its ice ball mold allows users to ``. . . make ice balls that outlast cubes and won't water drinks down.'' We ask students to build a mathematical model to defend or contradict this claim.
sphere
ice
melt
cube
Modeling Scenario
399
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153
downloads
0
comments
1-001s-StochasticMDeathImmigration-ModelingScenario
We develop a mathematical model of a death and immigration process using m&ms as a stochastic process with the help of probability generating functions (pgf). We start with 50 m&ms in a bag.
simulation
data
logistic
immigration
stochastic
death
fitting
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