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    3-140-TwoSpringsOneMassFixedEnds-ModelingScenario
    Students build a model of a two spring, single mass with fixed end configuration and then plot solutions to experience the motion.
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    5-012-LinearSystemConjecture-TechniqueNarrative
    Students go from the solution for y'(t) = k*y(t) to a natural extension to the solution conjecture of a system of two constant coefficient, homogeneous, linear differential equations introducing eigenvalues and eigenvectors through student...
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    3-090-ChebyshevPolynomialSolution-TechniqueNarrative
    The Chebyshev equation is presented as a vehicle to view series solutions techniques for linear, second order homogeneous differential equations with non-constant coefficients.
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    1-002-IntegratingFactor-TechniqueNarrative
    We develop a strategy to solve first order differential equations by transforming one side of the equation to the derivative of a product of two functions, thereby making it easy to antidifferentiate that side.
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    1-067-ModelingWithSigmoidCurves-ModelingScenario
    The assignment considers two well-known models of population growth, Verhulst-Pearl and Gompertz models, for which qualitative and quantitative analyses are provided. The graphs of the corresponding functions have a sigmoidal or S-shape.
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    7-040-TankInterruptMixing-ModelingScenario
    We present a first order differential equation model for the interrupted mixing of a tank with salt water. We offer two solution strategies (1) two step approach and (2) Laplace Transforms.
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    1-150-CancerTherapy-ModelingScenario
    This activity builds upon elementary models on population growth. In particular, we compare two different treatment models of cancer therapy where in one, surgery happens before therapy and in the other, surgery happens after therapy.
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    1-118-SolowEconomicGrowth-ModelingScenario
    Students construct and analyze the celebrated Solow-Swan model of economic growth theory. The project is divided into three sequential parts to teach students to understand, develop, and analyze a simple nonlinear model of economic dynamics.
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    1-016-DogDrugs-ModelingScenario
    We offer a problem to determine the necessary drug administration in order to keep a dog sedated with specific information on half-life for an exponentially decaying presence of the drug in the body.
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    4-039-FallingDarts-ModelingScenario
    we develop, solve, and analyze a second order differential equation model for free fall incorporating air resistance. Students solve the model using two methods -- reduction of order and separation of variables, and method of undetermined...
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    3-102-SpringMassDamped-ModelingScenario
    Students build a model based on their perceptions of what the solution should look like for a simple spring mass system with damping.