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5-077-MandMAttritionWarfare-ModelingScenario
Students model attrition between two opposing forces using M&M candies and discover a system of linear differential equations of order one, often called the Lanchester equations.
attrition
Lanchester model
predator-predator
N-square Law
Modeling Scenario
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120
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0
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3-015-StyrofoamBallFall-ModelingScenario
We are given data on a falling Styrofoam ball and we seek to model this motion.
football
resistance
gravity
falling body
sum of square errors
Newton's Second Law of Motion
sum of forces
styrofoam
Modeling Scenario
189
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161
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0
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5-080-SpaceFlightRecolonize-ModelingScenario
This project is a combination of differential equations, multi-variable calculus, and vector calculus with use of technology to model colonization of a new planet. Students solve a system of second order differential equations to model a planet
optimization
sum of square errors
vector calculus
Lagrange multipliers
line integrals
Modeling Scenario
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225
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0
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5-076-LanchesterLaws-ModelingScenario
Lanchester's laws are used to calculate the relative strengths of military forces. The Lanchester equations are differential equations describing the time dependence of two armies' strengths A and B as a function of time,
Lanchester's laws
sensitivity analysisanalysis
Modeling Scenario
326
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680
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0
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1-047-Condensation-ModelingScenario
We simulate the random motion of 200 particles in a 50 by 50 square in which a particle bounces off the two vertical and top walls and condenses on the bottom wall. Animations are produced and data is offered for modeling with a differential...
simulation
sum of square errors
condensation
best fit
Technique Narrative
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684
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0
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8-002-TrigSumRepresentation-TechniqueNarrative
Students discover how to represent functions as sums of trigonometric functions and the value of such representations in many fields. This is an introduction to the study of Fourier Series.
estimation
Trigonometry
Trigonometric Functions
sum of square errors
finite sum
Fourier series
Fouriere sum
spectrum
approximatiopn
Modeling Scenario
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138
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0
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4-035-ParEstSteadyState-ModelingScenario
Students estimate parameters in a second order, linear, ordinary differential equations through analysis of the steady state solution. By applying a driver we can collect data in terms of the parameters and estimate these parameters
driver
steady state
sum of square errors
Modeling Scenario
205
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327
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0
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3-090-OneSpringMass-ModelingScenario
We lead students through building a mathematical model for a single mass (bob)-spring system that is hanging vertically. We also lead the students, using data that they collect together with their model to approximate the value of the spring...
undamped
sum of square errors
mass spring
Hooke's Law
oscilation
least-squares approximation
Modeling Scenario
363
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272
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0
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1-061-PotatoCooling-ModelingScenario
We model the cooling of a baked potato and compare it to student-collected data.
least sum of square errors
Newton's Law of Cooling
cooling
potato
Modeling Scenario
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290
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1-128-RocketFlight-ModelingScenario
We offer an opportunity to build a mathematical model using Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram to analyze the forces acting on the rocket of changing mass in its upward flight under power and then without power followed by its...
resistance
Flight
Rocketry
mass
Newton's Second Law of Motion
thrust
Free Body Diagram
apex
rocket
Modeling Scenario
258
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163
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0
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1-058-WaterClocks-ModelingScenario
We apply Torricelli's Law to the task of building a water clock in which the height of the water in a container falls at a constant rate when the container has a hole in the bottom to let the water flow out.
flow
Torricelli's Law
spigots
water clock
Modeling Scenario
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109
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0
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1-064-TorricelliBox-ModelingScenario
The time it takes a column of water to empty and the time it takes the same volume of column of water with a box (various sizes) submerged in the column of water are compared through modeling with Torricelli's Law.
groundwater flow
column of water
Torricelli's Law
water displacement
submerged box
Modeling Scenario
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164
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0
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1-079-HomeHeating-ModelingScenario
This project concerns using Newton's Law of Cooling to model the heating of a house. In particular, if one is going away for awhile, is it more economical to leave a house at a desired temperature or reheat it upon return?
Optimal Control Theory
temperature
heat
furnace
Newton's Law of Cooling
home heating
specific heat
Modeling Scenario
213
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133
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0
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1-074-BottleWaterFlow-ModelingScenario
We offer an experiment in which data is collected to ascertain a parameter in the differential equation formulation of Torricelli's Law for water flow.
b
water
Torricelli's Law
bottle
Modeling Scenario
365
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824
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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
1102
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585
downloads
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
Technique Narrative
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113
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0
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2-005-LinearizeItAll-TechniqueNarrative
Linear approximations are often used to simplify nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for ease in analysis. The resulting linear approximation produces an ODE where closed form solutions may be obtained.
computation
error
Torricelli's Law
data fitting
linear approximation
Modeling Scenario
261
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110
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0
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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
278
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147
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0
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1-013-SleuthingWithDifferentialEquations-ModelingScenario
We present several situations in which differential equation models serve to aid in sleuthing and general investigations.
projectile motion
acceleration
Newton's Law of Cooling
speeding
Modeling Scenario
240
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225
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0
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1-088-RoomTemperature-ModelingScenario
Students will analyze temperature variations in a room using Newton's Cooling Law. In this model, the only influence on the indoor temperature is the (oscillating) outdoor temperature (as we assume the heating/cooling system is broken).
environment
climate
temperature
Newton's Law of Cooling
cooling
periodic function
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