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• Skerbitz, W. (. (2022). 1-190-IntroClass-ModelingScenario. SIMIODE, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/8DBV-A022

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Furthermore, students will be reminded or introduced to key ideas such as particular and general solutions, interpretation of derivatives, qualitative analysis, graphical interpretation of P vs. t graphs as well as dP/dt vs. P graphs, phase lines, and phase planes. We use this activity on the first day of class, and its overall purpose is to:

1. Get students introducing, talking, and working with one another.
2. Set the tone for the level of qualitative analysis expected of students - no question is ``too basic" in their analysis of a situation and the mathematical translation thereof.
3. Review ideas from Calculus (which they may not have seen for a year or more).
4. Get students to shift their thinking to emph{start} with considering the rate of change instead of starting with a given function and differentiating it.
5. Introduce students to the utility of differential equations.
6. Introduce students to a few of the many tools that will be used throughout the course.