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• Lisa Driskell, Malagon, A. (2022). 1-110-TidePoolSnails-ModelingScenario. SIMIODE, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/EE6G-0281

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The solution to the water temperature model is then used to model the internal temperature of a snail caught in the tide pool.

Students are asked to produce and solve a linear first-order, non-homogeneous, ordinary, differential equation for the temperature inside a snail's shell using Newton's Law of Cooling (or heating here).

This project takes students through the entire modeling process, from building a model to analyzing and then creating alternate water temperature models.

This classroom modeling scenario can be expanded to have students collect their own water temperature data in a lab setting or to further explore the alternate models.