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    1994-T_Gruszka-A Balloon Experiment in the Classroom
    The following experiment involves a balloon, a stopwatch, and a measurement device such as a meter stick,
    resistancefalling bodydragballoon
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    2012-Lensyl-Urbano-The Draining of a Plastic Bottle-Integrating a Physics Experiment into Calculus
    I punched a small hole (about 1mm radius) in a one gallon plastic bottle and had my students measure the rate at which water drained.
    in-class activityexperimentTorricelli's Lawcylinder of waterexpderiment
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    2012-Transtrum-Qiu-Optimal experiment selection for parameter estimation in biological differential equation models
    We explore the question to what extent parameters can be efficiently estimated by appropriate experimental selection.
    experimental designsystems biologyAssociation & Data Fittingreaction ratesdecay rates
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    1980-Peastrel-Lynch-Armenti-Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall
    We have performed a straightforward vertical fall experiment for a case where the effects of air resistance are important and directly measurable.
    fallingterminal velocityshuttlecockvertical fall
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    2009-Shamim-EtAl-Investigating viscous damping using a webcam
    We describe an experiment involving a mass oscillating in a viscous fluid and analyze overdamped, critically damped and underdamped regimes of harmonic motion.
    laboratoryunderdampedoverdampedcritically dampedharmonic motionimage processingviscous fluid
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    1994-T_Gruszka-A_Balloon_Experiment_in_the_Classroom
    The experiment consists of dropping a balloon from two different heights and recording the time it takes to hit the floor. The following experiment involves a balloon, a stopwatch, and a measurement device such as a meter stick.
    differential equationsresistancegravityfree fallaccelerationballoon
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    1999-Richard_Single-Different quotients-derivatives-and data through modeling with slime
    In this article, I present an experiment that can be conducted in a calculus class to investigate the difference quotient and the derivative, using mathematical modeling with student-collected data.
    data analysisslimedifference quotientspread of slime
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    1-001B-DeathImmigrationMystery-ModelingScenario
    We describe a classroom activity in which students use M\&M candies to simulate death and immigration. Each student conducts an experiment with an immigration rate unique to that student - of that student's choice
    m&mMystery Novelsimmigrationexperimentdeath
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    1-019-RocksInTheHead-Modeling Scenario
    We describe an experiment with data on the perception of the individual mass of a collection of rocks in comparison to a 100 g brass mass. Students use the logistic differential equation as a reasonable model and estimate parameters.
    logistic growthparameter estimationexperiment
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    2013-Boscolo-Stellato-Undergraduate study of harmonic and parametric motion of a simple spring-mass system from motion waveforms
    In this paper, we describe a laboratory exercise that caters to beginning students while giving those with more background an opportunity to explore more complex aspects of the motion.
    laboratoryexperimentspring massair frictionapparatuswaveforms
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    2012-Rusinko-Swan-Agent-Based Fabric Modeling Using Differential Equations
    We use an agent-based modeling software, NetLogo, to simulate fabric drape by applying a modified mass spring system.
    NetLogospring massagent-baseddrapingyarnfabric
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    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.
    sphereicemeltcube
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    3-006-Buoyancy-ModelingScenario
    We offer data from a physical experiment in which the depth of a container in water is measured and ask students to build a model of buoyancy based on Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram. We ask students to estimate the parameters.
    data collectionexperimentbuoyancyNewton's Second Law of Motion
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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...
    optimizationresistanceterminal velocitymuzzle velocitydrag coefficientfree fallair drag
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    1980-Peastrel-Lynch-Armenti-Terminal_velocity_of_a_shuttlecock_in_vertical_fall
    This paper offers a set of data on a falling shuttlecock (the moving object in badminton) in air. How the authors collected the data is described fully and can be replicated easily by modern equipment.
    parameter estimationdata collectionresistancefallingterminal velocityNewton's Second Law of Motionshuttlecock
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    2000-deOlivera-Delfino-Costa-Leite-Pinhole Water Flow From Cylindrical Bottles
    The water flowing from the first bottle feeds the second one located below it. The same concepts of mass and energy conservation now lead to a non-trivial differential equation for the lowest bottle dynamics.
    Torricelli's LawConservation of EnergytConservation of MassBernoulli’s Theorem
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    2014-C_W_Groetsch-S_A_ Yost-Vertical Projection_in_a_Resisting_Medium_Revelations_on_Observations_of_Mersenne
    This article, inspired by a 17th-century woodcut, validates empirical observations of Marin Mersenne (1588–1648) on timing of vertically-launched projectiles for a general mathematical model of resistance.
    resistanceprojectile motionprojectilefluidMersenne
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    1-001-MM-DeathAndImmigration-ModelingScenario
    We conduct a simulation of death and immigration, using a small set of "individuals", m&m candies or any two sided object (coin, chips), in which upon tossing a set of individuals we cause some to die and others then to immigrate. Modeling ensues!
    simulationimmigrationdeathSpanishdatsWinkelBrian Winkel
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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.
    bwaterTorricelli's Lawbottle
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    2003-Fay-Graham-Coupled spring equations
    Coupled spring equations for modelling the motion of two springs with weights attached, hung in series from the ceiling are described.
    spring massoscillationHooke's Lawcoupled springsperiodicforcing functionphase portrait