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    2020-TeachingModule-SpringDesignToMeetSpecsAtMinimumCosts
    We discuss a Modeling Scenario in which students are asked to design a spring mass system at minimum costs give relative costs of features of the spring.
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    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingNonlethalInfluenzaEpidemic
    We discuss the modeling efforts and tools for success in modeling the spread of nonlethal influenza in an English boarding school
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    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingFallingColumnOfWater
    We discuss how to model a falling column of water empirically and analytically from first principles in physics laws.
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    2020-Teaching Module-Applying Separation Of Variables
    This is one of several Teaching Modules prepare by the Principal Investigates of SIMIODE’s National Science Foundation grant and offered in 2020. The material offered is a complete narrative of how a modeling activity can be offered including...
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    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingSpreadOfOilSlick
    This is support material and video for teaching a Modeling Scenario using a first order ODE to model the spread of an oilslick with incomplete data.
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    2020-TeachingModule-GeometricBehaviorOfLinearSysteModeling
    This module concentrates on the geometric properties of a system of 2 linear, homogeneous first order differential equations in 2 variables as dictated by the corresponding eigenvalues. Students should be familiar with using eigenvalues.
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    2020-TeachingModule-CarSuspension
    The modeling activity on car suspensions assumes that students have grappled with second order linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients.
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    2020-TeachingModule-SpreadOfCommonColdSimulation
    This simulation is meant to introduce the idea of a differential equation model and investigate the impact of heightened hygiene and decreased interactions on the spread of an infectious disease. The focus of this simulation is on the common cold.
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    3-034-CarSuspension-ModelingScenario
    We examine the spring-mass-dashpot that is part of a car suspension, how the ride is related to parameter values, and the effect of changing the angle of installation. We model a ``quarter car'', meaning a single wheel.
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    1997-Bonnie_Shulman-Using Original Sources to Teach the Logistic Equation
    This Module uses original data, diagrams, and texts from three original sources to develop the logistic model of growth in natural systems with limited resources.
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    2013-Michael-Evans-Growth and Decay
    Sometimes, we can describe processes of growth and decay—whether physical, chemical, biological or sociological—by mathematical models.
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    1993-Paul_Blanchard-Teaching Differential Equations With a Dynamical Systems Viewpoint
    This is an early discourse on the dynamical system view point of teaching differential equations with a number of rich illustrations.
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    2001-Cheng-Teaching mathematical modelling in Singapore schools
    The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of introducing the teaching of mathematical modelling to the secondary school curriculum in Singapore.
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    2014-John_Cimbala-Dynamic System Response
    In this learning module, we discuss the dynamic system response of sensors and their associated electronic circuits.
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    2010-Randy_Boucher-Determining Dissolved Oxygen Levels
    This is a full module given to students and the article contains comments for instructors as well.