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    1-124-WorldPopulation-ModelingScenario
    We build models of world population using data to estimate growth rate.

    Keywords: population dynamicshumangrowth ratevarying growth rate

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    1-130-AspirinAbsorption-ModelingScenario
    We model the amount of aspirin absorbed by the human body at a constant rate. This is a ``zero-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the study of how drugs move in the body.

    Keywords: pharmacokineticsdrugaspirin

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    1-134-LanguageDynamics-ModelingScenario
    Students will be introduced to a mathematical model for language dynamics. Specifically, the model describes the change in the fraction of a population speaking one language over another.

    Keywords: languagecompartmentphase linesbifurcationswitching

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    1-135-FishHarvesting-ModelingScenario
    This short activity will walk students through a guided list of questions to help them to understand how the stability of equilibrium changes with changes in a model parameter, in this case the...

    Keywords: population dynamicsfishstabilitybifurcationharvest

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    1-138-InnerEarDrugDelivery-ModelingScenario
    Students examine local drug delivery to the cochlea. The delivery system is modeled as a liquid mixing problem. Students formulate the differential equation, and solve the equation using separation...

    Keywords: concentrationdrug deliveryinner earcochleahearing loss

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    1-143-PopulationModelVariationsMATLAB-ModelingScenario
    Students will walk through a detailed derivation and review of basic population models (exponential and logistic) to create and understand variations of those models.

    Keywords: population dynamicsecologylogistic growthbifurcation theoryslope fieldsextinctionharvestingqualitative analysisstocking

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    3-009-BallDropInWater-ModelingScenario
    We conduct an analysis of a falling ball in liquid to determine its terminal velocity and to ascertain just what radius ball for a given mass density is necessary to attain a designated terminal...

    Keywords: resistancegravityfalling bodyterminal velocitybuoyancy

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    3-010-EnergyInSpringMassSystem-ModlingScenario
    As a way to synthesize the effects of damping and forcing terms, this activity is meant to encourage students to explore how different forcing terms will change the total energy in a mass-spring...

    Keywords: energymass-spring systemkinetic energypotential energytotal energy

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    3-013-WhiffleBallFall-ModelingScenario
    We are given data on the time and position of a whiffle ball as it falls to the ground. We attempt to model the falling ball and we confront the different resistance terms and models.

    Keywords: Akaike Information CriterionresistancegravityFree Body Diagramforcefalling objectWhiffle ball

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    3-026-SpringInverseProblem-ModelingScenario
    We are given data on the position of a mass in an oscillating spring mass system and we seek to discover approaches to estimating an unknown parameter.

    Keywords: datamassinverse problemspring\parameter estimate

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    3-031-SpringCost-ModelingScenario
    We assume students are familiar with overdamping and underdamping of a spring-mass-dashpot system. Students will apply this knowledge to model the interplay between spring constant, tolerance, and...

    Keywords: designunit costspring constantstatic equilibriumspring masss dashpot

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    3-035-StadiumDesign-ModelingScenario
    For a given baseball playing field outline how high must the outfield fence be at each point in order to make a homerun equally likely in all fair directions?

    Keywords: projectile motionbaseballparametric equationstadiumhome runno reistantfairnessno resistance

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    3-041-UpDown-ModelingScenario
    Shoot a projectile straight up in the air. Determine maximum height the projectile will go. Consider time T(a) (0 < a < 1) it takes between when the projectile passes distance a.H going up and...

    Keywords: gravityprojectile motionfalling bodymaximum heightftiming

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    3-072-EarthQuakePartI-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario considers a one-story building as a simple structure; the roof is modeled as a single point mass. Movement of the roof can be modeled similar to a mass-spring system.

    Keywords: earthquakevibrationamplituderesonanceundampedspring-mass system

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    3-075-RLCCircuits-ModelingScenario
    We introduce the basics of RLC circuits, defining the terms of inductance, resistance, and capacitance in a circuit in which an induced voltage created a current running through these devices.

    Keywords: resistancecircuitvoltageinductancecapacitancecurrentKirchhoff's Law

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    3-087-ThanosPopulationDynamicsInteractingSpecies-ModelingScenario
    Thanos snaps his fingers and turns half of all living creatures to dust with the hope of restoring balance to the natural world. How does this affect the long term behavior of various species?

    Keywords: species interactionspredator-preycompetitionLotka-Volterrasensitivity analysisdynamicspopulation

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    5-014-TwoSpringMass-ModelingScenario
    We ask students to build a Free Body Diagram for a vertical two mass situation in which the two masses are held fixed at the tip and at the bottom. The mass holds the springs together at the join...

    Keywords: massspring mass dampersprings

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    5-022-ColdPill-ModelingScenario
    A model for the flow of a cold pill drug through the gastrointestinal compartment to the bloodstream compartment of a human subject is proposed. Students solve the system of differential equation...

    Keywords: ratesmedicinedrug discoverycompartmentcold pillgastrointestinalbloodstream

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    6-006-ZombieGameHvZ-ModelingScenario
    Invented in 2005, Humans vs. Zombies, or HvZ, is a game of tag, predominantly played at US college campuses. In this activity, students use systems of non-linear differential equations to model...

    Keywords: zombiesSIR modelsGame

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    6-030-SaltAndTorricelli-ModelingScenario
    We build on a model for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water. We use data from one video of a falling column of water.

    Keywords: whole picturetankmixingflowcolumn of watersalt mixinggraduated cylinderapertureTorricelli's Law

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