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    Linking Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge is based on deep understanding of systems from observations made over hundreds to thousands of years. This resource connects Traditional Ecological Knowledge to...

    Keywords: climate changeenvironmental justiceintermediate disturbance hypothesisTraditional ecological knowledge

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    1-002-IntegratingFactor-TechniqueNarrative
    We develop a strategy to solve first order differential equations by transforming one side of the equation to the derivative of a product of two functions, thereby making it easy to...

    Keywords: Integrating Factor

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    3-043-BallisticModeling-SpongeDart-ModelingScenario
    The goal of this project is for students to develop, analyze, and compare three different models for the flight of a sponge dart moving under the influences of gravity and air resistance.

    Keywords: projectile motionair resistanceballisticsdimensional analysisNewtonian mechanicssponge dartNerf gunNerf dartBuckingham's Theorem

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    1-012-Sublimation-Modeling Scenario
    We offer data on the sublimation of dry ice (carbon dioxide) collected in a classroom setting so that students can model the rate of change in the mass of a small solid carbon dioxide block with a...

    Keywords: sublimationdry ice

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    1-028-SouthernSweetIcedTea-ModelingScenario
    We offer raw data collected from a webcam and a thermometer for evaluating the strength of steeping tea. We ask students to build a mathematical model using the data to predict how long the tea...

    Keywords: dataNewton's Law of Coolingteasweet tea

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    1-022-SpreadOfTechnologies-ModelingScenario
    We examine plots on the spread of technologies and ask students to estimate and extract data from the plots and then model several of these spread of technologies phenomena with a logistic...

    Keywords: data analysistechnologylogisticspreadinnovation

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    1-024-MalariaControl-ModelingScenario
    This project offers students a chance to make policy recommendations based on the analysis of models using both linear (exponential decay) and non-linear (logistic growth) differential equations.

    Keywords: population dynamicsmalariaPolicyDecision-makingEuler's methodpharmacokineticsmosquitoimproved Euler's methodHuen's methodUS Army

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    1-021-FeralCatControl-ModelingScenario
    Students act as professional mathematical consultants and write a report analyzing the client's problem. The client company is a fictional organization which advocates for the use of...

    Keywords: population growthcontrolferal catspopulation controlneutertrap-killtrap-neuter-return

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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...

    Keywords: sphereicemeltcube

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    1-017-DiseaseSpread-ModelingScenario
    Using a grid and m&m candies, we simulate the spread of disease. Students conduct the simulation and collect data to estimate parameters (in several ways) in a differential equation model for the...
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    1-032-WordPropagation-ModelingScenario
    This activity is a gentle introduction to modeling via differential equations. The students will learn about exponential growth by modeling the rate at which the word jumbo has propagated through...

    Keywords: Googleexponential growthlanguageword problemsetymologyNgrampropagationJumbo

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    1-042-KoolAid-ModelingScenario
    Students run experiments involving concentrated solution of drink powder flowing from upper to lower tank, initially filled with plain water. They make qualitative observations about the intensity...

    Keywords: concentrationcompartmenttanksKoolAid

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    1-044-CollegeBound-ModelingScenario
    Preparing for four years of college for a friend of the family's newborn is the task. Making assumptions about costs, timing, interest rates, and fiscal capabilities are the order of the day.

    Keywords: interest ratecollege savingtuitionroom and board

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    1-001s-StochasticMDeathImmigration-ModelingScenario
    We develop a mathematical model of a death and immigration process using m&ms as a stochastic process with the help of probability generating functions (pgf). We start with 50 m&ms in a bag.

    Keywords: simulationdatalogisticimmigrationstochasticdeathfitting

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    1-001d-HotelPopulationDecay-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel. Before you run the...

    Keywords: simulationlogisticexponential decayfitting

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    1-046-GoingViral-ModelingScenario
    Students participate in a simulation of the spread of a viral disease in the classroom and model the process with a logistic differential equation. The simulation uses random numbers and the entire...

    Keywords: simulationmathematical modeldatalogisticrandom number generatorfittingrandom process

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    1-001c-PopulationDecayThenSome-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel.

    Keywords: simulationoccupancypopulationhotel

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    1-047a-CondensationOptimization-ModelingScenario
    We seek to optimize a condensation process which is modeled by a simulation using the random motion of 200 particles in a 50 by 50 square in which a particle bounces off the two vertical and top...

    Keywords: simulationdataoptimizationenergycondensationbest fitcostsum of scquare errors

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    1-047-Condensation-ModelingScenario
    We simulate the random motion of 200 particles in a 50 by 50 square in which a particle bounces off the two vertical and top walls and condenses on the bottom wall. Animations are produced and...

    Keywords: simulationsum of square errorscondensationbest fit

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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...

    Keywords: m&mMystery Novelsimmigrationexperimentdeath

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