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1-046-GoingViral-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By William (Bill) Skerbitz
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...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3287/?v=1
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1-047a-CondensationOptimization-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Chris McCarthy, Brian Winkel1
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
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...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3285/?v=1
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1-066-USCensusModeling-ModelingScenario
24 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jean Marie Linhart
The United States Census, conducted every 10 years, gives data on the United States population, that can be modeled with the exponential, logistic, or Gompertz functions.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3264/?v=1
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1-073-WaterExitBottle-ModelingScenario
24 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
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 out of a cylindrical container.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3259/?v=1
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1-092-DashItAll-ModelingSenario
23 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kurt Bryan
This project uses very basic physics, Newton's Second Law of Motion, to model the motion of a sprinter running down a track. We derive the classic Hill-Keller model for a sprinter exerting...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3233/?v=1
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1-110-TidePoolSnails-ModelingScenario
22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lisa Driskell, Audrey Malagon1
Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk VA USA
Students use linear differential equations to model temperature change, in a sand tide pool and inside the shell of a snail in the tide pool. We offer data on temperature in a tide pool as the sun...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3219/?v=1
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1-111-SpreadOfInformation-ModelingScenario
22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jeff Pettit
Portland Community College, Portland OR USA
Students perform experiments to model spread of information within a population. Students collect data, determine essential components and parameters and build a mathematical model culminating with...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3218/?v=1
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1-122-SpreadPEV-ModelingScenario
22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We present data on world sales data of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and request a model on the rate of change in sales over time, leading to prediction as to number of PEVs in the future.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3210/?v=1
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1-160-HeartDeathRate-ModelingScenario
22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Arati Nanda Pati
University of St. Thomas, Houston TX USA
Students simulate experience from a given data set which represents the heart death rate during the period 2000 - 2010 using several approaches to include exponential decay, difference equation,...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3193/?v=1
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1-001a-MMDeathImmigration-Variation-ModelingScenario
21 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Laren Bliss
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA USA
We model exponential death with m&m's as well as death with immigration.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3192/?v=1
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3-001-SpringMassDataAnalysis-ModelingScenario
21 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We offer data on position of a mass at end of spring over time where the spring mass configuration has damping due to taped flat index cards at the bottom of the mass. Modeling of a spring mass...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3188/?v=1
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3-017-StackedCoffeeFiltersFalling-ModelingScenario
20 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
Data on free falling 2, 4, 6, and 8 stacked coffee filters is offered. Students form a model using a resistance term proportional to velocity, velocity squared, or velocity to some general power....
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3177/?v=1
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3-026-SpringInverseProblem-ModelingScenario
20 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
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.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3175/?v=1
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3-091-SpringModeling-ModelingScenario
19 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bonnie Moon
Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg ID USA
In this lab students will collect data on their spring mass systems and compare their empirical models to their theoretical ones—giving them an opportunity to actually test a model against data.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3140/?v=1
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5-011-ModelingIbuprofren-ModelingScenario
18 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We consider modeling of data from a clinical experiment administered as oral doses of 400 mg ibuprofen, an analgesic pain reliever. Concentrations of ibuprofen in the serum/plasma of the subjects...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3126/?v=1
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6-067-LotkaVolterra-ModelingScenario
16 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Iordanka Panayotova1, Maila Hallare2
1. Christopher Newport University 2. NSU Math
This modeling scenario guides students through the process of fitting the Lotka-Volterra model of two differential equations to a real time series observational data. Students use the capabilities...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3079/?v=1
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3-070-FallingInWater-ModelingScenario
07 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We model a small canister with ballast to keep it vertical as it falls through water in a graduated cylinder filled with water. We suggest several models in terms of resistance due to the media and...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3016/?v=1
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Linear Regression (Excel) and Cellular Respiration for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics
03 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Irene Corriette1, Beatriz Gonzalez1, Daniela Kitanska2, Henriette Mozsolits2, Sheela Vemu3
1. Santa Fe College 2. Passaic County Community College 3. Waubonsee Community College
Students typically find linear regression analysis of data sets in a biology classroom challenging. These activities could be used in a Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Statistics course. The...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2811/?v=1
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Targeting Misconceptions in the Central Dogma by Examining Viral Infection
22 Oct 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Stefanie R. DeVito*
University of Delaware
Understanding the central dogma and how changes in gene expression can impact cell function requires integration of several topics in molecular biology. Students often do not make the necessary...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2765/?v=1
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Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel
02 Sep 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Marina McLeod1, Jennifer Olson1, Wendy Houston1
Everett Community College
In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2747/?v=1