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3-100-Ripcord-Toys-ModelingScenario
12 Jun 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brody Dylan Johnson
Saint Louis University
This modeling scenario examines the motion of a ripcord-powered toy with the goal of using real data to estimate parameters in a first-order model of the velocity of the toy. Students may conduct...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3605/?v=2
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
14 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3305/?v=5
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
14 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3305/?v=4
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
14 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3305/?v=3
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Using IPAT to Measure Urban Sustainability
05 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Michael Strong
Glendale Community College
Urban sustainability can be complicated to measure because sustainability means different things to different people. This challenge can be partially overcome through adoption of a guiding...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4306/?v=1
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1999-Lomen-Lovelock-Data Sets from text Differential Equations Graphics-Models-Data
01 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By David Lomen
NA
Data selected by field is presented, e.g., chemistry, electricity, growth, motion, population, miscellaneous.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3921/?v=1
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1997-Jeff_Graham-Julia_Barnes-A Laboratory Experience for Students of Differential Equations Using RLC Circuits
26 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jeff Graham1, Julia Barnes2
1. NA 2. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee NC USA
Acknowleging that applied mathematics courses rarely offer any hand-on experiences the authors constructed an RLC circuit from which they collected data and validated the differential equation of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3887/?v=1
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1992-John_Mathews-Bounded population growth-a curve fitting lesson
26 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By John Matthews
NA
The purpose of this article is to present two methods for fitting the logistic curve to data supplied by the U. S. census bureau.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3879/?v=1
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2018-Chris McCarthy-Newtons Law of Cooling
15 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Chris McCarthy
BMCC City University of New York, New York NY USA
You have hot water (initial temperature ) in a container, say a cup or glass. The temperature in the room is cooler, say a constant degrees Celsius. Come up with a differential equation that models...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3821/?v=1
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2011-Brian_Winkel-Sourcing_for_parameter_estimation_and_study_of_logistic_differential_equation
13 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We present two simulation activities for students to generate real data and several data sources for the purpose of estimating parameters in the logistic differential equation model.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3813/?v=1
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2021-Brian_Winkel-Modelling_sublimation_of_carbon_dioxide
12 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We report results in our efforts to model sublimation of carbon dioxide and the associated kinetics order and parameter estimation issues in our model.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3801/?v=1
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1992-Emelie_Kenney-Differential_equations_and_the_AIDS_epidemic
12 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Emelie Kenney
NA
This paper describes a lecture for Calculus II students in which the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was used to motivate study of first-order linear differential equations and the derivative...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3790/?v=1
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1957-Axelrod_ Brady_Witkop_Evarts-The Distribution and Metabolism of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
06 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Julius Axelrod
N/A
The development of a specific and sensitive method for the estimation of LSD in biological materials has enabled us to study the tissue distribution, excretion, rate of biotransformation, and...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3728/?v=1
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Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel
29 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristin Byrd
Tarrant County 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/3643/?v=1
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3-100-Ripcord-Toys-ModelingScenario
20 Dec 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brody Dylan Johnson
Saint Louis University
This modeling scenario examines the motion of a ripcord-powered toy with the goal of using real data to estimate parameters in a first-order model of the velocity of the toy. Students may conduct...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3605/?v=1
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
05 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3305/?v=2
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6-001-Epidemic-ModelingScenario
13 Jun 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sheila Miller
Formerly of New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, Brooklyn NY USA
This paper presents real-world data, a problem statement, and discussion of a common approach to modeling that data, including student responses. In particular, we provide time-series data on the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2956/?v=1
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1-028-SouthernSweetIcedTea-ModelingScenario
26 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Troy Henderson
University of Mobile, Mobile AL USA
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...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3321/?v=1
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1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3305/?v=1