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1-001-MM-DeathAndImmigration-ModelingScenario
20 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We conduct a simulation of death and immigration, using a small set of "individuals", m&m candies or any two sided object (coin, chips), in which upon tossing a set of individuals we cause some to...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3144/?v=3
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1-001-MM-DeathAndImmigration-ModelingScenario
05 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We describe a classroom activity in which students use M&M candies to simulate death and immigration. Students build a mathematical model, usually a linear first order, difference or differential...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3144/?v=2
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1-034-T-FishMixing-ModelingScenario
26 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Eric Sullivan, Elizabeth Carlson1
Carroll College, Helena MT USA
This activity gives students a chance to build the underlying differential equation and/or difference equation for a mixing problem using tangible objects (fish) and a student-designed restocking...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3325/?v=1
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1-001s-StochasticMDeathImmigration-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Chris McCarthy
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.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3289/?v=1
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1-001d-HotelPopulationDecay-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Dina Yagodich
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...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3288/?v=1
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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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1-001c-PopulationDecayThenSome-ModelingScenario
25 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Dina Yagodich
Frederick Community College, Frederick MD USA
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.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3286/?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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1-047-Condensation-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 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 data...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3284/?v=1
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1-084-GoingViral-ModelingScenario
24 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By William (Bill) Skerbitz
Students employ randomization in order to create a simulation of the spread of a viral disease in a population (the classroom). Students then use qualitative analysis of the expected behavior of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3246/?v=1
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1-095-RatingChessPlayers-ModelingScenarios
23 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Hope McIlwain
The goal of this activity is to have students build a mathematical model involving a system of first order difference equations from a verbal description of a scenario.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3229/?v=1
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1-096-OP-AMP-Differentiator-ModelingScenario
23 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Virgil Ganescu
The output waveform (function) of a operational amplifier type of differentiator circuit is determined analytically from the first order governing ordinary differential equation and compared with...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3228/?v=1
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1-101-ClassMMDeathImmigration-ModelingScenario
22 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We offer students an opportunity to generate unique data for their team on a death and immigration model using m&m's and then pass on the data to another student team for analysis with a model they...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3224/?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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3-076-CircuitBuilding-ModelingScenario
19 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Chiu Chois
University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL USA
In this project students will establish a mathematical model for an electric circuit as a second-order ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3150/?v=1
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1-001-MM-DeathAndImmigration-ModelingScenario
19 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We describe a classroom activity in which students use M&M candies to simulate death and immigration. Students build a mathematical model, usually a linear first order, difference or differential...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3144/?v=1
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1-125-DiceyPopulation-ModelingScenario
07 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
We offer students an opportunity to generate data for their team on a death and immigration model using 12 and 20 sided dice and then pass on the data to another student team for analysis with a...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3004/?v=1
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Cell Collective: Learning biology with modeling and simulations
27 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Ehren Whigham1, Tomas Helikar1
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Cell Collective is an online, research-grade modeling platform adapted to engage students in creating and simulating dynamic models of biological processes.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1986/?v=1
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Ehren Whigham
https://qubeshub.org/community/members/15679
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Washington Post spatial simulation of social distancing
Collections |
15 Mar 2020 |
Posted by Carrie Diaz Eaton
https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/quant_bio_online/collections/covid-19public-health