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1-004-S-MicroorganismImmigration
30 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We present a modeling opportunity for population death with non-constant immigration and suggest the use of both discrete and continuous models with a comparison of results.
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1-001-S-MandMDeathAndImmigration
30 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We describe a classroom activity in which students use M&M candies to simulate death and immigration. Students build a mathematical model, collect data, estimate parameters, and compare their model prediction with their actual data. There is a video of one run of the main simulation in...
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1-003-S-CollegeSavings
12 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We present a modeling opportunity for students in which they have to plan and model for saving for a child's complete college education.
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1-002-S-Tossing
11 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and differential equation.We add a Hand Out Working Version which can be used in class authored by Rachel ...