Teaching Activities
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Simulating Passive Properties of Neurons Using Matlab
Michael Wright, California State University-Sacramento
This lab activity simulates a fundamental concept in cellular neuroscience; namely that all neurons can be modeled as circuits (i.e., the equivalent circuit) composed of resistors and capacitors in parallel. The ...
Subject: Biology
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Climate change and extreme values analysis
Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
In this activity, we learn where to get climate data (monthly temperature maxima and monthly precipitation maxima) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We learn how to fit a GEV ...
Subject: Geoscience, Engineering
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Investigating Real and Ideal gases
Kristi Closser, California State University-Fresno
This activity looks at the difference between real and ideal gas laws, emphasizing the connection of the physical properties to equations and graphs. Students first analyze the real gas equation, which should be ...
Subject: Chemistry
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Modeling Rocket Flight Trajectory
Sani Abba, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
<a>An aeronautical of a Rocket Missile Launch</a>
Subject: Engineering
Introduction to strings and DNA/protein sequence alignments
Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
This is problem set that helps solidify concepts of computational processing (accessing data, parsing data, visualizing data, using preconstructed tools) and sequence matching, specifically in the context of ...
Subject: Biology
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Cool Roof
Eugene Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio College
This project is a hands-on, open-ended, collaborative assessment of students' abilities to collect numerical data, and develop mathematical models of naturally occurring phenomena. Students design physical ...
Subject: Mathematics, Engineering, Physics
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Fetal Body Composition
Amir Golnabi, Montclair State University
This is a comprehensive and practical project in Calculus for life science majors, which helps students gain a deeper understanding of fundamental concepts of Calculus and enables them to apply those concepts to ...
Subject: Biology, Mathematics
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Investigating Properties of Determinants using Numerical Examples
Sandra Akelbek, Weber State University
We use Matlab as an enrichment tool for Elementary Linear Algebra. In this activity, students investigate, numerically, properties of determinants by creating and using random matrices. In particular, student ...
Subject: Mathematics
Superposition and the Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Michael Groves, California State University-Fullerton
This activity is designed to explore the idea of superposition of basis functions used to describe quantum system using the Stern-Gerlach experiment and light as examples.
Subject: Chemistry
While Loop Applications using the Newton-Rhapson Method for Polynomials
Matthew Zelisko, University of Houston-University Park
This activity demonstrates the possible uses for while loops in the context of a common numerical method, the Newton-Rhapson method for root finding (sometimes referred to as Newton's method). The problem ...
Subject: Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science