Teaching Activities
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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
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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Calculating and using Unit Hydrograph using Matlab
Negin Hayatbini, University of California-Irvine; Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
We are using the concept of Unit Hydrograph to understand the behavior of a watershed following a rain event and to calculate the runoff following any rainfall event.
Subject: Engineering, Geoscience, Environmental Science
Tidal analysis and prediction
Ali Reza Payandeh, Louisiana State University
This activity explores theoretical concepts for student to better understand tides. Students calculate tidal constituent amplitudes and phases with the help of the T_TIDE Matlab software package using observed ...
Subject: Geoscience
Synthesizing Marine Data Sets using MATLAB
Diane Fribance, Coastal Carolina University
Students use MATLAB to analyze an oceanographic data set collected in an estuary on a class boat trip, and put it into context using time-series data downloaded from online sources. Some basic oceanographic ...
Subject: Environmental Science
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Sunspots
Thomas Kelley, Northeastern University
In this assignment, students use MATLAB to import raw sunspot data and output processed sunspot data.
Subject: Physics
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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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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Finite Element Project
Julie Fogarty, California State University-Sacramento
Students use MATLAB to modify an existing direct stiffness method structural analysis program to enable the use of 4-node rectangular finite elements.
Subject: Engineering
Traffic flow model
Morgan Fonley, Alma College
This assignment relates to a traffic flow model. Each problem involves graphing in two and three dimensions and interpreting those graphs.
Subject: Mathematics
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