One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations

Modeling and Technology Approach For Teaching Dierential Equations

Modeling One First Order Dierential Equations
Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Modeling Death with M&M s and Simulation Immigration Model with M&Ms Modeling Change Discretely Moving to Dierential Equation Model Introducing Mathematica s DSolve (with modest analytic solutions in appendices as needed)

Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Modeling Immigration in a Petri Dish Bank Investment Analysis Bank Loan Analysis Saving for Childs College Education Evaporation and Radioactive Decay Modeling Modeling Sphere of Salt in Solution Modeling the Spread of Oil Slick with Incomplete Data Salt Mixing in Tank Modeling Hang Time Modeling Cooling/Dueling Coee Modeling Modeling the Emptying of a Column of Water Chemical Kinetics Models - Zeroth, First, and Second Order Reactions Tunnel Construction by Ants and Humans Sublimation of Carbon Dioxide

Modeling OneA Numerically Solving Dierential Equations

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dierential Equations Which Are Just Impossible! Simple Step Iterating Method Eulers Method Numerical Experiments Improving on Eulers Method Runge-Kutta Method

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations 7. Comparison of Methods with Mathematica s NDSolve approach Activities These are embedded in the development of the numerical methods.

Modeling Two Limited Growth Models

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. Exponential Growth Population Model Limited Growth Population Modeling Logistic Model Development Estimating Parameter Strategies for Logistic Growth Model

Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Parameter Estimation in Logistic Growth Models Comparison with Transformed Data vs. Direct Optimization of Sum of Square Error Simulation with M&Ms of Logistic Growth Model for Spread of Disease Analysis of Struggle for Existence Paramecia Data from G. F. Gause, Soviet Ecologist Sensitivity Analysis - Data Collection Experiment in Comparing Masses of Rocks Modeling the Spread of Technological Innovation in the United States with Real Data Maximum Sustainable Yield In Harvesting Models Harvesting a Renewable Resources - Some Analysis Running a Catsh Farm

Modeling Three Second Order Homogeneous Dierential Equation Models

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Spring Mass Dashpot Modeling Modeling with Newtons Second Law of Motion Free Body Diagram Modeling Tool Using Initial Condition Information for Completion of Solution General Forms of Solutions Characteristic Equation and Roots and Their Signicance Complex Roots to Characteristic Equation and Their Meaning Various Types of Damping - Under, Critical, and Over Repeated Roots for Characteristic Equation - Self-Discovery Bookkeeping and Rearrangements - Phase Angle Issues

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Estimating Resistance Parameter in Spring Mass Dashpot Modeling - Three Types of Damped Design with First Passage Times Modeling Parachuting Modeling Falling Stack of Coee Filters Modeling Frequency of Spring Mass Dashpot Motion Logarithmic Decrement Buoyancy Force Modeling Bad News - Positive Real Part of Characteristic Root Rocket Thrust Modeling Inverse Problems - Ascertaining Function Models and Parameters Given Observational Data Keeping Costs Down - Manufacturing Cheaper Springs with High Performance RLC Circuits - Basic Circuit Notions and Second Order Dierential Equation Models Swinging Along - Modeling Massless and Physical Pendula Pendulum Motion and Logarithmic Decrement

Modeling Four Second Order NonHomogeneous Dierential Equation Models

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Driver for Spring Mass Dashpot Modeling Intelligent Conjecturing for NonHomogeneous Solution Building General Solutions with Homogeneous and NonHomogeneous Parts Transient and Steady State Portions of Solutions Phase Angle for Solutions Using Initial Condition Information for Completion of Solution General Forms of Solutions

Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. RLC Tuner Circuit - Working a Radio Parameter Estimation Through Steady State Data Forced Vibration and No Damping Frequency Response - Maximum Steady State Amplitude Building Swaying - Tuned Mass Dampers Killer Speed Bumps

Modeling Five Linear Systems of Dierential Equation Models

Narrative and Development 1. Intelligent Conjecturing for Homogeneous Solution

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Eigenvalues - Voodoo Dispelled Converting Second Order to System and Noting Meaning of Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Building General Solutions with Homogeneous and NonHomogeneous Parts Time Out for Small Motor Skills and Eye Hand Coordination Practice Trial Run at Two Solution Strategies First of Two Two Compartment Model Analyses Second Two Compartment Model Analysis

Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Two Spring Conguration for Spring Mass Dashpot Modeling Dialysis Machine Mystery Circuit Tuned Mass Dampers Optimization for a Chemical Reaction Stochastic Processes - An Innite System of Dierential Equations Inverse Problems - Ascertaining Function Models and Parameters Given Observational Data

Modeling Six NonLinear Systems of Dierential Equation Models

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Numerical Solution Strategy Equilibria and Stability Analysis Linearization and Support from Homogeneous System Analysis Nonlinear Ecological Modeling Predator-Prey Modeling Competition Modeling Higher Trophic Level Models

Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Competition in Ecology Predator Prey Modeling with Satiation and Limited Growth Predator Prey Modeling with Hiding Mimicry in Nature West Point Acorn, Rodent, Rattlesnake Populations 1914 Inuenza Epidemic Epidemic Models Flour Beetles Predation with Hiding Predator Prey Modeling and Optimal Control Insect Colony Optimal Control

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations

Modeling Seven Changing the Venue for Solution Success Laplace Transforms
Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Modeling with Spikes and Jumps Transformations in General General Laplace Transforms -Lots of Functions Revisit Second Order Dierential Equations and Linear Systems with Laplace Transform Transfer Function Thinking Solution Strategies with Laplace Transforms Living in the Frequency Domain Convolution Applications

Activities 1. RLC Filter Circuit and Laplace Transform ViewPoint 2. Convolution Applications - Replacement Theory

Modeling Eight Representing Natural Phenomena with Sines and Cosines

Narrative and Development 1. Approximating Functions with sums of Sine Functions 2. General Fourier Series Modeling Activities 1. Creating Complex Sounds from Simple Sounds 2. Analyzing Signals with Simple Functions 3. Orthonormal Families and Their Good Times

Modeling Nine Modeling with Dierential Equations in Higher Dimensions

Narrative and Development 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Partial Dierential Equations Numerical Solutions Modeling Spread of Heat in Limited Environment - Heat Equation Applications of the Heat Equation - Formulating Conditions Extensions of the Heat Equations Making Sound with Waves - Wave Equation Modes

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations 8. Analytic Solutions - Building for Success 9. Boundary Value Problems and Fourier Analysis - Bringing it All Together Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. Root Cellar Modeling with Heat Equation Non invasive Analysis with the Heat Equation Tuning a Stringed Instrument with the Wave Equation Orthonormal Families and Their Good Times

APPENDICES Strategies for Analytic Solutions

1. First Order Dierential Equations i) Separation of Variable ii) Integrating Factors iii) Conjecturing 2. Second Order Dierential Equations i) Conjecturing and EigenValues ii) The Cases for EigenValues iii) Homogeneous and NonHomogeneous Solutions and Building Final Solutions 3. Series Approach to Dierential Equations i) Conjecturing and Expectation ii) Dierence Equations iii) Induction and Building Final Solutions 4. Qualitative Approach to Dierential Equations i) ii) iii) iv) Phase Plane Equilibrium Stability Sensitivity

5. Linear Systems of Dierential Equations i) Equilibrium and Stability Issues ii) Conjecturing, EigenVectors, and EigenValues iii) Construction of Solutions - Homogeneous and NonHomogeneous Equations 6. NonLinear Systems of Dierential Equations i) Equilibrium and Stability Issues ii) Linearization and Translation iii) Some Special Situations - Orbits in Predator Prey Models 7. Fourier Series Development i) General Formulae

One SIMIODE Approach for Teaching Dierential Equations ii) Extensions - Odd and Even iii) Orthonormal Family Theory 8. Partial Dierential Equation Solution Strategies i) Separation of Variables ii) Boundary Value Problems iii) Appearance of Fourier Series