Installing the Following 21st Century Skills into the Curriculum is as Easy as Print, Present, Proctor!
Spreadsheet Skills Practiced in the Modeling Building / Programming Phase: (Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets)
STUDENTS WILL PROGRAM AND THEN INVESTIGATE QUANTITATIVE MODELS OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS:
Biology: Ideal Population Model, Logistic Population Model (carrying capacity of an ecosystem), Predator Prey Dynamic Model, Genetics Dominant and Recessive Alleles, and Hardy Weinberg Principle Applied to Populations
Chemistry: Titration Simulation, Graham's Law, Newton's Law of Cooling, Energy and Specific Heat, Gas Laws: Boyle's, Charles', Gay-Lussac's, Avogadro's, Ideal Gas Law, Limiting Reactant, Percent Excess, Molar Mass
Physics: Vector Addition, Terminal Velocity, Projectiles with Drag Force Compared to Ideal, Buoyancy in Gases with Balloons, Rocket Flight, Angular Motion in Cars, Wave Superposition, Interference and Beats, 1, 2, and 3 Dimensional Electrostatic Charge Distributions, Electric Circuits using Ohm's Law and Power Equation, Fuel Economy in Cars, and more!
Math: Quadratic Formula, Graphing Quadratics, Cubic, Exponential, Hyperbolic Functions, Finance (Loans and Investments), Surface Area, Volume, Cost Optimization, Probability Simulations (Casino Betting, Game Shows), Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Powers, Percentages
Every SLM Model is Mathematical, Student Built, and Easy to Observe!
- Formula Writing (using all mathematical operations: trigonometric functions, inverse trig functions, converting radians to degrees)
- Formula Replication, Using Fixed and Relative References
- Analysis of Large Data Sets with Computer Commands
- IF Functions, Sum Functions, Max and Min Functions
- Making and Using Pivot Tables (a Pivot Table is a series of simulating cells that update when a referenced variable(s) are changed at their input location(s), each model is a pivot table)
- Goal Seek/Solver to Solve/Optimize
- Applying Random Number Generator Functions
- Development of Living Graphs that Update Instantly
- Graphing Multiple (X Y Scatter) Data Sets on Axis
- Worksheet Replication
- Application of Numerical Methods such as Euler's Method and Trapezoid Rule to model real world content with ideal formulas such as the ones listed below for each subject area:
STUDENTS WILL PROGRAM AND THEN INVESTIGATE QUANTITATIVE MODELS OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS:
Biology: Ideal Population Model, Logistic Population Model (carrying capacity of an ecosystem), Predator Prey Dynamic Model, Genetics Dominant and Recessive Alleles, and Hardy Weinberg Principle Applied to Populations
Chemistry: Titration Simulation, Graham's Law, Newton's Law of Cooling, Energy and Specific Heat, Gas Laws: Boyle's, Charles', Gay-Lussac's, Avogadro's, Ideal Gas Law, Limiting Reactant, Percent Excess, Molar Mass
Physics: Vector Addition, Terminal Velocity, Projectiles with Drag Force Compared to Ideal, Buoyancy in Gases with Balloons, Rocket Flight, Angular Motion in Cars, Wave Superposition, Interference and Beats, 1, 2, and 3 Dimensional Electrostatic Charge Distributions, Electric Circuits using Ohm's Law and Power Equation, Fuel Economy in Cars, and more!
Math: Quadratic Formula, Graphing Quadratics, Cubic, Exponential, Hyperbolic Functions, Finance (Loans and Investments), Surface Area, Volume, Cost Optimization, Probability Simulations (Casino Betting, Game Shows), Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Powers, Percentages
Every SLM Model is Mathematical, Student Built, and Easy to Observe!