Mathematical modelling

Avalanches

Ian Johnston, Open University

Project Work
Triangle Game
Avalanche Experiments
Simulating an avalanche
Addition Material
Project work by Attleborough High School, Norfolk, UK
Project work by Jersey School for Girls, Jersey, UK
Project work by Harborne School, Birmingham, UK
Project work by Mondale Secondary School, Cape Town, SA

Avalanches

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Avalanches and sandpiles

Additional notes for mathematically based projects

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Robots – slaves at home and at work

Notes on mathematical projects for teachers

Robots and our safety

My Rich Aunt

Philip Cooper,  

How to Value Your Rich Elderly Aunt

Actuaries describe themselves as 'making financial sense of the future'. Actuarial Science has been likened to Financial Engineering. In this one-day conference we aim to show you how actuaries approach problem solving and allow you to experience solving an actuarial problem.

Project Work
Examining life expectancy, using prepared files and Excel, or another graph plotter
Examing the mathematical model in detail
Finding values of definite integrals, and using these to answer the initial problem
Addition Material
Solutions to the problems
Details of the calculations for the mortality rates in the Life Tables
The Trapezium Rule
Extra Hardy document
An inroduction to the problem and to Life Tables
Finding a method of tackling the problem
Methods of numerical integration

Effects of gravity and wind

Introduction to John's talk

Helicopters

Jim Flood,

This resource involves making some very simple (but effective) working paper models that provide opportunities for exploring proportion and scale. Children will need to make changes to their models, guess what effect these changes will have.

Project Work
Construction of a helicopter
Helicopter activity
Transcript of Jim Flood's talk
Addition Material
Jim Flood's powerpoint presentation

Daisyworld and Diabetes

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Daisyworld & Diabetes.

On this page:

Introduction.
The model.
How the model works.
The breakdown of regulation.
Physiological regulation.

Project material for everyone

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Getting going

Rabbits come to daisyworld

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Rabbits come to Daisyworld!

  • Find the value in the spreadsheet which affects the death rate of the daisies.
  • Change it, keeping it as a constant - how does this affect the growth of the daisies?
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