Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.
Audiences:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability
Related Topics:
agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance
Experiment with a simple ecosystem consisting of grass, rabbits, and wolves, learning about probabilities, chaos, and simulation.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Calculus, Graphs, Modeling, Probability, Statistics
Related Topics:
agent modeling, calculus, chaos, graph, iteration, pattern, predator-prey, probability simulation, random number, simulation, statistics
Plot a bivariate data set, determine the line of best fit for their data, and then check the accuracy of your line of best fit.
Audiences:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Statistics
Related Topics:
calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, correlation, curve fitting, data plot, deviations, residual, statistics
Functions like a real stopwatch, recording times that you choose. This stopwatch is accurate to the nearest tenth of a second. Parameters: Count up from 0 or count down from a set time.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Geometry
Related Topics:
decimals, elapsed time, intervals, stopwatch, time
