Tools and Tutorials

These pages help faculty learn useful software packages and introduce them to their students.

Mathematica Tutorials: These self-paced tutorials by Bill Titus at Carleton College expose novices to the Mathematica software package and explore some of its abilities.

What is Excel?: This area of the Starting Point Teaching with Models module by Bob MacKay of Clark College is devoted to Microsoft Excel - what is it, why is it useful and how to make use of it in your classes. There are also several basic and more advanced examples of activities using Excel in a Geoscience context.

How to use Stella: This Starting Point page list several resources for learning how to use the Stella tool effectively.

Matlab Tutorial: This page gives a good introduction to the Matlab computational and programming environment. It is a basic introduction suitable for students who have not used Matlab before.