Data Processing with MATLAB: Formation Energies of Titanium Oxides part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an extremely common chemical substance and finds uses ranging from serving as a pigment for white paint, sunscreen and even toothpaste, to serving as a photosensitizer in waste water ...

Vector Fields part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
This activity is exploratory and collaborative MATLAB activity. Students will explore and visualize vector fields. Students will also learn about the flow lines of the vector fields.

Solving the 1D Schrodinger Equation part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
In this activity, students will explore 1-dimensional solutions to the time-independent Schrodinger equation. Students will utilize a provided MATLAB live script to determine exact energy values for two different ...

Breakeven Analysis Project part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
The project requires students to use basic programming skills in MATLAB to write a program that will perform a breakeven analysis for a proposed new elephant house at the local zoo. Students are given parameters ...

Unprecedented part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
This project is designed to introduce lower-division science and engineering students to mathematical modelling through the analysis of real-world data related to the novel coronavirus global pandemic. The project ...

Put out the Fire! Exploring the Effects of Fire-Fighting Foams on Microorganisms using Statistics and Plots part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
Objective Analyze a subset of data from a published research paper using MATLAB. This will focus on data manipulation in MATLAB, including reading in text files, for, if, and while statements, statistics, and plot ...

Scaling sizes of sports field part of Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB:Matlab Workshop 2020:Activities
This is a MATLAB live script that guides students to learn about the kinematics of thrown balls in various sports. It helps the students learn about simple numerical methods to solve differential equations, as well ...

Sage Hen Flat fieldcamp/capstone activity part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
This activity attempts to simulate the process of field-based science investigation for the Sage Hen Flat area of the White Mountains, California. The Sage Hen Flat pluton is Jurassic in age and intrudes ...

Geological Mapping of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
This is useful as a first field mapping exercise (virtual) in a traditional capstone field camp course. Students will map flat-lying, but faulted Mesozoic strata near Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Skills required in ...

Virtual Field Trip to the Cagles Mill Outcrop, Indiana part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
During this virtual field trip students will write sedimentary facies descriptions, draw a stratigraphic column, and develop a set of paleogeographic maps of the Cagles Mill Spillway outcrop. This site is a ...