Using Regression Models to make Predictions part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
This activity introduces students to prediction and confidence intervals for a simple linear regression model using a MATLAB Live Script. To draw a connection to confidence intervals for an unknown population mean, ...

Example Bisection Method Problem in MATLAB Grader part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Here's an example of a text book problem in Numerical Methods that was converted to a MATLAB Grader assignment to assess students in a more automated and interactive way. Other problems can be modeled and ...

Battleship part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2023:Activities
This activity aims to engage students in a low-stakes activity to build confidence and review basic topics including indexing matrices and vectors, extracting data from a matrix, operating on data from a matrix, ...

Introduction to hydrologic model calibration part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
In this exercise, we introduce the concept of model calibration for rainfall-runoff models. We specifically employ a synthetic precipitation data as input to the hydrologic model to generate synthetic runoff. The ...

Vector Fields part of Teaching Computation with 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.

Illustrating Theorems from Calculus part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
In this activity, students use MATLAB to create and interact with illustrations of three theorems from Calculus: (1) Extreme Value Theorem, (2) Intermediate Value Theorem, and (3) Mean Value Theorem. The assignment ...

Module 2 Introduction to R and Pair Programming part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This unit is designed to take students with no programming experience and introduce them to R, a programming environment commonly used by scientists for analyzing and visualizing data. By introducing students to ...

Slicing Cylinders part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Students identify and draw slices through cylinders and partial cylinders, and use gestures to visualize slicing planes. This practice with visualizing slices through idealized geometric shapes is preparation for visualizing slices through geological features.

Coriolis Effect Activity part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
The Coriolis Effect is the deflection of moving objects when they are viewed in a rotating reference frame. In oceanography, we are most interested in how the Coriolis Effect moves winds and ocean currents on the ...

Taylor Series and Efficient Calculations of Transcendental Functions part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
This module helps students learn/relearn about Taylor series, the remainder theorem, symbolic tools in MATLAB, and writing efficient functions for calculating transcendental functions. Students are reminded about ...