Illustrating Theorems from Calculus part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Michaela Kubacki, Middlebury College
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 ...

Exploring hypothesis-driven research using Arduino boards and Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Sara Wilson, University of Kansas Main Campus
In this activity, students explore hypothesis-driven research through the development of an experiment using Arduino Uno style microcontroller boards and Matlab. This project encourages students to develop a ...

Solving Engineering Problems Using MATLAB: Systems of Linear Equations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Legun Emmanwori, South Carolina State University
Linear systems of equations arise in many problems in engineering and science, as well as in mathematics. Students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program will learn how to use MATLAB in solving three ...

Exploring Exact Differential Equations through MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
BINIL THOMAS-SEBASTIAN, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA
This activity introduces students to solving exact differential equations and plot solutions for different initial conditions using the MATLAB Live Script. At the end of this activity, students will be able to ...

's a ... FIRE! A simulation of fire caused by gender reveal parties. part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Sarah Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
In this project, students create a simulation of a spreading fire through a forest using MATLAB. This simulation contains many different parameters that control the random spread. Students will complete a ...

Predicting California Housing Prices: Data Visualization and Machine Learning in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Chao Wang, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
This exercise aims to give freshman engineering students a brief introduction to data science, data visualization and machine learning.

Unit 4.1 - Energy Budgets part of Critical Zone Science
Jim Washburne, The University of Arizona
The purpose of this unit is to explore, compare, contrast, and calculate energy fluxes from different CZO field sites to better appreciate the critical differences in the driving radiative forces affecting each ...

Overview: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere Mini-Lesson Sequence part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Jack Loveless, Smith College; Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
An examination of two contrasting rifted margins: the Red Sea and Gulf of California, leading to identification of similarities and differences associated with rifting and lithospheric rupture in each setting.

Unit 4.2 - Carbon Budgets part of Critical Zone Science
Jim Washburne, The University of Arizona
The purpose of this unit is to explore, compare, contrast, and interpret carbon fluxes from the Ameriflux network to better appreciate the critical factors that account for the different timing and magnitudes of ...

Measuring voting districts and distributions part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Eugene Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio College
This project-based activity allows students to use MATLAB to analyze voting district boundaries and their relationship to social and environmental justice. Students recreate geographic borders, calculate centroids, ...