Teaching Activities
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Taylor Series and Efficient Calculations of Transcendental Functions
Ethan Duckworth, Loyola College in Maryland
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 ...
Subject: Mathematics
Function Telephone
Blain Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
This activity aims to engage students in a low-stakes activity to build confidence and review basic topics including function input and output, function information exchange, and global and local variables in the ...
Subject: Mathematics, Computer Science
Matrix Coding & Decoding
Edith Aguirre, El Paso Community College
The activity provides students with a 3x3 matrix key that will be used to code and decode messages. Students will use MatLab to code, and matrix multiplication to encrypt a message. Then their encrypted message ...
Subject: Mathematics
Numerical Simulation Basics: Part II – Boundary Conditions & Numerical Stability for a Finite-Difference Equation
Jim Boyle, Western Connecticut State University
This is the second and last activity teaching numerical simulation basics to students in a junior-level physical oceanography course. In the first activity students program solutions for a 1st order differential ...
Subject: Geoscience
Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Using Machine Learning Model
Abhishek Appaji, BMS College Of Engineering
This activity introduces students to supervised learning methods and basic data science techniques using MATLAB. The focus is on the prediction of CHD using logistic regression. This activity involves implementing ...
Subject: Biology, Health Sciences, Engineering
Hurricane Time Series Analysis
Henry Potter, Texas A & M University
This activity uses Atlantic hurricane data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Students will run the code provided to produce figures (scatter plots, time series, and histograms) that ...
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science
Solving Systems of Equations
Conroy Robinson, University of Technology, Jamaica
This activity is geared towards teaching students how to use MATLAB to solve systems of simultaneous equations, simplify and plot graphs of polynomials.
Subject: Engineering
Estimating Drive Velocity with Sphero RVR Using MATLAB
Alejandro Espera, The University of Tennessee
This teaching activity primarily allows students to control Sphero RVR robot through Sphero RVR MATLAB Toolbox. Students will have to write a program that estimates the robot's actual drive velocity with ...
Subject: Engineering
Measuring voting districts and distributions
Eugene Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio College
This project-based activity allows students to apply MATLAB programming to analyze voting district boundaries and their relationship to social and environmental justice issues. Students recreate geographic shapes ...
Subject: Engineering
Integrated Study of Electric Circuits: Theory, MATLAB Simulation, and Hands-On Lab Applications
Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
In these lab activities, students first review theoretical concepts with examples, incorporating MATLAB solutions and simulations using Simscape. They work through pre-lab questions using MATLAB and simulations, ...
Subject: Engineering