I post some of my favorite mathematics projects here. You’re welcome to use and modify anything for your non-commercial classroom purposes. Please Send Me a Message if you have any questions or comments.
A Model of Marital Interaction
This activity is meant to illustrate the simulation-based analysis of a mathematical model. It is not really about marriage or love or any of that mushy stuff. Just nice, cold, math. Introduction Through a series of studies and books, John Gottman and his colleagues at the Love Lab demonstrated that is was possible to,…
Modeling Alien Cat Viruses
What happens if you get too many cats on an island? This page contains an accessible tool for modeling of an island feral cat population following introduction of Feline Leukemia Virus. Developed by a team of life scientists and mathematicians at the University of Northern Colorado, the Mathematica-based simulator applies real-time numerical methods to visualize…
GeoGebra for Math Teachers
Use GeoGebra for math teaching and learning.
Simulating Hot Dog Sales
The Problem: The concession stand committee at Barnes Middle School is frustrated. Although they can count how many hot dogs they sell during a game, they can’t accurately predict their sales before the games. This makes it hard to order the hot dogs and buns they’ll need prior to game time. The Activity: Complete the…
The Two Bins Problem
The Problem: Suppose you bought some material with a fixed length and height from the store. Use want to use the material to build a rectangular container with two bins and no top or bottom (see below). What’s the best way to make the box out of the material? The Activity: We completed the activity…