08/31/04

Ch. 0, Ch. 1 through p. 13

09/02/04

Ch. 1 through page 23

09/07/04

Rest of Ch. 1

HW 1 due: p. 38 #1, 3bc; p. 39 Project 1.2

09/09/04

Project 1 Oral reports

09/14/04

Ch. 2 through page 53

Project 1 written reports due (to ben.ford@sonoma.edu as an attachment with your names in the title of the document)

Mathematica file used in class

09/16/04

Work on HW 2!

Hand in Project 1 evaluation (see description on class home page).

Excel file used in class

09/21/04

Ch. 2 through page 70

09/23/04

Ch. 2 through page 81

09/28/04

Finish chapter 2

HW 2 due: p. 38 #4, p. 90 #3, 7; Project 2.4

Excel files used in class: Stochastic cranes and ChiSquare

09/30/04

Read Ch 3 through p. 110

Here is a good description of how to create histograms in Excel with or without the Data Analysis toolpack.

10/05/04

Read Ch. 3 through p. 121

Mathematica files used in class:

• LakePollutionMatrix.nb

• HumanPopulationMatrix.nb

• MarkovAnts.nb

10/07/04

Read Ch 3 through p. 130

Mathematica file from class

10/12/04

Finish Ch. 3

Project 2 (Book's 2.1) oral reports

10/14/04

Project 2 written reports

10/19/04

Read Chapter 4 through p. 161

Project 2 evaluations handed in

10/21/04

Read Chapter 4 through p. 167

HW 3 due: Project 2.2 #1(carefully) and (#2 or #3); p. 135 #1, 2

10/26/04

Read Chapter 4 through p. 180

Mathematica file from class: LynxData.nb

10/28/04

Read Chapter 4 through p. 197

11/02/04

Read Chapter 4 through p. 213

HW 4 due: p. 138 #7, 9; p. 226 #3; Project 3.2

ElectionPolls11-2.xls used in class

11/04/04

Finish Chapter 4

Special appearance by Prof. Clem Falbo

11/09/04

Project 3 (Book's 3.3) oral reports

11/11/04

Project 3 written reports

11/16/04

Read Chapter 5 through p. 258

Project 3 evaluations handed in.

3dsystems.nb used in class (12/7: Upgraded to show how to draw nullclines along with the slope field).

11/18/04

Read Chapter 5 through p. 266

11/23/04

HW 5 due: p. 226 # 5, 9(here is data); Project 4.6

11/25/04

No Class – Thanksgiving

11/30/04

Read Chapter 5 through page 283

Project 4.13 competition: In pairs or individually (your choice), complete Project 4.13. Bring to class your written project and put on the board your best 3-predictor model, your choice for how to measure “best,” and your model's prediction for the body fat of the 24-year old male in part 4. Here's the data set.

12/02/04

Almost-there exam

12/07/04

Read the rest of Chapter 5

Information on the Mathematical Contest in Modeling and the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (Feb 3-7, 2205) including previous problems.

12/09/04

12/14/04

2:00-3:50 p.m.

Hand in final homework: Ch 5 # 4, 6; Proj 5.5 and 5.7