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== Individual Journal Assignment == | |||
* Store this journal entry as "''username'' Week 5" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page). | |||
* Create the following set of links. (HINT: you can do all of this easily by adding them to your template and then using the template on your pages.) | |||
** Link to your journal entry from your user page. | |||
** Link back from your journal entry to your user page. | |||
** Link to this assignment from your journal entry. | |||
** Don't forget to add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of your wiki page. | |||
=== A simple chemostat model of nutrients and population growth === | |||
* [[Media:Chemostat_math_modeling_assignment.pdf | Click here for a PDF file containing this week's assignment.]] | |||
== Shared Journal Assignment == | |||
* Store your journal entry in the shared [[BIOL398-01/S11:Class Journal Week 5 | Class Journal Week 5]] page. If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it (congratulations on getting in first ''':)''' ) | |||
* Link to your journal entry from your user page. | |||
* Link back from the journal entry to your user page. | |||
* Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>). | |||
* Add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so). | |||
=== Reflection on Chemostat Model === | |||
# What was the purpose of this assignment? | |||
# What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you? | |||
# What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you? | |||
# What (yet) do you not understand? | |||
=== Read and Reflect === | |||
* Read the article [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7007-8-40.pdf Lander, AD (2010) The Edges of Understanding. ''BMC Biology'' 8:40.] | |||
*# What distinction does Lander draw between modeling to "discover new knowledge" and modeling for "understanding"? | |||
*# Which point of view resonates with you more? Why? | |||
Revision as of 23:15, 10 February 2011
Instructions
CHEMOSTAT MODELS:
- What was the purpose of this assignment?
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you?
- What (yet) do you not understand?
LANDER ARTICLE:
- What distinction does Lander draw between modeling to "discover new knowledge" and modeling for "understanding"?
- Which point of view resonates with you more? Why?
Online Sources
Student Response
Individual Journal Assignment
- Store this journal entry as "username Week 5" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page).
- Create the following set of links. (HINT: you can do all of this easily by adding them to your template and then using the template on your pages.)
- Link to your journal entry from your user page.
- Link back from your journal entry to your user page.
- Link to this assignment from your journal entry.
- Don't forget to add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of your wiki page.
A simple chemostat model of nutrients and population growth
- Store your journal entry in the shared Class Journal Week 5 page. If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it (congratulations on getting in first :) )
- Link to your journal entry from your user page.
- Link back from the journal entry to your user page.
- Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut (
~~~~
). - Add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).
Reflection on Chemostat Model
- What was the purpose of this assignment?
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you?
- What (yet) do you not understand?
Read and Reflect
- Read the article Lander, AD (2010) The Edges of Understanding. BMC Biology 8:40.
- What distinction does Lander draw between modeling to "discover new knowledge" and modeling for "understanding"?
- Which point of view resonates with you more? Why?
Individual Assignments
Class Assignments
Class Notes
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