Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S102

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68983-6, Copyright (C) 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Second-semester Biocalculus Computer Laboratory Projects Using Excel and Maple

Timothy D. Comar

Benedictine University

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ABSTRACT

This article on biologically oriented computer laboratory projects highlights projects that are appropriate in second-semester calculus, second-semester biocalculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and modeling courses. These projects help students develop mathematical and computational skills needed to pursue quantitatively oriented biological problems.

Keyword(s): calculus, applications, spreadsheets, Maple, linear algebra, differential equations, modeling