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

Chicago, Illinois, March 11-14, 2010

Paper S101

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Bringing Life (Science) to Calculus Through Computer Laboratory Projects

Timothy D. Comar

Benedictine University

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ABSTRACT

In this paper, we discuss biologically oriented computer laboratory projects. These projects are appropriate for biology and mathematics students and help students develop mathematical and computational skills needed to pursue quantitatively oriented biological problems. These projects can be used in precalculus, calculus, biocalculus, differential equations, and linear algebra courses.

Keyword(s): applications, precalculus, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra