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

Denver, Colorado, March 17-20, 2011

Paper S046

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68984-4, Copyright (C) 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Excelling with Biological Models from the Classroom to Research

Timothy D. Comar

Benedictine University

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ABSTRACT

This paper is an introduction to biologically oriented computer laboratory projects using Excel. These projects help students develop mathematical and computational skills needed to pursue quantitatively oriented biological problems. Necessary Excel techniques and biological background will be provided. These projects are appropriate in calculus, biocalculus, modeling, and differential equations courses.

Keyword(s): applications, modeling, spreadsheets