Shodor Computational Science Institute

Models in Stella - What we tried

Amal, Ibrahim, Sahar and Tun

  • Nutrition
    • Individual Weight
    • Factors: Base Metabolic Rate, Physical Activity, Gender, Age, Caloric Intake
  • Juveniles with Guns in Schools
    • Number of Juveniles with Guns
    • Factors: Prevention Mechanisms, Intervention Mechanisms, Comprehesive Curriculum, Drugs, Poverty, Racism, Justice, Urban Decay, Gun Supply

Andy and Bill

  • Bus System
    • Minimize the Subsidy
    • Factors: Cash-in, Cash-out, Operating Costs, Fare, Number of Riders, Number pre Bus, City Subsidy, Number of Drivers, Maintenance, Fuel, Driver Salary

Hugh

  • Hydro Electric Power Plant
    • Power Plant Reservoir
    • Factors: River Depth, Cloud Cover (Rain), Evaporation, Generated Electricity

Peter

  • Population
    • Age Classes in Rabbit Populations
    • Factors: Number of Juveniles, Number of Adult Males, Number of Adult Females, Fertility, Seasonality, Mortality, Predation

Elizabeth

  • Photosynthesis
    • Change in Oxygen Evolution
    • Factors: Light Intensity, Distance from Light to Leaf, Photorespiration

Jane and Julian

  • How to Implement Physics
    • Toys in Space
    • Factors: Gravity, Type of Toy
  • Rocketry
    • Flight of Rockets
    • Factors: Gravity, Height, Apogee, Velocity, Mass
  • Colored Light
    • Plant Growth in Colored Lights
    • Factors: Mixture of Colors, Plant Type
  • Queuing
    • Simulate a Queue
    • Factors: Length of Queue, Service Time, Waiting Time

Arcelia

  • Volleyball
    • Accurately Passing a Volleyball
    • Factors: Net Dimensions, Player Heights and Positions, Athlete Conditioning, Force of Impact, Training and Experience, Angle of Forearms, Stance and Balance of Players, Condition and Composition of the Ball, Gravity

Abdul and David

  • Two Species Populations
    • How Predators Interact with Prey
    • Factors: Birth Rates, Competition Factors, Death Rates, Ratios of Predators to Prey, Diffusion

Ann and Mali

  • Population
    • Environmental Resistance
    • Factors: Food Sources, Biological Hazards, Change in Fertility, Animal/Bacteria Type
  • Dancing Shrimp
    • The Dynamics of a Dancing Shrimp Population
    • Factors: Interfering Manta Shrimp, Hatch Rates, Death Rates, Size of Dancing Shrimp and Manta Shrimp Populations, Introduction of Shrimp
  • Coral
    • Cost of Starting and Maintaining a Coraf Reef
    • Factors: Cost of Coral, Cost of Shrimp, Electricity, Water, Food, Chemicals, Reef Container


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