| Week | Elementary Mathematical Models | The Future of Everything | Writing | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Overview 2. Difference equations | 9/9 writing sample | ||
| 2 | 3. Arithmetic growth 4. Linear models | Introduction | ||
| 3 | 5. Quadratic growth models
Summation of an arithmetic sequence | 1. Slings and arrows
The beginnings of prediction | 9/15 John Pomfret
Chinese Lessons | |
| 4 | Exam 1
Chapters 1-5 | 2. Let there be light
Tycho Brahe and the model makers | Writing exercises | Portfolios due |
| 5 | 8. Fitting a line to data | 5. It's in the genes
Predicting our health | Writing exercises | Nobel preview |
| 6 | Nobel report | Nobel Conference
Oct. 7-8 | ||
| 7 | 9. Geometric growth | 3. Divide and conquer
The gospel of deterministic science | Nobel report revision | |
| 8 | 10. Exponential Functions | Reading Days
Oct. 20-21 | ||
| 9 | 11 (pp. 233-236)
Exam 2, Oct. 31 | 4. Red sky at night
Predicting the weather | Writing assignment given (Malthus) | J-Term registration |
| 10 | 12. Geometric sums and mixed models | 6. Bulls and bears
Predicting our economy, I | Library resources | Registration conferences |
| 11 | 13. Logistic growth | 6. Bulls and bears
Predicting our economy, I | First drafts (Malthus) | Registration conferences |
| 12 | 14. Chaos in logistic models | 7. The big picture
How weather, health, and wealth are related | Excel lab | |
| 13 | Exam | Malthus report due | Start projects | Maple lab
Thanksgiving |
| 14 | 8. Back to the drawing board
Figuring out where we went wrong | |||
| 15 | 9. Consulting the crystal ball
Our world in 2100 | Oral project reports | ||
| 16 | Written project reports due | Final exam week |