Week 11 = 7.1 (Modeling with differential equations), 7.2 (Direction fields and Euler's methods), 7.3 (Separable equations) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- M - 7.1 explain what a diffeq is examples in book are: population growth, motion of a spring talk about difference and relationship between general solution and solution of inital value problem example of checking a solution Activity (20-25 min): Solutions to Differential Equations: A Qualitative Look (Stewart) --------------------------------------------------------------------- T - 7.2 go over activity define direction fields & show how this helps approximate a solution for a diffeq do some examples of drawing these and picking out an inital value problem solution (use overheads?--Leah has a set from previous year) explain Euler's method & do an example (25 min) --------------------------------------------------------------------- W - 7.2/7.3 Activity: Euler with Care (Stewart) do examples of separable equations and how to solve them (20-25 min) (activity "Are they separable" in manual has lots of examples, also Coffee Window is cute, though we probably don't have enought time to do it as an activity) don't forget to mention how you miss the trivial solution! ------------------------------------------------------------------- R/F - 7.3 example of orthogonal trajectories (25 min) example of mixing problems (25 min) -------------------------------------------------------------------