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Summary: 94 Tools for Teaching 1999
INTERMODULAR DESCRIPTION SHEET: UMAP Unit 777
TITLE: Population Models in Biology and Demography
AUTHOR: George Ashline
Joanna Ellis-Monaghan
Dept. of Mathematics
St. MichaelÕs College
Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439
gashline@smcvt@edu
MATHEMATICAL FIELD: Calculus
APPLICATION FIELD: Demography, biology
TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in Þrst-semester calculus.
ABSTRACT: This module presents applications from microbiology
and demography that give a physical context for critical
concepts in a Þrst-semester calculus course. Elemen-
tary models of population growth are developed using
data collected from biological experiments conducted
during the course. Then, proceeding from Òmicrocosm
to macrocosm,Ó the tools of calculus, demographic soft-
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