• You will brainstorm to come up with a scientific question that interests you and that could be investigated using a mathematical model. Then, use the UofT Library Online Databases to search for related research and select one peer-reviewed paper that uses either an integral or a differential equation to build a mathematical model. The paper must fulfill three requirements:
| The paper must be peer-reviewed. This means that it comes from a scholarly source; see the online resources (link coming soon…) for how to tell if a work is peer-reviewed | ||
| The paper must come from a field of science or social science, not math; it cannot be a paper published in a math journal or a paper primarily about math or mathematical methods (e.g. you cannot take a paper from mathematical biology) | ||
| The paper must contain a mathematical model involving either an integral or differential equation. It cannot contain only a statistical or graphical analysis |
• You will make a case for why this is such an interesting real-world application of calculus by writing a two-paragraph overview:
| Paragraph 1: Introduction that explains the problem the paper tackles (100 words) | ||
| Paragraph 2: Conclusion that explains how mathematical modelling offers a scientific answer to that problem (250 words) |