Population Biology


For your students I propose to do a laboratory simulating the thermal dilution method of determining cardiac output. The method is commonly used and is a very good example of integration. The same concept and mathematics is used to determine cerebral blood flow. (I am thinking your students are actually studying differential equations, but this time it will be pretty simple, y'(t) = f(t)!). I may need some TI's and CBL -- Brian Keller is still working on making it portable. Otherwise it will have to be a demonstration.