BIOL398-01/S11:Week 5

This journal entry is due on Monday, February 14 at midnight PST (Sunday night/Monday morning). NOTE that the server records the time as Eastern Standard Time (EST). Therefore, midnight will register as 03:00.

Individual Journal Assignment

 * Store this journal entry as "username Week 5" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page).
 * Create the following set of links. (HINT: you can do all of this easily by adding them to your template and then using the template on your pages.)
 * Link to your journal entry from your user page.
 * Link back from your journal entry to your user page.
 * Link to this assignment from your journal entry.
 * Don't forget to add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of your wiki page.

A simple chemostat model of nutrients and population growth

 * [[Media:Chemostat_math_modeling_assignment.pdf‎ | Click here for a PDF file containing this week's assignment.]]

Shared Journal Assignment

 * Store your journal entry in the shared Class Journal Week 5 page.  If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it (congratulations on getting in first :) )
 * Link to your journal entry from your user page.
 * Link back from the journal entry to your user page.
 * Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut.
 * Add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).

Reflection on Chemostat Model

 * 1) What was the purpose of this assignment?
 * 2) What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
 * 3) What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you?
 * 4) What (yet) do you not understand?

Read and Reflect

 * Read the article Lander, AD (2010) The Edges of Understanding. BMC Biology 8:40.
 * What distinction does Lander draw between modeling to "discover new knowledge" and modeling for "understanding"?
 * Which point of view resonates with you more? Why?