BIOL398-01/S11:Week 5
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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
- 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 (
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). - Add the "BIOL398-01/S11" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).
Reflection on Chemostat Model
- What was the purpose of this assignment?
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you?
- 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?