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A Balloon Experiment in the Classroom

by Thomas Gruszka (Western New Mexico University)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
November, 1994

Subject classification(s): Ordinary Differential Equations | Differential & Difference Equations
Applicable Course(s): 3.6 Differential Equations | 3.2 Mainstream Calculus II | 3.1 Mainstream Calculus I | 3.0 Calculus

Hands-on activities using balloons for a differential equations class

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Capsule Course Topic(s):
One-Variable Calculus | Differential Equations (for Calculus)
Ordinary Differential Equations | Analytic Methods
Ordinary Differential Equations | Modeling, ODE
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