Homework Three

Assigned: 10/14/04
Due: 10/19/04
Code to use in subject header: HW3


N.B. To do this homework, you will need the Vmodel software discussed in class.  This software can be downloaded from here.

Part 1

Here is a simple explanation of what happens when a balloon is blown up, from a NASA education web site:

When a balloon is blown up, the air pressure inside the balloon slowly becomes greater than the air pressure outside the balloon. Since the balloon is made of rubber and is expandable, it grows larger and larger.

Use Vmodel to represent the qualitative model this explanation is conveying.

Part 2

The evidence is mounting that global warming, as a phenomena, is real.  Assuming that it is, create a model that expresses your views about (a) why it is happening and (b) what the possible consequences are.  (We aren't concerned with the degree to which your model is scientifically accurate, only the degree to which it expresses your views.)  What aspects of your beliefs on the subject are easy to express using this tool, and which are difficult to express?  


Last edited 10/14/04, by paritosh.  Back to Homework.