The Ross School, East Hampton, NY, Fall 2007

Complex Dynamical Systems

A Math-Science-Tech elective for high school students
by Ralph Abraham and Gary Skellington Jr.

Suggested Projects

  • Deer population decline, east end of Long Island
  • Rabies vectors, east coast of North America
  • Epidemics: AIDS, bird flu, hoof and mouth disease
  • Shore bird decline
  • Bee colony collapse
  • Polar bears and penguins decline
  • Daisy world and global climate warming
  • Atlantic cod stock collapse
  • Neurobology of emotion
  • Skills (learning) theory


Revised 10 September 2007 by Ralph