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Case Studies

STELLA has been used to teach subjects ranging from Environmental Science to Psychology. Check out our library of education and research case studies:

US-China Systems Science Learning Project

Environmental Sciences

This case study shows how STELLA was used to understand a process where cause and effect are separated by a large amount of time: the depletion of the ozone layer.

Biology

Understand how STELLA was used in a major California high school to help students understand, not only the mathematics behind the Hardy-Weinberg Law, but also the processes.

Chemistry

This account of the teaching of chemical kinetics on an Ivy League campus shows how STELLA can be used to understand both the mechanism and time-path for a reaction.

Economics

This case study shows how STELLA was used to teach the basic macroeconomic model at a prestigious liberal arts college.

History

Understand how a historical geographer used STELLA to evaluate three theories that attempted to explain the demise of the Aztecs.

Literature

See how STELLA can be used to represent qualitative concepts such as passion, melancholy, and willingness in this application to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Mathematics

This case study shows how STELLA was used to teach related rates during a Calculus lesson in a Northern Virginia suburban high school.

Psychology

Learn how abstract concepts like emotion can be approached concretely and rigorously with the STELLA software in an Introductory Psychology course.

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