Team 57 Interim Comments

Introduction
Hi, My name is Dr. Thomas Robey See the biography on my User Page

Progress
Your project looks well thought out and has done some good basic research into the problem. Hopefully by now more progress has been made on the coding aspect and your project will have something to show at the Face to Face Evaluation.

The last sentence in the problem solution section mentions stability. What is stability with respect to a predator-prey model? If a model is not stable will it ever reach the median eight times? How are stability and "endangered animals" related? What factors are important (both in your model and the real world) for stability? Is it important to understand stability? Why?

Mentors
Do you have a mentor yet?

Model
One way of visually presenting predator-prey models is plotting both populations over time. Another way is to put the predator on the y-axis and the prey on the x-axis. This is called phase space. Are you going to plot your results in phase space? What information do you get from plotting the phase space of the model?

Face to Face Evaluation
Your next milestone is a face to face |face-to-face evaluation in February.

Rubrics
The judges will use these rubrics to evaluate your projects. Use them as checklists for what you need to communicate to the judges. Expo Judges Rubric