# Model Review (MA2) - Source and Background Canvas item text. **FINAL, built on Canvas 590873 (2026-10-21), due Mon 10/26 11:59pm MT per Scott.** - Type: **assignment**, submission types **text entry and online upload** (either one counts) - Group: Modeling Project Work (see the gradebook spec on hold in `Administration/`) - Points: **1**, complete/incomplete - Due: **Monday 10/26, 11:59 pm MT** (moved from 10/23; shares the day with MP3) - Publish: unpublished, Scott publishes - Title: proposed convention, confirm with Scott ## Description Expectation, about one page. On MA1 you named the model you will review, said roughly where it came from and what it represents, why you chose it, and whether the whole of it or a part fits a 12 to 15 minute talk. Now we want to think about presentation narrative and ask, at this point, what is a fundamental point that you foresee in your presentation? The other questions build context around that key element. Type it in the box or upload a PDF, following the five sections in the guide and using their headings. A photo or screenshot of an equation or figure from the source is fine. 1. The modeling question and what the model tries to address, in the words you would use to open your talk, and whether it is the same model as MA1 2. A primary source, a full citation and how you came to decide to use it 3. The most relevant element to present, an equation, algorithm, derivation, figure, table, data set, diagram, or definition. Let me see it and tell me what it is or says, without a fully detailed explanation 4. Adjacent sub-elements, the other key elements you feel will continue to be in the mix 5. What changed since the last form, and why? What do you need? Think of this as a log of your ongoing efforts The guide opens with how I read a paper, in case it helps, and has a worked example on its second page, the whale model from the Day 16 model review taken back to Johnston and Painter 2021. Feedback comes back in the words of the rubric on the course page Project Work, mainly the rows for modeling process and for application and insight. MA3, slated for 11/6, will ask you to unpack your key element with more focus on assumptions, equations, derivations, and algorithms. Links (from the manifest once published; omit until then, no TK): - the guide PDF, `Activities/Source and Background (MA2)/MATH310F26-MA2-SourceBackground.pdf` - the reading tracks landing page, `Literature/MATH310F26 - Reading Tracks.md` - the course page *Project Work*, `Lecture Notes/MATH310F26 - Project Work.md`