FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

SBI 3013
ASSIGNMENT : STELLA SOFTWARE
TITLE/TOPIC: BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
LECTURER: DR AZMI BIN IBRAHIM

Introduction
What is simulation ?
refers to a computerized version of the model which is
run over time to study the implications of the defined
interactions.
indeed a method to represent complex relation in an
easier way and in lesser time
just need a software to run it
Using simulation in teaching and learning process is
really an effective method to motivate students and to
gain their attention towards learning.

STELLA software
STELLA has been used in the experiment
Simple Nitrogen Cycle.
an object-oriented graphical modeling
environment.
allows users to construct models that
stimulate our biological systems
aims : to enhance the learning
process. STELLA allows students to
creatively change the systems by change
the variables.

Basic tools in the STELLA environment for model diagram

developments :

Stocks : represent system components that can accumulate material over

time stocks can reflect the system state or condition as it changes over time
living biomass, nitrogen in biomass, nitrogen in organic matter, nitrogen in
humus and available nitrogen
Flows : represent components whose values are measured as rates
nitrogen to biomass ratio and xferring.
Converters : represent constants, variables functions, or time series
converters for this model are humification fraction, mineralization fraction,
nitrogen per unit biomass and fixation productivity. A slight change of this
variables, it will affects other things.
Connectors :
indicate the cause/effect relationship between diagram components

Model of Simple Nitrogen

Cycle

 manipulated variables : humification

fraction, mineralization fraction,
nitrogen per unit biomass and
fixation productivity.
Responding variables: nitrogen in
biomass, nitrogen in organic matter,
nitrogen in humus and available
nitrogen

results before the variable is changed

graph show straight line of nitrogen in humus because there is no

increase of humification fraction.
also have straight line for available nitrogen because there is no
increase mineralizing fraction
There have slightly increase of nitrogen in organic matter then it
be straight line.
Based on this graph and model, students can predict how the
results based on the changes of manipulated variable.

change humification fraction to 0.5300

change the another variable that is mineralization fraction to 0.5300

changed nitrogen per unit biomass to 0.5300

changed the value to 0.00007 in fixation productivity

CONCLUSION
- This simulation is deep learning and this is better than surface learning that only
requires memorizing.
- From this graph we can know how the pattern.
- Can attract students with their model and make students curious how the experiment
progress and how come the result will affected if we change the parameters.
- All this question will increase students motivation.
- They will explore the model.
- Teachers should give time to students learned this as in Educational Philosophy, there
have 5 domains psychomotor objective that every students should achieve
1) Copy. Teachers will show the model and how it progress. Then, student will copy the
step.
2) Manipulation. Students will be able to understand the model and not only
memorizing the changes of result.
3) Precession. Students will able to run the experiment. They can start to predict the
outcome of the result.

4) Articulation- Students will able to do the another model that not have shown by
teachers. Means they already can predict what the result will be if they change the
result.
5) Naturalization- This last domain that is student will able to apply what they have
learned. They already started to have high level thinking. They start to think to create
something that will useful to human being.
- So, from this simulation we can have many talented students that will create a
fantastic creature for our country development.
- Then, our next generation become highly thinking generation.
- To conclude, that is so important to future teachers to learn how to handle this
simulation.
- Our responsible to make sure one day our country have quality students.

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