SIMULATION BY USING STELLA

SOFTWARE : PREY-PREDATOR
SAMPLE MODEL
SBI 3013
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN
BIOLOGY

Aisyah Nazurah Binti Mohammad Tamizi

D20162075554
Kamilia Binti Salehuddin
D20162075561
Suzica Johnny Jusim
D20162075560
Model and Simulation
O Model
Representation of the construction and
working of a system.
To test the success of a system
To test the effect after system changes
O Simulation
Operation of model of a system.
Can be studied.
Can be improved.
 Introduction about
STELLA
O STELLA System Thinking Experimental
Learning Laboratory with Animation
O Introduced by Barry Richmond ( 1985 )
O A software that can be used to stimulate
a system over time
O Through this software, we can see the
effect of a system in a model.
O Provide a practical way to visualize on
how complex system work.
 The things that you need to know
before understanding the graph.

O This ecosystem involve about 100 hectare oil

palm plantation
O Which consist of 138 oil palm tree per hectare.
O Each oil palm tree have 10 bunches.
O Whole total 207, 000, 000 palm seed
O The prey is mouse ( Peter Pettigrew ) in pink
line
O The predator is owl ( Hedwig ) in blue line
O The red line is for the mighty oil palm tree
Graph 1

Mouse :
13,000

Owl :
10
Graph 2

Mouse :
20,000

Owl:
20
Graph 3

Mouse :
13,000

Owl:
5
 Advantages
O It is the best picture to show how the system work over time.
O Provide risk free environment. Can repeat the experiment
more than 1 time if they failed to get satisfied outcome. (The
graph)
O Give the students motivation to approach the behavior of a
system without building the model.
O Simulation develops problem solving and higher thinking
skills among students
O Build up social manner among students and teacher through
interactions.
O Allow experiment exploration. ( Student can alter the
provided parameter and variables when using it)
O Avoid misconception with what their teacher want to teach.
Especially in science concept that most students cannot
understand well.
 Disadvantages
O The teacher need to have a deep learning
about this software before teach the
students. ( Time consuming to explore the
course chosen )
O Some school lack of facilities and equipment.
O Students lack with manual science process
skills.
O Some of simulation need high cost to build
up.
O Simulation may be error.