Module 1 Lesson 3 - Conditionals with Trailblazer and Bumper Turtles

Resource type

• Lesson Plan

Tools

• StarLogo Nova 2.0 (HTML5/JavaScript)

Tags

• conditional
• boolean
• algorithm

Slide Deck

Teaching Summary

Getting Started 5 minutes (Review)

1. Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson

Activity #1: Trailblazers 20 minutes (Guided Practice)

1. Blazing a Trail and Comparing solutions (Synchronous Virtual Learning edition)
2. New Concepts: conditionals and Booleans

Activity #2: Bumper Turtles 20 minutes (Discovery / Creative)

1. Introduce new StarLogo Nova commands
2. The Challenge

Wrap-Up 5 minutes (Reflection)

1. What does Bumper Turtles have to do with Modeling and Simulation?
2. What does Bumper Turtles have to do with complex adaptive systems?

StarLogo Nova Models

• M1.L3.A2 (Bumper turtles STARTER)

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