Module 2 Lesson 3 - Adding More Water Pumps and Running Experiments

Resource type

• Lesson Plan

Tools

• StarLogo Nova 2.0 (HTML5/JavaScript)

Tags

• water cycle
• water
• instrumentation
• experimental design

Slide Deck

Teaching Summary

Getting Started 5 minutes

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

Activity #1: Adding a Water Pump 20 minutes

1. CS review: find and decode the procedure that creates the
   initial pump.
2. Duplicate and alter the procedure to create a new pump.
3. Add monitors and line graphs to display and visualize data.
4. Test your model.

Activity #2: Running an Experiment 20 minutes

1. Designing your experiment.
2. Running your experiments.
3. Collecting and analyzing data.

Wrap-Up 5 minutes (Reflection)

1. What does the computer model enable us to do that would be difficult
   in the real world?
2. How could a computer model like the Water Pumping model be
   used to manage water resources?

StarLogo Nova Models

• M2.L3.A1 (Water Pumping model with 2nd pump, data boxes, & graph)

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