Experimental Design for Virtual Instruction A Google Sheet to use for conducting the Experimental Design activity in a remote learning classroom.c
CS in Science Curriculum (binder) compatible with StarLogo Nova 2.0 This is the pdf of the complete CS in Science curriculum. Print copies can be ordered from Mimeo.
Slides for 3 day workshop These are generic slides we've used for 3 day workshops. They have been updated to show the correct screen shots of StarLogo Nova 2.0.
Emergence video A portion of a PBS NOVA video discussing the concept of emergence (or complex adaptive systems) where patterns emerge in nature where agents follow simple rules.
My Robotic Friends (cups activity) This is the cups activity by Thinkersmith (later part of Code.org)
What's Represented? These exercises ask the learner to identify abstractions in the computer model as compared to a diagram or image of a natural phenomenon.
Computational Thinking for Youth in Action (2011) This is an early paper of Computational Thinking that has a lot of traction. It's where we first describe the Use-Modify-Create trajectory.
Application of the Occupational Analysis of Computational Thinking-Enabled STEM Professionals as a Program Assessment Tool (2012) Journal of Computational Science Education (2012)
Dice and Data Activity for Virtual Instruction Dice and Data Activity from Module 1 Lesson 4. Adapted for use in a synchronous instructional setting.
Developing a framework for computational thinking from a disciplinary perspective (2018) Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong.
Investigating Fairness in Machine Learning Applications This is a mini-AI curriculum developed for a CSTA conference workshop.
Neural Network Game This is a presentation / activity presented at AAAI/AI4k12 2019 on teaching about neural networks through a participatory simulation.
Trailblazers Activity for Virtual Instruction The Trailblazers activity from Module 1 - Lesson 3 modified to be done in a synchronous virtual learning environment.
Computational Science video A short video (1:27) on the computational science cycle, used in Project GUTS CS in Science (Modules 2-4).