Making Sense of Models (home page) This is a landing page for all 6th grade Making Sense of Models (MSM) units.
Dice and Data Activity for Virtual Instruction Dice and Data Activity from Module 1 Lesson 4. Adapted for use in a synchronous instructional setting.
Trailblazers Activity for Virtual Instruction The Trailblazers activity from Module 1 - Lesson 3 modified to be done in a synchronous virtual learning environment.
Developing and Using Models - NGSS Science and Engineering Practices A K-12 progression of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practice of Developing and Using Models. Performance Expectations that make use of this Science and Engineering Practice - https://ngss.nsta.org/Practices.aspx?id=2
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.
My Robotic Friends (cups activity) This is the cups activity by Thinkersmith (later part of Code.org)
Scientific Practices and Computational Thinking in Modeling & Simulation This document is a handout used to reflect on the scientific practices and computational thinking involved in a Project GUTS module or lesson.