Looking at particles with StarLogo Nova This lesson uses StarLogo Nova to explore how particles move from gas to liquid to solid depending on the setting of the heat slider.
Project GUTS on Canvas Commons Canvas Commons courses - Project GUTS PD course - Project GUTS Module 1 - Student Edition
Application of the Occupational Analysis of Computational Thinking-Enabled STEM Professionals as a Program Assessment Tool (2012) Journal of Computational Science Education (2012)
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.
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)
Decoding a Model - Dissolving of NaCl in Water Start of a lesson on dissolving a solid in water by decoding on a model.
Interview with Hal Scheintaub Teachers with GUTS interviewed Hal Scheintaub and demo of StarLogo Nova models created by his students on August 2, 2017.