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.
Workshop Planning Guide A list of factors to consider for facilitators and school districts or partner organizations in planning a workshop.
Decoding a Model - Dissolving of NaCl in Water Start of a lesson on dissolving a solid in water by decoding on a model.
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)
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.
Trailblazers Activity for Virtual Instruction The Trailblazers activity from Module 1 - Lesson 3 modified to be done in a synchronous virtual learning environment.
Dice and Data Activity for Virtual Instruction Dice and Data Activity from Module 1 Lesson 4. Adapted for use in a synchronous instructional setting.
Experimental Design for Virtual Instruction A Google Sheet to use for conducting the Experimental Design activity in a remote learning classroom.c
Project GUTS on Canvas Commons Canvas Commons courses - Project GUTS PD course - Project GUTS Module 1 - Student Edition
An Example of CT in the Workplace This is an example of how a computer modeler uses various aspect of computational thinking while designing, creating and using a computer model as a tool to think with.
