Facilitator Resources (2023) The following resources are created by Project GUTS facilitators to help prepare for 2023 GUTS workshops
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.
Making Sense of Models one page description This is a document that describes the Making Sense of Models project.
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
Facilitator Resources (from 2019) This is a set of resources to help Facilitators prepare for Workshops.