Making Sense of Models (home page) This is a landing page for all 6th grade Making Sense of Models (MSM) units.
Application of the Occupational Analysis of Computational Thinking-Enabled STEM Professionals as a Program Assessment Tool (2012) Journal of Computational Science Education (2012)
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.
Interview with Hal Scheintaub Teachers with GUTS interviewed Hal Scheintaub and demo of StarLogo Nova models created by his students on August 2, 2017.
Decoding a Model - Dissolving of NaCl in Water Start of a lesson on dissolving a solid in water by decoding on a model.
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.
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.
Experimental Design for Virtual Instruction A Google Sheet to use for conducting the Experimental Design activity in a remote learning classroom.c
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.
Computational science project rubric This rubric is based on one used by the Supercomputing Challenge for judging student projects and presentations during competition.
