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Elementary School Water Cycle overlay module - Water as a Shared Resource

Posted October 29, 2017 by ilee

In collaboration with Education Development Center, the Project GUTS Earth Science module was modified to work as an "overlay" on top of an existing 5th grade Water Cycle lesson. The add-on to the existing lesson consisted of an Introduction to StarLogo Nova, then decoding the water pumping base model with teacher support, followed by adding another pump and running an experiment. The teacher professional development on the new module was a success and this fall we will see how feasible this new style of module is in the classroom.

 

Changes in StarLogo Nova 2.0

Posted October 4, 2017 by ilee

 This document outlines changes from StarLogo Nova 1.0 to StarLogo Nova 2.0.  It is a living document and will be kept up to date.

 

Interview with Cristián Rizzi

Posted August 8, 2017 by ilee

This is an interview with our Argentinian colleague Cristián Rizzi (the interview starts around 00:05:30).  Cristián translated the Project GUTS MOOC and many other Project GUTS resources into Spanish.  He talks about new developments in modeling and simulation that excite him.

 

Interview with Susan Yoon

Posted August 8, 2017 by ilee

In this video, Dr. Susan Yoon of University of Pennsylvania talks about science education, modeling and simulation, and gives a delightful historical perspective on her involvement with StarLogo Nova.

 

Decoding a Model - Dissolving of NaCl in Water

Posted August 7, 2017 by Paige Prescott

I like to have students decode a model, often before they even see it run.  This can lead to a great discussion about that they think will happen.  Being able to explain code is a way to engage students to think computationally and to really focus on how actions and behaviors are coded in SLNova.

This can be done as part of Marion's new lesson for chemistry she created as part of the Design Workshop.

Here's a link to the googledoc:

 

Maze

Posted August 3, 2017 by arodriguez

Activity Overview

In this activity, students engage in a participatory simulation called “THE MAZE,” write a program in StarLogo Nova, and write a program in Lightning Lab (or any SPHERO program).

 

Teaching Summary

  1. Design a maze on a piece of paper

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