experimental design
Experimental Design for Virtual Instruction
Use the “Experimental Design” to guide students as they develop a scientific question while working in pairs. Emphasize the need to use multiple trials at each setting and to clearly identify the variables, as well as the difference between a question and a testable question.
Module 3 Lesson 5 - Designing and Running an Experiment and Sharing Your Findings
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 10 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson.
Activity #1: Completing and Debugging Your Code 20 minutes
Module 3 Lesson 4 - Create Your Own Ecosystem Model
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 10 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson.
Activity #1: Computational Science Cycle 25 minutes (New Learning)
Module 3 Lesson 3 - Adding a Predator
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 10 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson.
Activity #1: Adding a Predator 20 minutes
Module 2 Lesson 5 - Experiment with Your New Water Pumping Model
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 5 minutes
- Review of previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson
- Revisit complex adaptive systems concepts
Activity #1: Completing and Debugging Your Code 15 minutes
Module 2 Lesson 4 - Customize Your Water Pumping Model
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 5 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson
Activity #1: Computational Science and Designing Your Project 20 minutes
Module 2 Lesson 3 - Adding More Water Pumps and Running Experiments
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 5 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts. Connection to today’s lesson.
Activity #1: Adding a Water Pump 20 minutes
Module 1 Lesson 6 - Adding Instrumentation to your Model and Running Experiments
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Teaching Summary
Getting Started 10 minutes
- Review of the previous day’s lesson and concepts and connection to today’s lesson
Activity #1: Instrumenting Your Model 10 minutes