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Alternative Intro to StarLogo Nova - Modeling Change Lesson 1

Posted July 3, 2017 by sgibbs

A detailed guide for teachers and students on using StarLogo Nova to create a model which changes an agent's location (using keyboard controls).  Lesson 1a introduces the computer science and StarLogo Nova concepts of breeds, widgets, logic blocks, procedures, keyboard controls, and x and y coordinates.  It also introduces concepts of independent sequential and independent simultaneous change.  Lesson 1b adds changing other traits of the agent, including the z dimension, and the agent's color and shape (including creating new traits).

 

Battle of the Agents

Posted March 29, 2017 by turtle

Battle of the Agents:

Object of the game: To learn X & Y coordinates in Spaceland.

Preparing:

You and your opponent sit facing each other, hiding each other’s paper with: folders, binders, fold paper in half etc. 

Secretly with a pen or pencil place 4 agents, one in each quadrant on the grid labeled mine. Your opponent does the same. Don’t place any agents on the x or y axis. 

You can’t change the position of any of the agents once the game has begun.

How to play: 

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