Reflect on your identity as a Science teacher--what do you aspire to? Then reflect on how learning to integrate Computer Science in Science through modeling and simulation relates to your professional goals and identity.
Reflect on the classroom culture you would like to promote in your classroom. Describe it and then reflect on some barriers you anticipate running into.
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Build a definition of a successful Science classroom that integrates modeling and simulation. Tell us what you imagine a successful Science classroom looks like, how it functions, how the teacher and students interact, how the students interact with one another, and the role of computers.
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Reflect on the Science practices you teach with regards to conducting experiments in class. How is it similar/different from the experimental design enabled with computer models?
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Reflect on the complex adaptive system (perhaps one you identified after watching the Complex Adaptive Systems video). Describe the phenomenon in terms of how you might model it
What is the phenomenon you thought was a complex adaptive system?
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Reflect on the Science you learned in school. What is similar / different in computational science? Give an example of an experiment you might conduct in computational science that would not be possible in a traditional science lab.
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Reflect on the Science you teach - identify a topic/phenomenon in your subject area that is a complex adaptive system. Which characteristics of a Complex Adaptive System are met by this phenomenon?
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Hello,
My 7th grade students are working on simulating competition between species within an ecosystem. One group has decided to model sexual reproduction with two mountain lions. However, their male mountain lion will not move. They have rebuilt the entire male mountain lion setup, still with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi there fellow teachers with GUTS,
The summer PD program was my first introduction to coding. I didn't expect to, but I did catch the coding addiction! I now teach the after school coder's club with my school's ITRT. In my 7th grade life-science classroom we are currently studying ecosystems/population dynamics, so this is a perfect time to introduce MOD 3. Please reach out to me if you have any helpful suggestions or would benefit from hearing about my plans. I would be happy to share ideas and resources.
Keep calm and Code on!
Sharon B.