Creating computational models

Resources

Biswas, G., Clark, D., Sengupta, P. Computational Thinking in Simulation and Model-Building (CTSiM). http://www.teachableagents.org/index.php

Kowalski, K. (2014). Models: How computers make predictions: Whether your a team, teen, or protein, there’s a virtual model for you. Science news for Students. https://bit.ly/2t976Hw

Resnick, M., Maloney, J., Monroy-Hernández, A., Rusk, N., Eastmond, E., Brennan, K., Millner, A., Rosenbaum, E., Silver, J., Silverman, B., & Kafai, Y. (2009). Scratch: programming for all. Communications of the ACM, 52(11), 60-67. Chicago. https://scratch.mit.edu/

Short, D. (2012). Teaching scientific concepts using a virtual world—Minecraft. Teaching Science-the Journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association, 58(3), 55. https://bit.ly/2HR9X1N

StarLogo Nova. https://www.slnova.org

Twine. http://twinery.org

University of Colorado. (2019). PhET Simulations. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations

Unold, P. J., Gregersen, C. L., & Kjeldbjerg, A. O. Freeciv. http://www.freeciv.org/

Wilensky, U. (1999). NetLogo: Center for connected learning and computer-based modeling. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 4952. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo