Computational models and simulations

Biology

Evolution

• Genetic Drift

  • Global selection (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

  • Local/neighborhood selection (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

Behavior

• • Ants (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

  • Termites (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

Physics

Mechanics

• Conservation of Momentum and Energy

  • Newton's Cradle (Computing technology: Scratch) (problem description) (simulation)

Mathematics

Geometry

• Tessellations (translation, rotation, scaling)

  • Rhombus (Computing technology: Scratch) (problem description) (simulation)

  • Square (Computing technology: Scratch) (problem description) (simulation)

Probability

• • Discrete Probability

    • The Last Banana Problem (roll of dice) (TED ED video - 4 min.) (Computing technology: Python) (problem description) (simulation)

    • Same Birthday Problem (Computing technology: Python) (problem description) (simulation)

• Bayesian Inference

  • Unfair (biased) coin (Computing technology: GeoGebra) (problem description) (simulation)

Social Sciences

Behavior

• • Party (male/female) (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

  • Segregation (Thomas Schelling) (Computing technology: NetLogo) (model description) (model simulation)

Art

Visual

• • Static (e.g., tessellations, etc.)

  • Dynamic (animations, kaleidoscope, etc.)

  • Story telling

Music

• • Composition

  • Analysis

Language

Vocabulary (Spanish, French)

• • MadLibs, etc.