Week 7: Running Experiments with Computer Models

Week 7: Running Experiments with Computer Models 

Learning Objectives: This week the student learns about breeds, shapes and creating turtles in NetLogo.  Designing and running experiments with population dynamics will also be covered.  

Pacing Guide

Do Now Questions

• Do Now Slides (.ppt)
• Do Now Questions - No Explanation (.doc)
• Do Now Questions - With Explanations (Available upon request. Please contact .)

Programming Challenge

• Programming Assignment - Saving Nemo (.doc)
• NetLogo Cheat Sheet (.doc)
• Sample Program 1 (Available upon request. Please contact .)
• Sample Program 2 (Available upon request. Please contact .)
• Other Sample Programs (Available upon request. Please contact .)
• Grading Rubric (.doc)

CS Concepts

• CS Concepts (.doc)

Videos

• Designing and Running Experiments in NetLogo (.mp4) (.ppt) (transcript)
• Population Dynamics and Birth and Death (.mp4) (.ppt) (transcript)
• Creating Breeds and Shapes in NetLogo (.mp4) (.ppt) (transcript)
• Creating Turtles in NetLogo (.mp4) (.ppt) (transcript)
• Being Random (.mp4) (transcript)
• Optional : Biology and Computation: An Agent Based Model of Ant Foraging - Melanie Moses (.mp4) (transcript)
  
  • Please have the students watch the rest of the video (from 19:04 on) 
• Video Summaries (.doc)

Reading Materials

• Blown to Bits: Chapter 2 (Reading Assignment pp. 28 - 38)
• Example Graphic Organizers

Hands on activities

• Papercatchers
• Penny Growth
• Penny Growth NetLogo Activity (.pdf) (.nlogo)
• Patterns of Change
  • Basic Background Information
  • Patterns of Change and Mathematical Models
  • Activity Handout

Quiz - With Answers (.doc) (Available upon request. Please contact .)

Quiz - No Answers  (.doc)  (Available upon request. Please contact .)