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    Computational Modeling withVPython

    Geoff Schmit Naperville North High School

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    What is Computational Modeling?

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    WolframAlpha

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Molecular Models

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Examples from Fermilab


    Monte Carlo simulations to predict
    Milky Way simulations interferometer frequency of decay products from other particles when looking for Higgs

    dark matter distribution throughout the design and tuning of 40-m long
    Friday, 1 March 2013

    High-Altitude Balloon Path

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Finite Element Analysis

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Politics

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Black Box Trading (Algo Trading)

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Rapunzels Hair

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    More Than Programming


    computational thinking is knowing when and how to use a computer to solve a problem mapping from the problem space to the
    solutions space by creating an algorithm

    programming is just one part


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    More Than Running Simulations


    not sufcient to develop computational
    thinking

    students need to modify, extend, and

    create their own computational models

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Why Teach Computational Modeling?

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    Increase Understanding
    multiple representations of concepts verbal, mathematical, graphical,
    the future and explaining the past

    diagrammatical, and computational

    reinforce key idea of models predicting encourages exploration (what if?)


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    Authenticity

    enable students to explore more

    complex problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of their current course

    Friday, 1 March 2013

    Next Generation Science Standards


    Science and Engineering Practices Analyzing and Interpreting Data Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking Developing and Using Models refer to computational thinking and
    students using and creating computational models and simulations

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    1-dMotionSimulation.py

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    Resources
    Georgia Tech PER Group https://per.gatech.edu/wiki/doku.php?
    id=projects:hscomp:physutil

    my GitHub https://github.com/gcschmit/vpython-physics John Burks blog https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/


    computational-modeling/

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    Papers
    Integrating Numerical Computation into
    the Modeling Instruction Curriculum Caballero, Burk, et al. http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0844

    Friday, 1 March 2013

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