I did water as a shared resource where we coded wells, the coding seemed very cumbersome for the concepts that will be gained from this. The exercise seemed contrived as a way to integrate coding into science for coding instead of science concepts. If the students are just learning coding for coding sake we should use something that will interest them. If it is for scientific thinking then we need a concept with a broader application.
Module Two was the most interesting and I see it appealing to my students the most; teaching code and learning along with my students is going to be great!
I think the easiest module and the one I am most comfortable with was module 1. It is also the one I will use the most in my class, because I am teaching three grade levels and three different sciences in my science connections class. I think the ki esthetic exercises in the first module were most memorable and are what will hook my students to begin with.
Module 1 was definitely the easiest. My partner and I really had fun with the water table module. We tried to introduce a paved area to see how it would affect the water pump, but we couldnāt quite get the water to stop getting stuck inside the ārockā. It was a lot of fun.
I was very excited to be learning how slnova will allow my students to model scientific ideas. I was very excited to explore how the program worked and to get familiar with how to do things. There is much left to try.
It was fun being able to explore with starlogonova. I enjoyed being able to do the chemical reaction and seeing how I could do this in my classroom. Being able to be successful with the extensions was very rewarding for me.
Working through Module 1 was really the best experience because we were creating from scratch and running into the frustrations of nothing happening and the joy when the turtles finally did what you were expecting them to do. I was curious to play with the program even more and figure out fun things to do. Working through the water pump module was a little trickier - it seemed like we came up with a good way to code what we wanted to simulation to do and then that way didnāt work and we had to figure out another way of doing it. The frustration was real in thinking you had something figured out only to realize that coding did not work for the computer.
Excellent training, I learned a lot!!
I only worked with the Ecosystem module, so that is the only one I know.
Just now when I went to the gallery the final ecosystem program in the galley you provided for us had no Setup or Forever button. How do you run something without either one of these? Was there something I could press to toggle them on?
This is first time I am learning to use technology to the next level in my class. I am excited and working towards this new venture. In person pd was a really a big help.
The module I remember is the one based on Chemical reactions. I spent most of the time learning this module since I plan to implement this module in to my classroom during the 2015-2016 school year. I also really like the ecosystem module because I learned how to change the turtles to different organisms.
I agree that of the moduleās I am now familiar with, the ecosystem module will be a really fun module to start my class with. I am looking forward to seeing what they create. I enjoyed creating the the āsceneā and āeventā and I would have liked even more time to explore the capabilitiesā¦I will with my classes.
I love Module 1 and simulation of epidemic disease. I have made a great connection between math and science through coordinate plane, graphing, and solving system. I really understand the module and feel comfortable implementing it . I am still working on the Chemistry module to get a better understanding of it
I am nervous about implementing this program with my students. I really like it though and hope they do too. I still canāt figure out where to put the delete everyone block and the clear terrain. Yikes.
I felt I had the best experience with module 1. We spent more time here, and it was fun pair programming and getting a chance to play around and figure things out. We didnāt have time to go over all the other modules, so I only looked at module 4. It was interesting to see how chemical reactions can be modeled using SL Nova. It really helped to gain an understanding of how useful computer modeling could be in science, and not just for the more obvious predator/prey model.
I explored the Chemical Reaction Module during the 3 day training, This was not the content I would normally pick, but I felt like it offered the least obvious tie to the other examples were had explored at that point and I wanted to try something different. I really enjoyed the whole training. The pace, amount of support, and content were all just right to keep me pushing myself a little more with each activity.
I really enjoyed the time to work with SLNova with other teachers. It was fun to push one another and see what other people were thinking about. My favorite project was the first one that we played around with when we experimented with the spread of disease and changed all sorts of things. It was fun to work through the problems and then see what everyone else came up with since we were given very little guidance.
I worked on the ground water module. I was impressed with the variety of situations that the students can work through in this module. I became obsessed with working with different wells in my own model. I think that this will be something that is beneficial for my students. Iām actually planning a unit of study this year that involves water and I canāt wait to include this in that unit.
I enjoyed the in-person workshop. my favorite part was working with my group. we made zombies and prey and I was happy with my work . I am a bit worried about implementation .
I enjoyed the ecosystem module. I remembered teaching that unit during the school year and how much more interesting it will be with the implementation of computer models. Great fun for the kids.