Level: High School
Creator: CT-STEM
Topic: Ecosystems
Students will develop an understanding of how to develop a computational model starting from basic intuitions about individual behavior, then gradually and iteratively making improvements and adding complexity. They will begin by using block-based programming tools, but will eventually transition to simple text-based programming. Finally, they will learn how to critically evaluate models for their realism and usefulness using data from the Isle Royale ecosystem, and use the model they built over the unit to make predictions about the future of that ecosystem.
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