Module 7

CAST   Module 7 – Developer’s Reference Set   Instructor Files Developer Guidelines; Capstone project; Modeling tools   Participant Files Modeling Tools; Capstone project

Module 5C

CAST   Module 5C – More on Systems Models with Vensim   Instructor Files Advanced Vensim Presenter’s Guide and Model Building   Participant files Pan-Water cycles; Moose-Wolf factors

Module 4

CAST Module 4 – Models in the Classroom: What’s Out There and How to use Them in your Curriculum   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files From Simple to Complex; One Computer Simulation, Multiple Looks   Web Resources...

Module 3

CAST Module 3 – Comparing Model Environments   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files Comparison Guide for Facilitators; Comparing three Models; What’s the Best Tool   Participant Files Enzyme, Mouse-Owl and Free-Fall models and...

Module 2C

CAST Module 2c – Introduction to Systems Modeling   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files Building the Moose Model Presenter’s Guide and handout Introduction to Systems Modeling   Participant Files Exercises

Module 2B

CAST   Module 2B – Introduction to Agent Modeling   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files Introduction to Agent Modeling and NetLogo   Participant Files  Exercises and links to useful community models  

Module 2A

CAST   Module 2A:  Introduction to Mathematical Models Using Excel   Lesson 1: Deriving a Mathematical Model: An Experimental and Virtual Approach via Spreadsheets   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files An experimental and virtual...

Module 1

CAST   Module 1: Introduction to Computational Reasoning   Instructor Overview [PDF]   Instructor Files Introduction to Computational Reasoning   Participant Files Handouts and interactive spreadsheets  

Module 0

CAST   Module 0 – Introduction to CAST Professional Development Program   Instructor files Introduction to CAST Professional Development Program

Professional Development Program

CAST Professional Development Program The CAST Professional Development Program is an integrated set of modules to train teachers on how to incorporate computational reasoning and tools, such as modeling and simulation, into their middle and high school math and...