SC07 Education Program
Summer Workshop Series
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Computational Science
Education for Educators
Bowie State University June 24- June 30, 2007
Amanda Bland
Camden Hearn
Andrea Grumbles
Illiana Thomas
Tyrone Whitehurst
Overview
June 24, 2007- June 30, 2007
Bowie State University
Lead Instructor: Dr. Bob Panoff and
President of Shodor for twelve years
Main Purpose: Opportunity for educators
and students alike to gain an in-depth,
hands-on experience with supercomputing.
Shodor Educational Foundation
Non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the
advancement of science and math education, specifically through
the use of modeling and simulation technologies
Advance science and math education through the use of
computational science, modeling and technology
Shodor has always pursued a focused vision for changing
education at the undergraduate, secondary and middle school
levels by allowing faculty and students to explore new learning and
teaching modes based on interactive explorations enabled by the
tools of mathematical modeling and visualization
Important Quotes
Satisfaction= Reality
-----------Expectations
HAVE = HAD + change
Adept, Adopt, Adapt
“Preview, View, and Review”
“Expectation, Observation, and Reflection.”
Interactivate
Main Page http://www.shodor.org/talks/ncsi/
Fire!! Open Ended Explorations
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Fire/
Rabbits and Wolves
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RabbitsAndWolves/
Could It Be Any Simpler? http://www.shodor.org/talks/ncsi/reality.html
Constraints http://www.shodor.org/talks/ncsi/scrambled.html
Ideal Gas Law http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=25
National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/
Just For Fun http://1-click.jp
Vensim
Vensim is used for
developing, analyzing, and
packaging high quality
dynamic feedback models.
Models are constructed
graphically or in a text
editor.
Features include dynamic
functions, subscripting
(arrays), Monte Carlo
sensitivity analysis,
optimization, data handling,
and application interfaces.
AgentSheets
Agent modeling allows you
to generate behaviors,
build up in “what-if”
situations (what would
happen in the real world),
and tell a reasonable story.
The noun in your story line
is the agent, the adjectives
are the depictions, the
verbs are the
methods/rules, and the
adverbs are the conditions.
NetLogo
Multi-agent programming
language and integrated
modeling environment.
It comes with an extensive
models library including
models in a variety of domains
such as economics, biology,
physics, chemistry,
psychology and many other
natural and social sciences.
Beyond exploration, NetLogo
enables the quick and easy
authoring of models.
Scholarships
The Undergraduate Computation Engineering and
Sciences (UCES) Award Program
The Dr. Mary Ellen Verona Computational Science
Teacher Leader Award Program
The Dr. Robert M. Panoff Computational Science
Student Award Program
SC07 Education Program Student Team
Competitions
Krell Institute Fellowship
Final Presentations
Deanna Roquemore :: Southern Univ.
Josephine Wilson :: Bowie State Univ.
Paula Harrell & Taneisha Kee :: ECSU
Illiana Thomas :: ECSU & Amanda Bland:: MVSU
Tyrone Whitehurst :: NSU
Camden Hearn :: MVSU
Carlos Diaz :: Univ. of Puerto Rico
Charlotte Trout :: Williamsport High School
Questions