{"id":1309,"date":"2015-02-09T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/smile\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T21:20:59","slug":"2015-winter-teacher-workshop-ngss-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/smile\/2015\/02\/09\/2015-winter-teacher-workshop-ngss-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Winter Teacher&#8217;s Workshop: NGSS Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Saturday session of the\u00a0Winter Teacher&#8217;s Workshop, teachers learned more about the\u00a0Next Generations Science Standards (NGSS) with a specific focus on modeling. Matt Nyman, an\u00a0instructor in the College of Education\u00a0at Oregon State University, gave an overview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0Bwkp7uJtSZaUSThVUU5ZMTE5Q0U\/edit\">presentation<\/a> that addressed what modeling looked like in k12 education. \u00a0Teachers then took part in two sessions that focused on mathematical and scientific modeling. \u00a0Andy Olstad,\u00a0a School of Business instructor, shared several online tools as part of his presentation to help students understand mathematical modeling. Randy Bell, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Education, presented on scientific modeling.\u00a0These links as well as all presentations at the workshop can be found below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mathematical Modeling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Online Simulations<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/impactearth\">Earth Impact Simulator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agentsheets.com\/products\/click\/index.html\">Agentsheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\">Phet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerbalspaceprogram.com\/\">Kerbal Space Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyt4thdownbot.com\/\">4th Down Bot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Summer Reading List<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/18-9780544272996-0\">&#8220;What If?&#8221;<\/a> by Randall Munroe as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/what-if.xkcd.com\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/9781594204111\">&#8220;The Signal and the Noise&#8221;<\/a> by Nate Silver and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/9780452295469\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The Psychology of Fear<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by Daniel Gardner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Additional Links<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cognitive_biases\">Biases and Heuristics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comap.com\/\">The Mathematical Competition in Modeling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/the-queen-of-code\/\">Grace Murray Hopper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Modeling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Presentations<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0Bwkp7uJtSZaURnh1WXlYMW82anM\/edit\">Scientific Models and Model-Based Inquiry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Saturday session of the\u00a0Winter Teacher&#8217;s Workshop, teachers learned more about the\u00a0Next Generations Science Standards (NGSS) with a specific focus on modeling. 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