Modeling Across Disciplines

Associated with the Summer Camp “Modeling and Simulations Across Disciplines” offered by Dr. Aman Yadav and Olamide Ogungbemi

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Learning Objectives

Understand how models can be used to support disciplinary teaching and learning.

Pacing

This part should take you approximately 1.5 hours to complete.  

Prepare

This module will help you explore basic concepts and ideas behind modeling and how modeling can be used to support explore phenomena in disciplinary contexts.

Explore

Modeling is often used in classrooms to help students develop understanding of complex phenomena. Using physical and computational models, teachers help students understand basic phenomena like how we get summers and winters.

Watch this video (also below) of how students use models to construct their own understanding of the world. What do you notice about the role modeling plays in how students construct their own mental models?

Based on your discipline, pick one of the readings below to explore how models might work:

Developing and using models in a science classroom: This link has information on how students might explore models at various grade labels. Pick an appropriate grade level and explore the model link

Create Models and Representations in Social Studies. This link contains how models could be used to explore social, political, and economic phenomena.

Create Models and Representations in Social Studies. This link contains how models could be used to explore social, political, and economic phenomena.

Apply

After reading, add your reflection and questions along with your name to this slide deck.

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