OSMOCES 2013 Computational Modeling

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ComputationalModeling

with VPythonGeoff Schmit

Naperville North

High School

pedagoguepadawan.net

Friday, 4 October 2013


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Molecular Models



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Examples from Fermilab

Monte Carlo simulations to predictfrequency of decay products from otherparticles when looking for Higgs

dark matter distribution throughout theMilky Way simulations

design and tuning of 40-m longinterferometer



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High-Altitude

Balloon Path



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Finite Element Analysis



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Politics



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Rapunzels Hair



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More Than Programming

computational thinking is

knowing when and how to use acomputer to solve a problem mapping from the problem space to the

solutions space by creating an

algorithm programming is just one part



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Why TeachComputational

Modeling?



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Increase Understanding

multiple representations of concepts

verbal, mathematical, graphical,diagrammatical, and computational reinforce key idea of models predicting

the future and explaining the past encourages exploration (what if?)



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Authenticity

enable students to explore morecomplex problems whose solutions arebeyond the scope of their current course



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1-dMotionSimulation.py



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Projectile MotionLab

from a xedelevatedposition, hit thebuggy as it ees



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Projectile Motion Lab



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Projectile Motion Result



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Science Olympiad

Gravity Vehicle



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Gravity Vehicle Results

breaking distance (m): 9.4initial velocity (m/s): 2.4248711306nal time (s): 4.372nal cart position (m): height score: 44.4444444444time score: 109.3total score (low score wins): 153.744444444



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Visualize

energy transfers: massOnSpring.py position, velocity, acceleration

relationships: shm.py



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Explore

orbits: satellite.py, binary.py uids: buoyancy.py



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Resources

Georgia Tech PER Group https://per.gatech.edu/wiki/doku.php?

id=pro jects:hscomp:physutil my GitH ub https://github.com/gcschmit/vpython-physics

John Bu rks blog https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/ computational-modeling/

https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://github.com/gcschmit/vpython-physicshttps://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://quantumprogress.wordpress.com/computational-modeling/https://github.com/gcschmit/vpython-physicshttps://github.com/gcschmit/vpython-physics


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Textbooks

Matter and Interactions by Ruth Chabayand Bruce Sherwood

http:// matterandinteractions.org Computational Physics by Mark Newman http:// www-personal.umich.edu/~mej n/cp/

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cp/http://matterandinteractions.org/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cp/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cp/http://matterandinteractions.org/http://matterandinteractions.org/


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Alternative Computational

Modeling Tools

Open-Source Physics Easy JavaSimulations (OSP EJS) Glowscript

GeoGebra



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Papers

Integrating Numerical Computation intothe Modeling Instruction Curriculum

Caba llero, Burk, et al.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0844
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0844http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0844http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0844

Documents

OSMOCES 2013 Computational Modeling