Integrating interactive computer simulations into K-12 earth and environmental science

Michelle Zhu; Nicole Panorkou; Pankaj Lal; Sowmith Etikyala; Erell Germia; Pricilla Iranah; Bharath Samanthula; Debasmita Basu

doi:10.1109/ISECon.2018.8340488

Integrating interactive computer simulations into K-12 earth and environmental science

Michelle Zhu, Nicole Panorkou, Pankaj Lal, Sowmith Etikyala, Erell Germia, Pricilla Iranah, Bharath Samanthula, Debasmita Basu

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Abstract

This paper discusses our work in progress aiming to explore how computer simulations can be integrated into the K-12 curriculum of Earth and Environmental science. Several interactive simulations using Netlogo, a multi-agent modeling environment, and Scratch, a visual programming software are being developed with steerable parameters and the corresponding output plots for students to manipulate and interpret the results, respectively. Here, we present two simulations we designed on water cycle and discuss how these may help students learn about the distribution of water and its continuous move in the ecosystem.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	220-223
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538633090
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISECon.2018.8340488
State	Published - 17 Apr 2018
Event	8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2018 - Princeton, United States Duration: 10 Mar 2018 → …

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Name	ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
Volume	2018-January

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Other	8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Princeton
Period	10/03/18 → …

Keywords

Computer Simulations
Earth and Environmental Science
Netlogo
Scratch

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Zhu, M., Panorkou, N., Lal, P., Etikyala, S., Germia, E., Iranah, P., Samanthula, B., & Basu, D. (2018). Integrating interactive computer simulations into K-12 earth and environmental science. In ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (pp. 220-223). (ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference; Vol. 2018-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISECon.2018.8340488

Zhu, Michelle ; Panorkou, Nicole ; Lal, Pankaj et al. / Integrating interactive computer simulations into K-12 earth and environmental science. ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 220-223 (ISEC 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference).

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