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Niels Bonderup Dohn
Member
May 31, 2010

Hi,

I am planning a high school teacher course in modelling. But I am unsure whether Scratch has sufficient functions for modelling, like Star Log for instance. Are there anyone who have tried doing modelling with Scratch?

Best wishes,

Niels

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Carl Bogardus
Member
June 30, 2010

If you need help for modeling in StarLogo TNG, to to http://projectguts.org

 

Carl

Niels Bonderup Dohn
Member
June 08, 2010

Hi Brian,

Thanks a lot for your input. I will try to make predator-prey models - or perhaps use Scratch for population genetics. I will also stick to Scratch rather than Logo for now.

Thanks for your link to scratchscience projects!

Niels

Brian Foley
Member
June 01, 2010

 Hi Niels,

I have been working on modelling in science (mostly physics).  Obviously you can easily do things like cannons and springs.  We had more trouble trying to do things like air pressure.  I think StarLogo is more powerful at this point (the ability to create new spites seems crucial to things like predator-prey models).  NetLogo is even better, but then you loose the tiles interface.  For now I am sticking with Scratch and we will see how far we can go.

Last summer I worked with middle school kids to do modelling - some of our work is posted at:

http://scratch.mit.edu/users/SAEPscratchscience

I would love to hear more about what you are doing - it sounds really interesting.

Brian