Shared Water Resources
Project GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically) is partially funded by New Mexico EPSCoR through Track 2. NM EPSCoR has been instrumental in funding and supporting Project GUTS activities. Through EPSCoR support, GUTS has been able to expand our reach to new locations, serve a wide-range of student populations (including young women, underrepresented groups in STEM, and students from low-income households), and offer professional development workshops for teachers. For more information, visit the Track 2 page and the Project GUTS website.
- Overview of the Weeks 1-4 (.doc file)
- Week 1: CAS simple rules and first programming activity, agent movement
- A1: Walk & Turn (.doc file)
- A2: Painted Turtles (.doc file)
- A2: Painted Turtles coding instructions (.pdf file)
- Week 2: Reacting to the environment and conditionals
- B1: Pixelated Paths (.doc file)
- B2: Bumper Turtles (.doc file)
- B2: Bumper Turtles coding instructions (.pdf file)
- Week 3: CAS patterns, distal causality, feedback loops, Fish & Plankton model
- C1: Swords & Shields (.doc file)
- C2: Swords & Shields model (.sltng file)
- C3: Feedback Loops video (.mov file - Quicktime player required)
- Fish & Plankton model (.sltng file)
- Week 4: Probability and random walks
- D1: Dice & Data (.doc file)
- D2: Random Walkers (.doc file)
- Week 5: Introduction to Water as a Shared Resources
- Introduction to Water Resources (doc)
- NM EPSCoR Water Issues video (video)
- Introduction Powerpoint (ppt)
- Pass the Jug Activity (doc)
- Prisoner’s Dilemma Activity (doc)
- Prisoner’s DilemmaWorksheet (doc)
- Prisoner’s Dilemma Worksheet (Clarification for Red and Black cards) (doc)
- Feedback Loops Discussion (doc)
- Week 6: Building on Water Resources Knowledge
- Week 7: Base Water Pumping Model
- Weeks 8-10: Project Work
- Accompanying Models
These are examples of the accompanying models. Note that these can be created many different ways and should only act as an example. (Do not have students build these by copying them.) To download, hold down the control key and click on the link or right click. - Walk & Turn model (.sltng file)
- Walk & Turn with Scatter model (.sltng file)
- Painted Turtles model (.sltng file)
- Bumper Turtles model (.sltng file)
- Swords & Shields model (.sltng file)
- Fish & Plankton model (.sltng file)
- TryAngles model (.sltng file)
- Monkeys in the Middle model (.slogo file - requires OpenStarLogo 2.0)
- Complex Systems Resources
- Link to the Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems tutorial (.mov file - Quicktime player required)
- CAST Overview, primarily as a club leader resource. (.pdf file)
- CAS Concepts for CAST (.pdf file)
- CAS diagram, used for to fill in (.pdf file)
Some of the GUTS material (specifically from weeks 1-4) was developed earlier under NSF Award #0639637 (Project GUTS at Santa Fe Institute) and incorporated as foundational material in each unit. Permission to use, copy, or modify this curriculum for education and research purposes only and without fees is hereby granted, provided that this copyright notice and the original authors' names appear on all copies and supporting documentation. If individual files are separated from this distribution directory structure, this copyright notice must be included. For any other uses of this curriculum, in original or modified form, including but not limited to distribution in whole or in part, specific prior permissionmust be obtained from NM EPSCoR. These programs shall not be used, rewritten, or adapted as the basis of a commercial software or hardware product without first obtaining appropriate licenses from NM EPSCoR. NM EPSCoR makes no representations about the suitability of this curriculum for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.
