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Many people, many of them involuntarily, have contributed to bringing this book to life. I would like to name them, in no particular order, while trying not to forget anyone. First and foremost, to my wife Liliana (a.k.a Lilo), because she is a great fighter ...

The importance of computational modeling and simulations in education In science, understanding the world requires thinking with models—simplified representations of reality that help us explain, predict, and explore phenomena. Computational modeling and simu...

New Adventures in Modeling is organized by “stimulations” and “simulations.” The stimulations are short informative texts that describe a certain phenomenon of nature that, to say the least, is curious. The stimulation is described accompanied by an image and ...

To my father, Eddie (r.i.p), who inspired my interest in computers in the mid-80s and passed on his dream of going to MIT.To my mother, Chichi, who instilled in me the value and joy of reading.To my wife, Liliana (a.k.a Lilo), who gives meaning to everything I...

A book as an object to think with This work is deeply inspired by one of the books I enjoy reading the most (because I still do): “Adventures in Modeling” (AiM) by Mitchel Resnick, Eric Klopfer, and Vanessa Colella, all of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Tech...

OVERVIEW IDEA Model how chameleons change their color depending on situations. If they get angry they turn red and yellow, if they want to court a female they turn purple. MODELING TASK Simulate a scene in Madagascar where male panther chameleo...

Simulations and Stimulations In the following chapters, we will introduce each of the stimulations to provide context for the phenomenon, process, or event to be modeled. Then, we will go through a step-by-step process on how to build a possible simulation to...

The chameleon changes its coloration depending on the situation  Popular culture often uses the nickname “chameleon” pejoratively to label people who have the ability to camouflage themselves, to blend in with the environment to go unnoticed at critical mom...

1 Overview of the simulation This challenge could be solved in a natural setting where there is a male chameleon, a female chameleon and a bird as a predator.The three agents (male, female and bird) could move around the stage and the male chameleon change ...