Some Project ExamplesEpidemic:
Disease can spread quickly among people; in fact, if it spreads quickly
enough and infects many people, it is called an epidemic. This simulation
can help you understand how quickly disease can spread in a population
of 1,000 people even when only one person is initially infected. You can
also play with the scripts to see what happens when you increase or decrease
the population. Forest
Fire: Similar to the epidemic simulation, this example allows you
to explore how the extent of damage due to forest fires is related to
the number of trees in an area. You can use the slider to change the number
of trees and see how a fire that begins in the center of the forest behaves
in different situations. Ants:
Animals and insects have certain characteristics that help them to survive.
This project simulates how a colony of ants uses scents to communicate
with each other. When an ant finds food, it lays down a scent trail to
let other ants know how to follow its tracks. Over time, this scent trail
decays so that when the ants have gathered all the food, the trail also
disappears. Gas
Tank: This project demonstrates how molecules of gas bounce around
in a tank at different temperatures to exert pressure on a piston. By
adjusting the number of molecules in the tank, you can investigate how
the piston’s motion interacts with the amount of gas. Diffusion:
This project begins with a number of particles on one side of a divider
that has a small break in the middle. When you start the scripts, the
particles bounce around with some of them escaping through the hole to
the other side. Over time, how do you think the system will look? Predator/Prey:
Within an ecosystem, some organisms (predators) eat others as food (prey).
Use this project to explore how predators and prey affect each other’s
populations. There’s even a graph to help you monitor how many predators
there are! Pixels:
This is an example of the graphic designs you can make with Kedama. |
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