Simple Models for Real-World Ideas
Students create simple models or simulations to represent real-world ideas, like how a queue works or how a simple game progresses, to understand how things change over time.
Key Questions
- Explain how a simple model can help us understand a real-world situation.
- Compare a real-life queue at the canteen to a simple model of that queue.
- Design a simple paper-based model to show how a plant grows over several weeks.
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