Curriculum Resources

Below are links to sample courseware developed for use by teachers in Modeling Workshops prior to 2010. Modeling Instruction is a curriculum design, not a curriculum. Thus it is very flexible: adaptable to diverse populations, course levels, grades and content areas.

To see sample mechanics curriculum resources (as of 2017), we suggest that educators visit the AMTA website and click on WHY JOIN. Also, visit the Socratic Brain website and inspect the mechanics coursebook.

2nd Semester Physics

models of light - overview
mechanical waves and sound - overview , list of java applets and some wave movies
microscopic E&M - overview and electrostatics movies
Modeling-modified CASTLE - overview

For the Chemistry Storyline and middle school storyline, visit the AMTA website and click on WHY JOIN.

Participants resources is a password-protected folder containing curriculum resources prior to 2010, accessible by Modeling Workshop participants. These materials are available in Microsoft Word and pdf formats. They include:

mechanics for grades 11 and 12 (including a renewable energy adaptation of Unit 7or 8 on energy)
mechanics for a 9th grade physics course (two versions)
2nd semester portion of a high school physics course; these include

models of light

mechanical waves and sound

microscopic model of E&M

Modeling-modified CASTLE electricity

AP physics units
one semester of an 8th-9th grade physical science course
draft resources for modeling in earth science (2006)
Special Relativity: a 2-week unit
math courses: 64 modeling activities contributed by Kelli Gamez Warble
Excel spreadsheets to analyze the FCI, TUG-K, MBT, CSEM
DIRECT (circuits diagnostic), CSEM, BEMA; other concept inventories requested by teachers, when available
Rex Rice's placement test for 9th grade physics (a free-response version of the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning)
Research articles on mindset and stereotype threat in math, by Catherine Good (some are with Carol Dweck).
Advice for new modelers, on how to get parents and students on your side

Material in this web site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant
No. ESI-9353423. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material
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This page was last updated on October 25, 2017 by Jane Jackson