Pamela Birx

Sixth Grade Math Teacher

Math Teacher Leader

pjbirx@aps.k12.co.us

Samantha~my beautiful daughter!

Columbia Middle School


Aurora Public Schools

How will I introduce Scalable Game Design in my school?
Who: Sixth Grade Students When: 9-weeks; 65 minutes a day What: Tech Class

My plan is to begin teaching AgentSheets as part of my Tech Class with 6th grade students. I will begin with Frogger, then using the Science resource books that I have, students will create a virus simulation. I was thinking of demonstrating by using a "Rumors" simulation. After Frogger and the Virus Simulation, I would like to then teach Sokoban and Pacman. Since this is a brand new experience, I am unsure if I will need to teach other mini-projects in between the Agentsheets units-I am worried that if I teach only Agentsheets, students will get "burned out".

Project Journal
Things to Remember:

Check out TED movies

Research STEM Simulations

Need to emphasize computational Thinking Patterns more than last year

Need to figure out a way for students NOT to copy behaviors, but understand programming.

Check through science books…research-presentation-simulation

New in AgentSheets 3.0-simplify programming and increase support of computational thinking

Transport: do not need the move…will transport everything on top… If not lighted up…make sure you have selected the agent

Folder with copies of depictions for each game for students to copy

Fractis Lesson Plan

STEM simulations : Hand tool to run simulations Forest Fire-put data into Excel, graph and analyze Fractis for adding fractions-simulation similar to tetris Rock Paper Scissors- different versions-looking at probability to determine if fair game

Use Rumors as an introduction??? Possible Projects by contents?? Science Simulation: Virus, Forest Fire Social Studies Simulation: Math Simulation: Rock Paper Scissors, Fractis

Link to my Tech Class: http://apslearning.net/course/view.php?id=375