Let's create a worksheet together!
Model we will work with (Kinematics):
http://netlogoweb.org/web?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mchen0037/models/master/models/kinematics.nlogo
ie: You hit a hockey puck with and watch it glide across the ice.
ie: What would happen if we hit our hockey puck towards OUR goal? Set the initial-position to the middle (x = 0) and then apply a force of -10 N.
Have students going through your worksheet answer these questions!
Make sure you have enough so that they explore all aspects of the model!
ie:
Set the initial-velocity to 5m/s. Run the simulation. Draw out the graph.
Set the initial-velocity to -5m/s. Run the simulation. Have them draw out the graphs. etc.
Help them detach from the model and start making predictions of their own without running the simulation.
ie: If I start my simulation with a velocity of 3 and then a initial position of -1000, what do you think the graph will look like?
ie: What do you think happened here?