Quantifying and Modeling Change

Thinking Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BEACcNghteyOYr-T0DZRQh28HwTrG9hujDL2wlIvupo/template/preview The Wonder of Science: https://thewonderofscience.com/mlccc74 Thinking in Change - Level 4 - Quantifying and Modeling Change In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on quantifying and modeling change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. TERMS Change - to become different Irreversible - not able to be undone or altered Model - a simplified representation of a system Quantify - to express or measure the quantity (number) of Rates of change - the speed with which something moves, happens, or changes. System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together This progression is based on the Crosscutting Concept elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education. “Change and rates of change can be quantified and modeled over very short or very long periods of time. Some system changes are irreversible.” Source: https://www.nextgenscience.org/