Inquiry Stylee: Let the Modeling Shenanigans Begin (Constant Velocity Model)
So, I’m sitting in my modeling workshop right now trying to Piaget my way through the connection between Modeling, Inquiry and [anyqs]/[WCYDWT]/[WTFBBQ].
As I was driving from Iowa City to Ames (let’s not discuss how that makes me feel), I took some pictures at some silly frame rate.
Let’s play practicum/open ended/omg-this-problem-is-awesome.
Here’s the link. The last picture is of my speedometer. Enjoy!
To ruin it: My modeling buddies and I did a bunch of measurements and thinking about constant velocity. We decided to try to figure out the speed of the Dodge Sprinter van. Your students may ask a totally different question; this is ok.
We determined the van’s speed to be about 74 mph, which is awesome if I do say so myself.
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[...] Inquiry Stylee: Let the Modeling Shenanigans Begin (Constant Velocity Model) – With modeling on the brain Shawn Cornally takes some high-frame-rate pictures out the window of his moving vehicle and sets up a very nice Dan Meyer style question about what speed is the van going. [...]
I heard about the workshop. I was converted to being a modeling at UNI in 2003. Would love to know how it goes and how was your trainer.
I’m attending a Modeling Biology workshop in TN and was thinking of your blog today. I wondered if you’d had the opportunity to check modeling out. Obviously no one curriculum is perfect BUT it’s a pretty well resigned curriculum/instruction method.
Umm… Your check engine light is on.
Eeep!
Totally awesome, Shawn. This will be a great exercise for my students. You can also throw a flip cam on the constant velocity buggies, and have the students analyze that footage as a small scale “model.”
Good idea John!