MAEN 508 - Introduction to Simulations

	Week of	Topic
	May 23	Why Teach Programming: Patterning in Geometry with Polygons, Stargons, and Circles
	May 30	a) Variables and Tail-End Recursion b) Circles and Polygons and Utility Procedures
	June 6	A Simple Simulation - Mazes
	June 13	Simulations in Probability with one Variable
	June 20	Simulations in Probability with Several Variables
	June 27	Multi-Variable Simulations in MicroWorlds
	July 4	a) Embedded Recursion with Fractals, Dragon Curves, Snowflakes b) Space-Filling Curves
	July 11	Introduction to NetLogo
	July 18	Extending NetLogo Models
	July 31	Testing Theory with a Simulation
	August 8	LAST DAY TO TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS AND/OR PROJECTS!

 

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