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Nine simulation examples with student worksheets and public teacher keys. Review the model and questions for your class, then test the activity on the devices you will use.

These are starting points, not validated lessons for every classroom. You bring the subject expertise and knowledge of your students.

Physics

Docking Clearance

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Set engine thrust, handle a heavier load and an opposing thruster, then brake into a dock.

Models: Net force changes acceleration. Timed burns and braking connect force to velocity and stopping distance.
Student evidence: Students show force calculations, compare predictions with runs, explain misses, and use two flight checks to support a claim about force, mass and acceleration.

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Social studies

Dust Bowl Farm

Choose acreage, borrowing, programs and conservation practices across three eras of a Great Plains farm.

Models: Historical prices and drought context interact with simplified soil, crop and finance rules.
Student evidence: Students record topsoil and cash, explain why timing matters, and use evidence from two eras to discuss Dust Bowl causes and the government’s response.

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Spanish

¡Acción!

Write short Spanish scripts to move a cast to the park, catch a bus and rescue a cat.

Models: Present-tense endings for -ar, -er and -ir verbs select the actors. Scene constraints make the sentence’s consequence visible.
Student evidence: Students record scripts, identify who moved, correct a failed line, and explain the role of verb endings with evidence from two scenes.

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Math

Carnival Booth Lab

Design booths to hit profit targets, then run different numbers of players and repeated afternoons.

Models: Seeded chance produces variable results around expected profit, including losing short runs for a profitable booth.
Student evidence: Students calculate expected value, interpret histograms, compare short and long runs, and justify a decision using simulation data.

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English

Win the Room

Arrange five speech cards, label their appeals and deliver them to a council, parent group and school board.

Models: Different listener groups respond to ethos, logos, pathos, repetition and fallacies under fixed illustrative rules.
Student evidence: Students identify appeals and fallacies, use vote results to explain an audience response, and compare what persuaded two rooms. Votes do not measure real people.

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Art

Mural Restoration

Mix drops of paint to restore seven mural sections, predicting a swatch before each run.

Models: A simplified paint-mixing model explores ratios, secondary colors, tints and darkening with complementary colors.
Student evidence: Students record recipes and measured color differences, compare darkening choices, and support an explanation with two mixes.

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Music

Groove Machine

Build drum patterns for rock, waltz and jig settings, then watch or hear them against the band.

Models: Note and rest durations interact with 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 meter. Incorrect totals create visible and audible drift.
Student evidence: Students predict drift, record patterns, explain per-measure totals, and compare grouping and strong beats. The visual display also works without sound.

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Business

Taco Truck Week

Set a price and, on later days, choose how many meals to prepare for sunny or rainy demand.

Models: Illustrative demand and cost rules distinguish revenue from profit and expose the cost of waste or missed sales.
Student evidence: Students compare predicted and actual profit, show calculations, explain inventory choices, and use two trials to justify a profitable plan.

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FACS

Danger Zone

Plan a picnic, a heat-wave picnic and leftover-chili handling, then watch the clock and temperature display.

Models: Illustrative growth, cooling and illness rules show consequences of handling choices. The model is not a real food-safety test.
Student evidence: Students record time and temperature, compare two trials, and explain prevention while distinguishing game assumptions from real guidance.

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