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The following links are courtesy of Pittsburgh Computing Center CAST K-12 Professional Development []

FIre Applet link [] Forest Fire.mdl model link []

Professional Development Program
The CAST Professional Development Program is an integrated set of modules to train teachers on how to incorporate computational reasoning and tools such as modeling and simulation into their middle and high school math and science curriculum. The first set of modules (1,2,3,5,7,10,12) presents a complete program on how to USE models and simulations in the classroom. A second set will focus on how to CREATE models and simulations. To download the files, To run the .mdl files you must download Vensim PLE (free for educators)
 * right-click and Save Target AS...(on a PC)
 * right-click (or control-click) and Save Linked File As...(on a Mac)

To run the .nlogo files you must download NetLogo (freeware)
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 * [|http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtmll]