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Starting Point: Teaching with Models

Starting Point: Teaching with Models

This Starting Point Module contains information on teaching with models geoscience education. Modeling is fundamental to science, great for an interactive student-centered environment, and ideal for the Earth systems approach. Types of models include conceptual, physical analog, mathematical, statistical, and visualization. This page offers links, information and examples for all modeling types, including examples of different models for each geoscience discipline.

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