Agent-based modeling is one of the four paradigms used in modeling and simulation (M&S). In general, M&S is used to numerically evaluate complex systems and its behavior under a variety of constraints, many of them not possible to evaluate in real world experiments, because they were too costly, too dangerous, are not accessible.

As one of our interns, you will be pivotal to this workshop. You will help to design the course and its curriculum, you will program a framework that high school students will take, and you will teach and support practical exercises, in particular
•	You will spend one week conceptualizing the course, based on the ideas captured in Chapter 7 of the Textbook “Modeling and Simulation for High School Students” (http://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Modeling-and-Simulation-for-High-School-Teachers:-Principles,-Problems,-and-Lesson-Plans/r10/section/7.0/)
•	You will spend two weeks to implement a framework in NetLogo. This framework will help students to learn the ideas you identified in week one and to conduct practical exercises. The framework will consist of a situated environment and several agent-stubs that students have to complete in their assignments. Knowing NetLogo is essential (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/)
•	You will be teaching assistant in the fourth week. The students will have classroom style lectures in the morning and practical exercises in the afternoon. All assignments lead to a tournament of the agents on the last day of the workshop, where agents have to compete in the virtual environment. You will support all three phases: classroom teaching, practical exercise coaching, and judges in the final competition.