Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning: Models
This tutorial explores why the use of models in science is important for research and explanation of the natural world.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Models
Given a description or illustration of various models, students will describe how these models represent the natural world and evaluate the advantages and limitations of the models.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: From Flowers to Freckles: Medel's Mighty Model
Learn how scientist use models to simplify concepts in science.
McMaster University
Careers in Theoretical Biology
While this is not a tutorial on theoretical models, this site takes us a step farther in showing how they are used in the real world.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Introduction to Modeling
This activity introduces the concept of a computer model as well as the typical controls used by models in the Molecular Workbench. (Requires Java)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Collective Model
Entry describes the Collective Model of nuclear structure.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Theoretical Models
Resource explores three important nuclear models: Liquid Drop Model, Nuclear Shell Model, and Collective Model.