VCTAL is a set of instructional modules and mini modules for use in high school classrooms to help cultivate student facility with computational thinking across different grade levels and subject areas. Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in computational terms. Students begin with learning to see opportunities to compute something and then relate these computational opportunities to mathematical thinking through abstraction, decomposition, measurement, and modeling.

A result of the BioMath Connection (BMC) & Integrating Mathematics and Biology (IMB) projects, BioMath provides 20 modules designed for flexible adaptation in a variety of courses at a variety of grade levels in both mathematics and biology. These innovative classroom materials come with lesson materials, teacher material, and handouts/worksheets. The project was led by DIMACS at Rutgers University in collaboration with COMAP and Colorado State University (CSU).

The shared hope and vision of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is that this report motivates the educational community to make a place for mathematical modeling in curriculum, from pre-K through undergraduate levels. Further, that the value and importance of the skills required to execute math modeling effectively - logical thinking, problem solving, sensitivity analysis, and communication to name a few - are recognized and nurtured. Available in English and Spanish.

COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Most modules are suitable for use in high school classes, and some can be used in middle school, undergraduate courses, and in teacher education. Each module in the series is built around several classroom activities. Each module includes student activity pages, teaching notes, and answers. Teaching notes and answers are in two-column format at the beginning of the module. Student activity pages are in full-page format at the end of the module. Since technology plays a key role in mathematical modeling, most modules in this series offer opportunities to apply one or more forms of technology, such as graphing calculators and/or online graphing utilities, spreadsheets, and geometric utilities.