In this workshop, we will explore 2-dimensional modeling for use in Next Generation science and math courses. Whether it is a schematic diagram, a systems map, a simulation, a graph or a computer algorithm, models are used pervasively throughout science to interpret, predict, and test the way individual variables interact to yield a complex interrelated process. Using examples that are transferrable to your classroom we will develop and use models to understand how you might guide your students in these skills. This 1.5-hour workshop is interactive with lesson ideas that can be reproduced for immediate use.