New Twiddle

application.controller.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName:'Ember Twiddle'
});

application.template.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{log model}} {{!-- logging here correctly displays the ember-data object --}}
{{my-component model=model}}
<br>
<br>

models.employee.js

import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Model.extend({
  prop1: 'test'
});

my-component.component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({

  didReceiveAttrs() {
    console.log(this.attrs.model); //Prints the Object above
  }

});

my-component.template.hbs

{{yield}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.4.13",
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/2.1.0/ember.debug.js",
    "ember-data": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember-data.js/2.1.0/ember-data.js",
    "ember-template-compiler": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/2.1.0/ember-template-compiler.js"
  }
}