Thinking About Drinking
What are the effects of drinking alcohol? A new simulation from the Creative Learning Exchange explores just that concern. Use the simulation and lesson to see what happens over time to one’s Blood Alcohol Concentration (or BAC) following the consumption of alcohol.
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2014 Systems Thinking Dynamic Modeling Conference
Babson Executive Conference Center, Wellesley, MA | June 28 - June 30, 2014
INTEGRATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
The Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference for K-12 education will provide resources and opportunity for educators and interested citizens to explore what is current and possible in K-12 systems education.
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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFERENCE?
Proposals for presentations due February 1, 2014. Learn more.....
New This Year! INTRODUCTORY TRAINING in conjunction with the conference.
Get a jump-start on learning about systems thinking and dynamic modeling! Attend a workshop the day before the conference and tailor-made sessions woven throughout the conference to increase your knowledge and help you integrate the offerings of the conference. Work with systems mentors during 11 hours of introductory content. Continue to utilize their guidance in integrating the stimulating conference material during designated meeting times for mentors and participants.
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Dollars and Sense II: Our Interest in Interest, Managing Savings, and Debt
by Jeff Potash and the CLE
Dollars and Sense II challenges students to understand how compound interest affects their personal financial lives, through savings, credit cards, installment loans and mortgages.
Simulations contained in 8 lessons emphasize practical hands-on learning (experimenting, making mistakes) in using systems thinking and mathematical tools to manage their financial futures. The materials include Instructor Guides and Student Worksheets.
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The Water Bottle Project
Participants at Camp Snowball 2011 use a water bottle activity to learn the concepts of stocks and flows.
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Thinking about Drinking
What are the Effects of Drinking Alcohol?
by Jeff Potash
The purpose of this simulation is to increase awareness of the potential effects of alcohol on the body over a 12-hour period. Because drinking alcohol affects a number of behaviors that can put one at risk, it is important to understand the implications of consuming alcohol. The simulation provides students and adults an opportunity to “see” what happens over time after the consumption of alcohol. This “system” involves three stages or flows. Each stage involves different periods of time, which are influenced by a number of personal characteristics.
Read more in The Exchange
More articles at the CLE by Jeff Potash
Systems Tools in High School
Interdisciplinary Learning in a Science Classroom
by Alan Ticotsky
Chris DiCarlo teaches high school classes in several different disciplines at Innovation Academy Charter School (IACS). While technically in the science and math departments, he has taught physics, pre-calculus, robotics, environmental systems, financial literacy... and that’s just in the past two years! The threads that tie together all of Chris’s classes are a tightly woven combination of his own dynamic teaching style and the learning environment at IACS.
Chris worked with IACS high school principal, Greg Orpen, to design a one-semester elective systems course for Fall 2012. Environmental Systems and Computer Modeling was designed to provide students with an overview of the Earth’s physical systems and how human activity affects those systems.
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Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference
Babson College, Wellesley, MA
June 28 – June 30, 2014
INTEGRATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
The Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference for K-12 education will provide resources and opportunity for educators and interested citizens to explore what is current and possible in K-12 systems education.
Learn more....
Read more in The Exchange...
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFERENCE?
Proposals for presentations due February 1, 2014.
Learn more.....
NEW!! INTRODUCTORY TRAINING IN SYSTEMS THINKING
A new, introductory workshop will be held at Babson Executive Conference Center on June 27th, the day before the conference. This training workshop will include 8 hours on Friday (9 AM — 5 PM), breaks and lunch on Friday, a 3-hour workshop session on Saturday afternoon, and mentorship time scheduled during the conference, tailor-made to increase your knowledge and help you integrate the offerings of the conference. Work with systems mentors with decades of experience in 11 hours of introductory content and utilize their guidance in integrating the stimulating material and discussion presented throughout. The workshop is offered for an additional fee of $110.00. This does not include lodging on Friday night.
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