| When a Butterfly Sneezes Story 12: Who Speaks for Wolf, A Native American Learning Story |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
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Cross-Curricular |
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Based on a Native American story, a tribe lives among wolves in an interconnected holistic system. |
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| When a Butterfly Sneezes Story 11: The Lorax |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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The desire to have more and more drives the Once-ler to chop down more and more trees to create a product he sells. Eventually, the trees are gone.
Complex Systems Connection: Short and Long Term Conflicts. The short-term action of cutting down trees (taking a resource faster than it can regenerate) eventually leads (after a delay) to the disappearance of the forest. |
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| When a Butterfly Sneezes Story 10: Tree of Life, The World of the African Baobab |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
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Cross-Curricular |
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Describes the life cycle of the Baobab tree and the animals and plants that depend on it. Includes connections to concepts such as feedback relationships and delays. |
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| When a Butterfly Sneezes Story 1: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
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Cross-Curricular |
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This story illustrates simple cause and effect relationships and unintended consequences. |
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| What It's Like to Be a Pioneer: Let The Students Surprise You |
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Author(s):
Deb Lyneis |
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Implementation |
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Prepared with the support of the Gordon Stanley Brown Fund. Jay Forrester has suggested that we could speed the spread of learner-centered learning and system dynamics in K-12 education by sharing tales of "what it’s like to be a pioneer." It might help others who are starting out, or just curious, to know about other teachers’ experiences, positive student outcomes, pitfalls, political issues, responses of administrators and fellow teachers, student and parent feedback, triumphs and tribulations. This paper presents one such vignette. |
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| What It's Like to Be a Pioneer: Interedisciplinary, Naturally. |
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Author(s):
Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Implementation |
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Prepared with the support of the Gordon Stanley Brown Fund. Jay Forrester has suggested that we could speed the spread of learner-centered-learning and system dynamics in K-12 education by sharing tales of "what it’s like to be a pioneer." It might help others who are starting out, or just curious, to know about other teachers’ experiences, positive student outcomes, pitfalls, political issues, responses of administrators and fellow teachers, student and parent feedback, triumphs and tribulations. This paper presents one such vignette |
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| Visual Tools for Student Projects: Communicating Critical Thinking |
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Author(s):
Creative Learning Exchange |
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Cross-Curricular |
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This booklet is designed to help teachers and students create and complete all kinds of projects (in science and other curricula) which clearly show and explain the critical thinking incorporated within the project. |
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| Using Systems Tools In Music Class |
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Author(s):
Andrew Frankhouse, & with Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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At Innovation Academy Charter School (IACS) in Tyngsborough, MA, music teacher Andrew Frankhouse uses systems tools in creative and perhaps unexpected ways. Behavior-over-time graphs (BOTGs) help students analyze and appreciate different pieces of music, and visualize graphically how aspects of compositions develop. Andrew also uses feedback loops to help students understand the business of music. |
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| Using Systems Thinking to Develop Literacy Skills |
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Author(s):
Brian Bindschadler |
Subject:
Conference |
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In this session, participants will explore various ways to use systems tools to increase deep thinking and literacy in the classroom. We will focus on developing the Habits of a Systems Thinker using the Iceberg Visual, Behavior-Over-Time Graphs, and Stock-Flow diagrams. These tools can be used in any level classroom—from preschool through high school—and beyond. Each tool will be “unpacked” with explanations and examples, and participants will have opportunities to develop their own applications for these powerful literacy tools. |
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| Using Model Mysteries in the Classroom |
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Author(s):
Rachel Molenaar |
Subject:
System Dynamics |
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I’ve used the Model Mysteries lessons in my precalculus class every year, and I’d like to share my plans and supporting documents so that other teachers can more easily implement these powerful and entertaining lessons in their own classrooms. |
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