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| Shape of Change (Lesson 8): The Rainforest Game, including Stocks and Flows |
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Author(s):
Rob Quaden, Alan Ticotsky, & Debra Lyneis |
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Cross-Curricular |
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From "The Shape of Change." In this simulation game, students act out the lives of trees, following different planting and harvesting policies. Students may be surprised to learn that, while the game seems very active, the stock/flow map of the game is quite basic.
Complex Systems Connection: Short and Long Term Conflicts, Separate Cause and Effect.
People sometimes decide to use natural resources to meet present goals (satisfy customers, increase profits) and ignore long-term consequences. Delays in a system involving renewable resources can make it difficult to understand how present decisions to use the resource will affect long-term sustainability. |
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| Smallpox Crisis Management Simulation |
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Author(s):
Ron Zaraza |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Twenty-three students from three Portland area high schools accepted an invitation to serve as part of the CMT for an unspecified disaster simulation. In 30 hours at Wilson High School, they went from the introduction of the problem to a fully developed and model-tested plan for dealing with a smallpox outbreak, reducing deaths from a possible 750,000+ to fewer than 250. They developed a control plan that used the same strategies the World Health Organization developed over a ten-year period for dealing with smallpox outbreaks.
Complex Systems Connection: Separate Cause and Effect. For some illness/disease, symptoms appear long after initial infection. Sometimes people travel great distance while infected because they are unaware of the infection. Medical "detectives" faced with an epidemic must understand how the infection spreads and how quickly. Delays in the system make this more difficult. |
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| Soda Bottle Water Rockets: Build the Rockets and the Models |
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Author(s):
Martha A. Lynes |
Subject:
Science |
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Prepared with the support of the Gordon Brown Fund. In this unit, students design, build, and launch soda bottle water rockets and, after an introduction to the basic principles of system dynamics and STELLA moddeling, build models of their rocket systems. The complete STELLA models are included. Although this is a high school pphysics unit, the introductory modeling lessons, the modeling suggestions, and the learner-centered approach can apply to other grade levels and subjects as well. |
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| Stream Assimilation Capacity for Waste Material |
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Author(s):
Tran Pham |
Subject:
Science |
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From the Maryland Virtual High School. The unit objective is to develop a model which will simulate the biodegradable process of man-made waste released into a stream. Students can design, experiment, collect data, build a model, evaluate the model, and redesign it to produce a working model applying appropriate mathematics and chemistry concepts. Funded by the Gordon Brown Fund. |
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| Students Taking a Systems Approach to Drinking and Driving |
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Author(s):
Stephany Yerger |
Subject:
Social Studies |
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From CC-STADUS. A member of the class of 1999 at La Salle High School reports on the project she and classmates undertook to create a tool for hands-on alcohol education using STELLA. Model included. |
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| Studying The Lorax with Feedback Loops |
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Author(s):
Rob Quaden, & Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Students read "The Lorax," by Dr. Suess, and then develop a connection circle and causal loops to understand and illustrate the themes of the story.
Complex Systems Connection: Separate Cause and Effect, Short and Long Term Conflicts. Short-term focus on making money results in depletion of resource and environmental degradation over time and the collapse of the business. Actions and their detrimental consequences are separated by time. |
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| Succession from Sand Dune to Maritime Forest on a Barrier Island |
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Author(s):
Aili Carlson, & Sarah Clemmitt |
Subject:
Science |
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From the Maryland Virtual High School. By building a computer model of a complex dynamic system--the succession form sand dune to maritime forest on a barrier island--the student develops an understanding of the relationships among many contributing variables. The exercise deals with both modeling skills and the ecology of barrier islands. Funded by the Gordon Brown Fund. |
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| Systems Tools in High School: Interdisciplinary Learning in a Science Classroom |
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Author(s):
Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A summary of how one teacher teaches across the curriculum. 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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| Teaching Robotics with Goal-Seeking Loops |
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Author(s):
Chris DiCarlo |
Subject:
Science |
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This lesson illustrates using a classic system dynamics goal-seeking loop to help teach coding for robotics. |
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| Teenagers with Global Control |
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Author(s):
Teresa F. Hazel, & Timothy Joy |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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From CC-STADUS. After reading "Fahrenheit 451", students inherit a nation out of control with respect to its population and resources and have a cyber-century to salvage it. This model hails from "The Rulers" packet, with a few changes in the model and presentation. It begins with a basic population model, and so it works well for inexperienced STELLA users, teachers as well as students. It then expands through three permutations, and so do the curricular possibilities. |
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