It's Cool: An Experiment and Modeling Lesson |
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Author(s):
Alan Ticotsky, Rob Quaden, & D. Lyneis |
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Science |
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Prepared with the support of the Gordon Stanley Brown Fund. In this lesson, fifth grade students measure, record, and graph the changing temperature of a cooling cup of boiling water. Students then build a simple STELLA model of the system and run further experiments on the model. This lesson introduces students to the concept of feedback in a system dynamics model. |
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It All Comes Down to Dirt: Learning while Playing with the "Healthy Chickens, Healthy Pastures" Playkit |
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Cross-Curricular |
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Sharing a learning experience using the "Healthy Chickens, Healthy Pastures" playkit |
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It All Comes Down to Dirt |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A brief report on the use of the Healthy Chickens, Healthy Pastures playkit and curriculum guide. |
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Interdisciplinary Evaluation Techniques Using System Dynamics (D-4320-1) |
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Author(s):
Tad T. Sudnick |
Subject:
Implementation |
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This paper discusses how the use of STELLA models in a high school science class demands interdisciplinary skills and content, and the importance of evaluating them. |
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Integrating Systems Thinking and Simulation into the Eighth Grade Science Curriculum |
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Author(s):
Frank Draper |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A basic outline of the use of the systems approach in eighth grade science, including possible problems and benefits for teachers and students. |
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Influenza |
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Author(s):
Ryan Ivie |
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Student Work |
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A 1999 SyMBowl finalist paper. This paper discusses a model developed to provide a realistic look at how influenza affects a population.
Complex Systems Connection: Ineffective Action. |
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If a Tree Falls in the Woods, Will Another Replace It? |
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Author(s):
Chris Brummer, Adelle Lennox, & Leela Yellesetty |
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Student Work |
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A 1999 SyMBowl finalist paper. This paper discusses a model developed to analyze Oregon's timber industry and how it affects the forest tree population.
Complex Systems Connection: Short and Long Term Conflicts, Cause within System. People sometimes decide to use natu |
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How Does a Galaxy Evolve? |
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Author(s):
Carl Anderson, & Steven Cottingham |
Subject:
Student Work |
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A 1999 SyMBowl finalist paper. This paper discusses a model developed to demonstrate what happens in a galaxy as it goes into stars and eventually into white dwarfs, black holes, and neutron stars.
Complex Systems Connection: Separate Cause and Effect. A model of how |
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History and Biology of Smallpox: A General Introduction to the Epidemic Spread of Disease |
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Author(s):
John Heinbokel, & Jeff Potash |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This series of case-studies developed by the Waters Center for System Dynamics examines the dynamics and impacts of such epidemics primarily through the lens of one specific disease --smallpox.
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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Healthy Chickens, Healthy Pastures: Making Connections at Drumlin Farm and Beyond |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney, & Renata Pomponi |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This "Making Connections Playkit" has been created yo help students think deliberately about living systems in a farm setting and to give students an organizing framework to take home and apply in other contexts. |
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