Lessons in Mathematics Section 0: Overview |
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Author(s):
Diana M. Fisher |
Subject:
Math |
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This book provides a set of tools that enables educators to teach mathematics using the framework of System Dynamics. Section 0 covers basic skills in representing equations using a visual modeling tool, the STELLA software. Available from iseesystems. |
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More about the book at: http://www.iseesystems.com/store/college_university/MathBook.aspx
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Lessons from The Lorax: Using Graphs to Study Change |
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Author(s):
Rob Quaden, & Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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In this lesson, students read The Lorax and draw graphs to illustrate the changes that happen over the course of the story. Using simply stated questions, readers grapple with the complex themes in the book and movie. Students will investigate how cycles compete for dominance, and think about how the needs of business and natural resources can collide.
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 consequences are separated by time. |
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Infection Game For Primary Students (Grades K-3) |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne, & Lindsey Buckler |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This lesson is similar to the “The Infection Game” lesson in The Shape of Change. The activity rules are modified for younger children who do not know the concept of multiplication. The handouts and debrief questions are aimed at younger students. In addition, a simple online simulation is available as an extension. Students explore what happens to the number of people “infected” over time. Infections can include the spread of an illness, the spread of a good idea, or the spread of kindness. |
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Zipped (Models & PDF)
Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/shapeofchange/soc_5_Infection.asp
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I in Inflation App Mini-Lesson |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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"‘I’ in Inflation" is a free, engaging, easy-to-use app for students
and others to explore the relationships among wages, inflation,
and a potential gap in spending power over time. |
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Graphing the Friendship Game: A Preliminary System Dynamics Lesson |
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Author(s):
Alan Ticotsky, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Personal Growth and Development |
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A variation on the original Friendship Game (SS1996-11FriendshipGame) becomes the foundation for an introductory graphing lesson for students in grades K, 1 and 2, adding graphing to the systems tools used and systems concepts learned in the game. |
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From Exponential to Convergent to Logistic Models Using STELLA |
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Author(s):
Diana Fisher |
Subject:
Math |
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From CC-STADUS. Exploration using bacteria, poison, cooling, fish population, and flu epidemic. |
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Four Sample Lesson Plans, translated from German and adapted by Stephanie Albin (D-4558) |
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Author(s):
Stephanie Albin |
Subject:
Implementation |
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Four lesson plans using STELLA, developed by Hans-Ulrich Doenhoff, Wittern, Germany, intended to serve as a guide for teachers, to help them implement system dynamics in their lesson plans. The examples cover population demographics, titration, algae, and finance, and are geared toward a middle school and high school audience. They are not meant to be complete lesson plans, but rather an inspiration and a guide to system dynamics implementation. |
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EVERYDAY STOCKS and FLOWS PROBLEM SETS for MIDDLE GRADES |
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Author(s):
Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Stock/flow diagrams and computer modeling are wonderful tools to help us understand and solve complex problems and systems. But they should not be reserved only for those complex scenarios. Teaching young students to draw stock/flow diagrams to understand simpler problems helps them to begin thinking systemically. Using eleven familiar and common situations, this series of problem sets designed for middle school students makes the tools accessible and comprehensible. |
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Everyday Behavior Over Time Graphs. |
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Author(s):
Gene Stamel, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This paper gives general suggestions and specific lessons for using behavior over time graphs in language arts, math, social studies, and science. After an introduction and a little bit of practice, students become skilled at using the graphs to both understand patterns of change and express their ideas about them. |
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Economics and System Dynamics for Young Students |
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Author(s):
Debra Lyneis, Rob Quaden, & Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Social Studies |
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Today's students need an understanding of economics and system dynamics to participate effectively and fully in our complex global economy, but very few schools teach either discipline. Carlisle, Massachussetts teachers have developed several basic econom |
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