Systems Thinking & Dynamic Modeling
Conference for K-12 Education
Using systems thinking and system dynamics to
address common core and stem standards

June 30 – July 2, 2012
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, Massachusetts

2012 Conference Handouts

For any available handouts, please find the session below and follow the appropriate links. Refer to the 2012 Conference Program for more detailed description of any session.

Keynotes

Peter Senge
Now What? How Do We Implement the Common Core Standards and the STEM Process Using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics in our Educational System? Handout

George Richardson
Creating Critical Thinking in our Students through System Dynamics Handout

Dennis Meadows
Sustainability Games

Saturday, June 30

Workshops to Learn and Explore

A Beginner’s Guide to the Use of ST Tools in the Classroom
Mike Hanson and Brett Thompson, Tahoma Public Schools

Using the System Dynamics Process to Teach STEM and Common Core Math & Science
Diana Fisher, Portland Public Schools

Using System Dynamics Principles to Create a Learning Organization in a Classroom
Alan Ticotsky, Innovation Academy, and Rob Quaden, Carlisle Public Schools        

Lions, Tigers, and Bears: Creating Simple Financial and Population Models
Anne LaVigne, Creative Learning Exchange and Waters Foundation, Systems Thinking in Schools

How School and District Leaders Apply Systems Thinking to 21st Century Educational System
Tracy Benson and Kathy Scheppe, Tucson Public Schools.

Critical Thinking Skills: A Discussion of Barry Richmond’s Critical Thinking Skills and Systems Thinking in K-12 Education
Jeff Potash, CIESD, and Tim Joy, DeLaSalle North, Portland OR

Sunday, July 1

Session 1

• Hands-on with STELLA Version 10—isee systems
  

• Creating Curricula Using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics - Innovation Academy

• Embracing Systems Thinking in the Primary Years—Liane Bouffard, Anna Geras, Maria Simpson, and Nicole Wooten, Winston-Salem School District, NC

• Financial Literacy: Dollars and Sense II—Jeff Potash, Center for Interdisciplinary Excellence in System Dynamics

• Five Important Feedback Loops from Limits to Growth—Dennis Meadows, author, Limits to Growth and The Systems Thinking Playbook
  

• Building a 21st Century Learning Environment in Your Community—Tim Lucas (co-author, Schools That Learn), and Julie Wilson, Institute for the Future of Learning
  

• Using System Dynamics to Attract More Students (and Teachers!) to Math and the Scientific Method—Paul Newton, The Boeing Company and citizen advocate for ST&DM in K-12 education
  

Session 2

• Exceptional Thinking for Exceptional Learners—Karen Abbott, Winston-Salem School District
  
  
• Evolving from a Test-Based to a Curriculum-Based Approach in Evaluating a Systems Thinking Curriculum—Zahra Jalili, Asemaan Group, a ST organization in Iran
  
  
• Playing to Learn: Using a Systems Game to Assess and Develop Systems Literacy—Linda Booth Sweeney, author, The Systems Thinking Playbook and other systems thinking books.
  

• How to Get a Whole State Moving Ahead: Citizen Advocacy in Conjunction with New Washington State Standards and Initiatives—Paul Newton, The Boeing Company and citizen advocate for ST&DM in K-12 education
  
  
• From Kindergarten through High School and into the Great Beyond: “Playing” with Complex, Dynamic Systems Online —Jennifer Andersen, Creative Learning Exchange, and Anne LaVigne, Creative Learning Exchange and Waters Foundation, Systems Thinking in Schools
  
  
• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Systems Thinking/Dynamic Modeling (STDM) - Overlapping Tools for Deeper Learning—Larry Weathers, Arlington MA Public Schools