| Four Sample Lesson Plans, translated from German and adapted by Stephanie Albin (D-4558) |
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Stephanie Albin |
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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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| Friendship Game |
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Author(s):
Peg Clemans |
Subject:
Personal Growth and Development |
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From Catalina Foothills School District. In this game, students are introduced to the concept of reinforcing relationships, as well as the idea that practicing their friendship skills could not only lead to a friendship, but could also make more friendshi |
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| From Exponential to Convergent to Logistic Models Using STELLA |
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Author(s):
Diana Fisher |
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Math |
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From CC-STADUS. Exploration using bacteria, poison, cooling, fish population, and flu epidemic. |
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| From Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers: Students Study How Civilization Changed during the Neolithic Age |
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Jason O'Neil-Willoughby, Martha McClure, & with Alan Ticotsky |
Subject:
Social Studies |
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Human civilization underwent significant changes between the periods archaeologists characterize as the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. Why and how did people become less nomadic? What factors led to technological growth and the development of more |
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| Fundamental Changes in How We Teach: A Narrative about Teaching System Dynamics and the Art of Learning |
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Author(s):
Timothy Joy, & Ron Zaraza |
Subject:
Implementation |
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From CC-STADUS. A brief summation of the changes in teaching style among successful teachers in the CC-STADUS Project. |
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| GET MOVING! Solutions to the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity |
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Author(s):
Omar Aboulezz, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Student Work |
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What happens when kids spend hours every day watching TV or playing video games? Could these behaviors lead to obesity and serious illness? And, if so, what can we do about it? Omar Aboulezz, a fifth grader at the Flagg Street School in Worcester, Massa |
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| Getting Insight about Environmental Issues by Practicing Causal Loops |
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Author(s):
Zerrin Doganca |
Subject:
Conference |
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The session will include two lesson plans, two stories addressing a systems approach in different contexts, exercises of causal loop diagrams related to issues in the stories, and a discussion about the results obtained in an experimental design with fifth grade Turkish students. The context of the session is based largely on environmental issues like conservation of species and effect of pesticides on living organisms. This study has been applied to students with no experience in system dynamics. Hence, participants at all levels will be welcome to this session.
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| Getting Started with Behavior Over Time Graphs: Four Curriculum Examples |
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Author(s):
Gayle Richardson |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Prepared with the support of the Gordon Stanley Brown Fund. A presentation of how BOTG's are used in a 5th grade curriculum. Although the paper focuses on fifth grade language arts and social studies lessons, its curriculum approach and the BOTG instructions apply across all curriculum areas and all grade levels. |
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| Getting Started with System Thinking in the Primary Grades |
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Author(s):
Sharon Coffin |
Subject:
Implementation |
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From Maumee Valley Country Day School. Sharon Coffin's account of her start in teaching systems thinking and some curricula she developed to teach the concepts to the primary grades. |
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| Getting Started: Five lesson plans to help teachers introduce System Dynamics to their students |
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Author(s):
Cathy Curry |
Subject:
System Dynamics |
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Five lesson plans, intended to complement the Road Maps series, which support the introduction of System Dynamics in the classroom. These five lesson plans are complete with class and homework assignments and will take teachers and students through the steps necessary in learning any new method. |
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