| Modeling Dynamic Systems Section 9 |
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Author(s):
Diana Fisher |
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System Dynamics |
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Supply chain dynamics are useful for illustrating the complex system characteristic that cause and effect are often separated by both time and space. Supply chains are often global, with decisions taken today causing impacts into the future and across national boundaries. The lessons of this section can also be used in conjunction with the Oscillations curriculum, particularly the lesson on commodity cycles, to illustate that the cause of a problem is within the system. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.iseesystems.com
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| Modeling in the Educational Environment—Moving from Simplicity to Complexity |
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Author(s):
Ron Zaraza, T Joy, & S Guthrie |
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Project Histories |
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From CC-STADUS/CC-SUSTAIN. Presented at the 16th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Quebec '98. A discussion of the downfalls of using complex models too soon, presenting the premise that one should always begin with the simplest m |
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| Modeling Physics: System Dynamics in Physics Education |
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Author(s):
Horst P. Schecker |
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Science |
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System Dynamics modeling helps to shift the focus of physics instruction towards more qualitative learning. Dynamic modeling requires students to analyze a phenomenon and develop the model, whereby they are introduced into the strategy of expert problem-solvers, i.e. to concentrate on a conceptual and semi-quantitative analysis. The modeling system supports the learner both in constructing the model and exploring its physical adequacy through simulation runs. Lead article in Spring 1996 CLExchange newsletter. |
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| Modeling Your Future |
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Author(s):
Bob Allnutt, J. Harvester, & J. Miller |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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From CC-STADUS. A STELLA Model for use in the classroom; explores education-income dynamics.
Complex Systems Connection: Short/Long Term Conflicts. Managing money, in personal finances or in running a business, often involves setting both short-term and long-term goals. Sometimes goals are in conflict between these timeframes, such as spending now versus saving/investing for future financial well-being. This also applies to choosing to spend time on education early in life for the opportunity to earn a higher income later. This simulation helps students explore the long-range implications of choices they make now. |
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| Models For Use with At-Risk Students |
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Author(s):
Ron Zaraza |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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From CC-STADUS. Six models, accompanied by student work packets, which cover a variety of topics that are either difficult for many students to grasp, or are not usually taught to students identified as At-Risk. The six models are: Basic Coordinate Graphing; The Bathtub: Adventures in Linear Graphs; Changing Slopes; Parabolic Graphs; Exploring Feedback: Reservoir Control; and Population Growth and Renewable Resources. Not designed exclusively for use with identified At-Risk students. |
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| Modern Electronics: Teaching Economics to High School Students with a System Dynamics Simulator |
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Author(s):
Gary B. Hirsch |
Subject:
Social Studies |
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Teaching economics with a simulator can actively engage students and help them learn more effectively. This paper describes a simulator that teaches students economics in terms of a familiar economic institution, the retail store. The simulator casts the |
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| Mosquito Nets for Fishing |
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Author(s):
George Richardson |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Mosquito nets are widely considered an effective ways to stop the spread of malaria. But countless fishermen using their mosquito nets to catch fish instead.
George Richardson thought of looking at the issues through the vantage point of the various stake-holders. Usinsg tools of system dynamics to look at the issue, this is a series of maps that George used in his thinking.
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| Murdoch Middle School, Part I |
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Author(s):
Dan Barcan |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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A narrative history of the start-up years of Murdoch Middle School, a Massachusetts charter school determined to teach and use systems thinking and system dynamics |
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| Murdoch Middle School, Part II |
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Author(s):
Dan Barcan |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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Part 2 of a narrative history of the start-up years of Murdoch Middle School, a Massachusetts charter school determined to teach and use systems thinking and system dynamics. |
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| Murdoch Middle School, Part III |
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Author(s):
Dan Barcan |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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Part 3 of a narrative history of the start-up years of Murdoch Middle School, a Massachusetts charter school determined to teach and use systems thinking and system dynamics. |
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