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| Among the Hidden |
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Author(s):
Gail Falewicz |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Gail Falewicz has inherited the Critical Thinking and Reading (CTR) class from Mairead Orpen. (See The Creative Learning Exchange, vol. 22, no. 1, Winter 2013.) http://static.clexchange.org/ftp/newsletter/CLEx22.1.pdf. As the CTR teacher, Gail teaches every 5th grade student at Innovation Academy Charter School (IACS), a public charter school, in Tyngsboro, MA. This is her summary of the class structure and a report of a unit she taught based on the novel "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. (1998, Simon and Schuster, Book One in the "Shadow Children" series)
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Link to the file: http://static.clexchange.org/ftp/newsletter/CLEx25.2.pdf#page=6
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| Analyzing a Stock and Flow Model to Understand the Body’s Ability to Process Alcohol |
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Author(s):
Ashley Joyce |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Ms. Joyce's Anatomy and Physiology students at IACS in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, explore the effects of alcohol using a model and simulation developed at the Creative Learning Exchange, Thinking about Drinking. The students analyzed the model and then used it in a cumulative assessment to illustrate connections between the respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems.
The paper includes modifications of the handouts found on the CLE website as well as a rubric and other materials for teachers to use this simulation successfully in their classes. The curricular surround starts with students describing their understanding of a breathalyser and Blood Alcohol Content from their previous knowledge and finishes with a final poster to communicate students' learning. |
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| Biology Simulations |
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Author(s):
Jon Darkow |
Subject:
Science |
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In 2012 Jon Darkow from Seneca East Local Schools in Attica, Ohio, received an educator's scholarship from the Creative Learning Exchange to attend the Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference in Wellesley, MA. Since that time, he has been creating system dynamic models for his AP Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Biology students to investigate biological systems. |
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| Bringing System Dynamics to a School Near You: Suggestions for Introducing and Sustaining System Dynamics in K-12 Education. |
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Author(s):
Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Implementation |
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Presented at the 2000 International System Dynamics Society Conference in Bergen, Norway, this paper explains how system dynamics is introduced and sustained in schools, outlining some of the many generous contributions that have made the early growth of K-12 system dynamics possible, and giving readers many resources and practical suggestions for how they can participate, too. Updated in 2013 by the Creative Learning Exchange. |
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| Oscillations 5 Background information |
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Author(s):
Jennifer Andersen, Anne LaVigne, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This
lesson
builds
on
Lesson
4
–
Waves
of
Change:
Predator‐Prey
Dynamics
in
the
Oscillation
curriculum
created
for
the
Complex
Systems
Project.
Lessons
3
‐
5
work
together
to
show
how
a
population
in
isolation
can
experience
growth
or
decline,
but
not
oscillation
(Lesson
3).
Further,
it
is
only
when
considering
a
population
in
relation
to
a
wider
system
boundary,
either
interacting
with
another
population
(Lesson
4)
and/or
a
food
supply
(Lesson
5),
that
we
have
the
structure
necessary
to
produce
cyclic
behavior.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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| Oscillations 5B Circles of interaction: Predator, Prey, and Plants |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne, Jennifer Andersen, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This lesson explores predator, prey, and plants within an ecosystem. Students role-play being a wildlife manager who is doing on-the-job training.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/complexsystems/oscillation/Oscillation_BiomassB.asp
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| Oscillations 5C Eat and Be Eaten: Predator as Prey, Prey as Predator |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne, Jennifer Andersen, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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The model for Lesson 5 explores a moose and wolf population. Students take on the role of wildlife manager and control hunting policies for both predator and prey populations.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/complexsystems/oscillation/Oscillation_BiomassC.asp
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| Oscillations 6 Background Information |
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Author(s):
Jennifer Andersen, Anne LaVigne, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Burnout is a condition characterized by apathy and low energy. It is a severe reaction to stress. A typical candidate for burnout is a high-achiever, someone who is his/her own worst enemy and constantly puts pressure on himself/herself to excel in all areas of their lives. This simulation offers one hypothesis for how a typical overachiever may repeatedly drive himself/herself into periods of low activity and achievement by depleting his or her energy reserves. While the screen images, role-playing description and parameter settings presented in this document refer
to the C-level simulation, most of the information is relevant to the B-level simulation as well.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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| Oscillations 6B Running in Circles: How Fast Can We Go? |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne, Jennifer Andersen, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This lesson explores individual choices and work styles and how some of those choices may lead to cycles of burnout. Students take on the role of "advisor" to friends who are experiencing these cycles and also reflect on their own personal life choices.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/complexsystems/oscillation/Oscillation_BurnoutB.asp
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| Oscillations 6C: The Big Squeeze: Pressure, Achievement and Burnout |
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Author(s):
Anne LaVigne, Jennifer Andersen, & in collaboration with the Creative Learning Exchange |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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This model illustrates a workaholic situation where pressure is entirely internally generated through increasing one’s own expectations for oneself. Overachievers can understand how setting the bar ever higher can be unhealthy behavior over the long-term even though they have been successful with this strategy so far in life.
Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. Five interdisciplinary areas are covered in a series of lessons, utilizing a family of models that all generate oscillation. Oscillation in real-world systems is often considered problematic rather than a consequence of system structure. This progression of lessons will help students understand that undesirable behavior can be a consequence of system structure and not a result of outside, uncontrollable influences. In other words, a system that oscillates does so because it has an inherent tendency to do so. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/complexsystems/oscillation/Oscillation_BurnoutC.asp
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