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    This document discusses practical applications of systems thinking and the STELLA modeling software in high school settings. It provides examples of systems like a bathtub and describes stocks and flows. STELLA can be used to model systems and analyze behavior over time and feedback loops. Examples are given of using systems thinking concepts and STELLA modeling in earth science and mathematics classrooms.

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    This document discusses practical applications of systems thinking and the STELLA modeling software in high school settings. It provides examples of systems like a bathtub and describes stocks and flows. STELLA can be used to model systems and analyze behavior over time and feedback loops. Examples are given of using systems thinking concepts and STELLA modeling in earth science and mathematics classrooms.

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    The key takeaways are that a system is an interconnected set of elements that achieve something together, and systems thinking and modeling can be applied in various classroom subjects.

    Some examples of systems mentioned are the digestive system, forest communities, slinkies, and bathtubs.

    Stocks are accumulations or levels that change over time, like the amount of water in a bathtub. Flows are rates of change that can increase or decrease the stock, like the faucet adding water or the drain removing water.

    Practical Applications of Systems Thinking and STELLA in the High School Setting

    Presented by:

    Jeremy Merritt, Mark Clemente VSTE 2009

    What is a system?

    A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something
    Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008) 11

    Examples of Systems

    Digestive

    Forest

    Community

    Slinky

    Bathtubs

    25 20 15 Water in Bathtub 10 5 0 9AM

    A bathtub is a simple system

    Bathtub System

    1: Bathtub 1: 30

    1 1: 15

    1 1: 0 0.00 7.50 15.00 Minutes Water in bathtub 22.50 30.00 11:46 AM Fri, Feb 20, 2009

    Draining

    Understanding Behavior Over Time

    1: Bathtub 1: 26

    1:

    25

    1:

    24 0.00 7.50 15.00 Minutes Water in bathtub 22.50 30.00 11:34 AM Fri, Feb 20, 2009

    Dynamic Equilibrium

    Stocks & Flows

    Bathtub

    The bathtub is a stock

    Stocks & Flows

    Bathtub

    addi ng water

    draining water

    The faucet and the drain are flows

    Modeling Systems with STELLA

    Other Stocks & Flows


    Bank Account

    C02 In Atmospher e
    maki ng deposi ts

    addi ng c02

    Self Esteem

    bui lding

    Same thing, different units

    Feedback Loops
    A feedback loop occurs when a stock affects its flows

    Bank account ear ning inter est

    R
    inter est rate

    Feedback Loops
    Reinforcing Loops
    Population
    Bank account earning interest

    births

    R
    interest rate

    birth rate

    adding snow

    Size of Snow ball

    R
    speed

    Behavior vs. Data


    Its important to focus on behavior when youre thinking about systems

    Bank account ear ning inter est


    1

    R
    inter est rate
    1 1

    Feedback Loops

    adding heat f rom furnace Room Temp thermostat setting

    dif f erence betw een desired and actual temp

    Balancing Loop

    Balancing Loops

    1: Population 1: 450 1 1

    r epr oduci ng

    Population dyi ng
    1: 250 1

    bir th r ate death rate


    1 1: 50 0.00 15.00 30.00 Time 45.00 60.00

    Applying Systems Thinking in the Classroom

    Non-software-based
    Use Systems Thinking Concepts

    Software-based
    Use Model-based Materials

    Stock & flow Mapping

    Earth Systems Science & STELLA


    An example: GLOBE Carbon Cycle Program
    Bringing cutting edge research & techniques into the classroom STELLA models that use input data collected by students and researchers Focus on using technology & modeling to give students an understanding of local and global carbon cycles

    Lessons in Mathematics
    Lessons in Mathematics: A Dynamic Approach by Diana Fisher provides a set of materials that can be used to supplement current curriculum for Algebra I, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus classes.

    Mark Clemente!
    MODSIM Initiative

    Our Company Mission


    isee systems is in business to improve the way the world works, by creating Systems Thinking-based products that enable people to increase their capacity to think, learn, communicate, and act more systemically. Barry Richmond

    Contact Us!
    isee systems
    www.iseesystems.com blog.iseesystems.com

    Jeremy Merritt
    jmerritt@iseesystems.com Twitter @jeremyx

    Mark Clemente
    mark.clemente@nianet.org

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