Actual examples of systems modeling
Examples of Systems from Previous Mindtools course's Students
- Type of resource: Systems examples
- Source: multiple
- Description: Click on the following files to
download them to your computer.
Please note! - To save these files to your computer,
you'll need to click/hold on the hyperlink (right button
click/hold on a Windows machine). That will bring up a pop-up
menu where you can choose to "save/download the link/target to
disk." (If you were to just click on the link, you would only
see a bunch of garbage in your browser window.) Then, to view
the saved file, you will to have the software listed. If you
don't have the software, you should search the Web site of the
vendor to see if a demo version is available.
- Examples that use "PowerSim" software
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source:
http://www.teleport.com/~sguthrie/cc-stadus.html
- Description: This site describes the CC-Sustain and
CC-Stadus programs; an NSF Summer Institute for Social Studies,
Math and Science teachers using the STELLA systems modeling
software. Included are links to published papers and examples
of how to use STELLA, systems thinking, and dynamics in the
classroom. There are also Mac and PC versions of STELLA models
to download as well as links to other sites on systems
modeling. A great resource!
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://sysdyn.mit.edu/
- Description: Link to this site for information about
the work of the Systems Dynamics and Education Project (SDEP)
at MIT. The primary project of the group is writing the Road
Maps series. Road Maps is a series of self-study guides that
use modeling exercises and selected literature to provide a
resource for learning about the principles and practices of
system dynamics. SDEP also maintains a K-12 system dynamics
email list that discusses the use of systems dynamics and
systems thinking in K-12 education.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://mvhs1.mbhs.edu/mvhs.html
- Description: Here you can find links to many student
projects developed using STELLA at the Maryland Virtual High
School of Science and Mathematics.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://www.trinityvt.edu/waters/
- Description: The Waters Center for System Dynamics
was established to improve and expand the use of system
dynamics in educational settings: kindergarten through
post-graduate education. From this site, you can download "The
Demo Dozen" and interact with 12 pre-made models dealing with
topics from bacterial growth to the Irish Potato Famine!
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/icm/
- Description: Models and simulations can help to
understand physical phenomena. In recent years, with the advent
of computers and modeling software, these models have become
more easily available in the classroom. This Web site, created
by NCSA (an NCRTEC partner), contains pages for students and
teachers on a growing number of topics such as budgets,
watershed flooding, wildlife population, and gravity. Each
project has the following sections; introduction, overview,
standards, students' page, teachers' page, evaluation, a model
to download, and a link to software.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://www.albany.edu/cpr/sds/
- Description: This site is the home page of the
System Dynamics Society, an international nonprofit
organization devoted to encouraging the development and use of
systems thinking and system dynamics around the world. The
Society provides a forum in which researchers, educators,
consultants, and practitioners in the corporate and public
sectors interact to introduce newcomers to the field, keep
abreast of current developments, and build on each other's
work.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source:
http://sysdyn.mit.edu/sd-group/home.html
- Description: The System Dynamics Group was founded
in the early 1960s by Professor Jay W. Forrester at MIT. At
that time, he began applying what he had learned about systems
during his work in electrical engineering to every day kinds of
systems. What makes using system dynamics different from other
approaches to studying complex systems is the use of feedback
loops. This site describes the main research areas in which the
group is currently involved.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://www.lbs.lon.ac.uk/sysdyn/index.htm
- Description: This site describes the work of the System Dynamics
Group at the London Business School, which studies change and causal effects
in social systems generally, and in the field of business in particular.
From the site there are links to Faculty, Teaching, Research and Working
Papers on System Dynamics.
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