Students can simulate food chains and understand how they work with this simulation
of a virtual lake. Food Chain was developed by High Performance Systems as a by product of their Systems Thinking software iThink and Stella. The company newsletter The Connector (published bi-monthly) has regular articles about introducing and teaching Systems Thinking in schools. Systems Thinking is a fascinating subject that seems to offer many opportunities to stimulate new ways of thinking and to develop insights into how decisions and behavior creates changes for an entire system--a company, nation, family, school, or ecosystem.
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