Systems Thinking for Kids
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Systems Thinking: The Time is Now!
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Systems thinking thought leader, author, and consultant Linda Booth Sweeney weighs in on K-12 education with a clear message: tomorrow’s leaders nee...
Grow Straight Up—With Systems Thinking
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear the story of Tom Bray, a software engineer who’s using systems thinking to develop an ingenious, low-tech approach to urban gardening—Grow St...
Launching a Teaching Career with Systems Thinking
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Dia Rabin tried on systems thinking as a brand new 5th grade teacher at Palms Elementary School, it was a perfect fit that defined her beginning ...
Systems Thinking Anchors Teaching in a Sea of Change
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Temple returns to the podcast and shares how systems thinking provides a safe harbor as she navigates the shifting seas of literacy education in...
Engage And Motivate With Systems Thinking
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doing homework for fun? It happens with systems thinking. Sarah Simon, Assistant Elementary Director at Wildwood School in Los Angeles, shares how sys...
From The Cabrera Research Lab At Cornell
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NASA loves systems thinking. Teachers do too. Cornell University researchers Derek and Laura Cabrera talk about why systems thinking is also elementar...
Systems Thinking For Social Action
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Noted educator and DEI practitioner Monique Marshall shares how systems thinking is a key to unlock the action steps that kids can take to recognize a...
Bigger Than Just My Classroom
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapman University researchers, Dr. Margie Curwen and Dr. Amy Ardell, highlight the sea change systems thinking is bringing to education.
Take Me To The River!
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Chicago Public Schools teacher Melitza Rodriguez, a Systems Thinking approach led to a 2020 Educator of the Year Award.
Can Children Change The World? Absolutely!
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. La Tanya Manuel, National Board Certified Teacher at Mid-City's Prescott School in Los Angeles shares her insights using literature as a laun...
Combining Systems Thinking with Other Best Practices
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Technology teacher Jocelyn Paez shares how her K-5 students use Systems to enhance their learning at the Lovett School in Atlanta.
Growing First Grade Systems Thinkers
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Temple talks about her standards-driven Systems Thinking classroom at Palms Elementary School in Los Angeles.
Systems Teaching Online! It Works!
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Lazzarini of Sequoyah School in Pasadena CA, offers ideas for teaching systems wherever you are.