Initial Question When you think or hear of the word “System,” what words or images come to mind?
Is this a system? Discuss with the person next to you.
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How would you define system? Discuss with your Partner.
School System Draw a bubble chart in your journal. With your partner, fill in as many bubbles as you can with components of the school system.
School System What if ONE of the components was missing? How would that affect The system as a whole?
School System Principal
School System Teachers
School System Students
School System School Building
School System School Bus
School System Bus Driver
School System Custodian
School System Lunch Staff
School System Counselors
School System Nurse
School System Books/Supplies
Subsystem Now that systems are starting to make sense, what do you think a subsystem is?
Education System Draw a bubble chart in your journal. With your partner, fill in as many bubbles as you can with components of the education system.
Subsystem How are these subsystems related? How does one subsystem affect the others? - Each subsystem functions to support education in some way. Example: Without preschools and elementary schools to start the learning process, the schools with other students would not be as effective
Subsystem How is our educational system a subsystem of an even larger system? Example: When students leave the educational system, they enter and contribute to other parts of society. For example, they enter the workforce, and the knowledge and skills they gained in the educational system are used there. Example: Also, the educational system is part of a broad government-supported social system – educational system, health care system, welfare system, etc.
School vs. Digestive System With a partner, use the worksheet to compare the school system and the digestive system.