Graphs

Goal:
Evaluate your system.

Agenda:
Teamwork Rubric
Graphing Data

Teamwork Rubric
You know the drill.

Graphing Data
Google Forms will graph a lot of the data for you but for some sample sets the graphs aren't useful or you may want to get a little more information out of the data. See below.

For free response questions consider:
-Grouping similar responses and putting them in a bar graph
-Using a word cloud. Use the Word Clouds by ABCYa app

Sometimes it may be helpful to compare the responses of 2 separate questions. For example:
-I want to look at the responses for people that live in the 92029 zipcode.
If you would like to graph your data this way I can help you. You will need to use excel.

How do you survey?

Goal:
Create a 10-20 question survey to evaluate your system.

Agenda:
Name the New Fish
Why are you surveying?
Create your Survey

Name the New Fish
Vote Here

Why are you surveying?
Grab a whiteboard. With your group, write down:
1. WHAT you want to learn about your system
2. WHY you want to focus on that part of the system
3. WHO you should survey to find out about how the system is working

Create Your Survey
We have created some guidelines for your survey here. Make sure your survey includes the purpose as well as a mixture of questions types.

Models Due

Goal:
Model your system.

Finish Models
Complete your models in Pureflow (or another approved app)

Update Journal
Make sure parts A and B in the systems journal are complete.
I will be renaming your journals based on your project. Don't freak out.

Print Models
Print your models to C211-212 and turn these in to me by the end of class. My goal is to return them to you with feedback by the end of the week.

Keep Working

Goal:
Complete research.
Model system.

Complete Research:
Continue your system research. If you are studying a local community issue, Voice of San Diego has a lot of great articles as does the Union Tribune and KPBS

Model System
Once you have a rough sketch of your model, use Pureflow to make a cleaned up final draft. Here is the rubric I will be grading you on. A 4 has the following components:

• A key is provided to help the viewer understand color codes or symbols.
• Components and relationships are identified and defined based on research.
• Colors, labels, and arrows are used to clearly classify the components and make their relationships easier to understand (e.g., inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, funding, laws, organizations)
• The components are arranged spatially in a way that is easy to read.

Research

Goal:
Research the history and how your system works.

Agenda:
RESEARCH

Reminders:

• the purpose of your research is to find the history of the system and model how it currently works
• record notes and sources in your shared Google doc, NOT in other apps
• final drafts of your models are due next Wednesday 4/26

If you are having a hard time figuring out what to research, come up with subquestions you might have about their system (who, what, when, where, why, how). For example, a group doing research on puppy mills might ask:

• Who runs puppy mills? Who buys the puppies?
• Where are puppy mills located?
• What are puppy mills?
• Why do people run puppy mills?
• Are there laws against puppy mills? How are they enforced?

You may want to begin drawing out models on the whiteboards. 

Choose Wisely

Goal:
Choose a system that heals the world, fuels the world, feeds the world, or restores and protects the environment.

Agenda:
Project Groups
Fish Name Vote
Choose Your System

Project Groups
Don't get comfy, you're moving seats.

Fish Name Vote
Vote for the fish names here.

Choose Your System
1. Open this document in Google Docs. It is where your group will be recording and sharing notes.
2. Rename your document Period #-First Names Systems Design Journal
3. Share the document with your team members, me (awallace@euhsd.org), and Ms. Stillman (lstillman@euhsd.org)
4. Complete page 1 (choosing your system). YOUR SYSTEM MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.

Thinking in Systems

Goal:
Define, model, and give examples of systems.

Agenda:
Thinking In Systems
Modeling Systems
Give an Example

Download:
Excerpt from Thinking In Systems - Open in Notability

Thinking in Systems
Read and annotate the excerpt. As you read THINK ABOUT THIS/COMPARE AND CONTRAST:
How do you know whether you are looking at a system or just a bunch of stuff?

Modeling Systems
We will model the Tea Station together.
You will model the digestive system with your table group on whiteboards.

Give an Example
Complete this Google Form