Ages 12–14
System Mapper: Mapping boundaries, delays and behaviour
Map boundaries, delays, perspectives and system behaviour.
Core capabilities
What children learn
- Causal-loop diagrams
- Reinforcing and balancing loops
- Delays
- Boundaries
- Assumptions
- Fairness
- Simple system viability
How they learn
Typical formats
Causal-loop mappingStakeholder mapsDebatesScenario analysisStructured researchPresentations
Example activity
Should schools ban mobile phones?
Students map who is affected, the reinforcing and balancing loops involved, the delays between action and result, and the boundaries they chose to include or exclude.
What progress looks like: The learner can draw a simple map that shows how a change ripples through a system over time.