References

While the number of possible references is seemingly endless I will only include those I have found most useful on an ongoing basis.

• Creative Learning Exchange working to develop Systems Citizens in K-12 education who use systems thinking, system dynamics, and an active, learner-centered approach to meet the interconnected challenges that face them at personal, community, and global levels.

• Insight Maker a FREE web-based stock & flow simulation environment. And, just because it’s FREE don’t think it’s a slouch, because it’s not. Insight Maker was developed by Scott Fortmann-Roe between 2010 and 2015 though did a major UI refresh during the latter portion of 2022. The following videos provides a short overview of the environment along with the 2023 update.
  • Insight Maker 2023 Overview
  • Insight Maker 2023 Update
  • Insight Maker Simulation
  • Insight Maker Storytelling
  • Insight Maker Agent Based Modeling

• Kumu my first choice for creating relationship models partly because of the depth of features though probably more so for the variety of storytelling options it provides.
  • Kumu User Documentation
  • Kumu Storytelling a Kumu Model of Storytelling Features

• Systems One: An Introduction to Systems Thinking by Draper Kauffman the reference I most often recommend to people just getting started. A version revised by Draper’s son Morgan at a Kindle Book.

• Systems Practice an free online program offered twice a year by Acumen Academy which focus on a team of people working though the development of a model to understand a situation and figure out how to deal with it. Systems Practice Workbook.

• The Systems Thinker a website containing 20+ years of systems thinking articles develop by Pegasus Communications. See also... About The Systems Thinker

• Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows my second most often place to start as an introduction to Systems Thinking.

• Waters Center for Systems Thinking this group has been supporting K-12 Systems Thinking education for decades. They conducts numerous online and in person sessions as well as having learning programs on their site.