What is a system?
A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole. (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/system)
Guiding Questions:
1. What are some everyday systems that you can think of?
2. What are the natural systems that are important to human survival?
2. Why are systems important?
3. What happens when one part of a system breaks down?
Learning Tasks:
1. The 5 Spheres of Earth
2. How do the 5 spheres interact with one another?
- You and your group members will create a "Mind Map" showing the connections between each sphere! Here are some examples of a "Mind Map": Example 1 and Example 2 and Example 3.
3. Within each earth system, there are cycles and flows that are happening all of the time. With your group, you will research and teach the class about one of the following cycles:
Key Vocabulary:
- cycles - how matter gets used over and over again
- flows - how matter and energy move from place to place