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When Pond Problems Call for Systems Thinking

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This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Pond Life

By W. George Scarlett

When there are pond problems, such as when fish are dying, it often takes systems thinking and high-level scientific investigation to figure out causes and what needs to be done.  That’s an unreachable goal for many children.  But with proper support, adolescents can become scientists finding cause in the combination of variables observed and measured while studying the systems of a virtual pond.  One such support comes from the ecoLearn research lab at Harvard (see https://ecolearn.gse.harvard.edu/ ), a support explained in the accompanying film showing how advanced immersive technology can put adolescents right there in and around a (virtual) pond.

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