Session 2 | Look, it’s a system!
Session overview
Everything is interconnected! Every decision we make when we design things can have huge impacts (good or bad impacts). Students learn to look at a product’s context as a big system of interconnected things, people, living organisms and much more. In doing so, they get a bigger picture of how things are interconnected, helping them design more carefully and assess the impact of whatever decision we take.
Session-specific learning objectives
Explain how viewing the entire context of any product can augment the design process.
Create an ecosystem map for a product, identifying the important stakeholder entities(living/non-living), artefacts and the important connections between them
Modify the ecosystem map, add or remove connections and loops and introduce new elements if necessary.
Speculate the possible impact and consequences of a product or changes made to the ecosystem map.
Preparatio
Teacher must go through section 2 of the Information sheet, and is advised to visit the supplementary links given
Teacher must choose the story to be told to the kids and possibly modify it according to their context
Ensure students have task books
During the discussion session, students can sit with their groups and teacher can go around and meet each group and clear doubts.
Teachers can also grade students during these discussions
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