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Modeling with STELLA ¨:

Stocks

Flows

Converters

Connectors

Explain and give examples of

1. stocks

2. flows

3. converters

4. connectors

Introduction to STELLA: Stella Software; Isee Systems; The Visual Thinking Company, View Movie on how to build a model

The Elements of a STELLA model ²⁵ - Prepared by Kim Kastens, Bill Menke, Bill Ryan for a course, EESC 2200x: The Solid Earth System, taught in the Fall of 2001 at Columbia University.

Hannon, Bruce The Revolution of Dynamic Modeling²⁶

Stella -Tutorial on Water Quality, Coon Rapids High School http://www.cards.anoka.k12.mn.us/projects/water_quality/project/stella2.html²⁷

Modeling with STELLA ¨

Feedback Loops

Give an example of feedback loops that might be involved in modeling

1. a furnace and household heating system

2. Tree growth, plantings and harvests

What are Feedback Loops? ²⁸Shibley, John J. Making Loops: A Method for Drawing Causal Loop Diagrams: The Portland Learning Organization Group

Richardson, George P. Keynote Presentation: "Insightful Little Models"²⁹ (Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling: a Conference for K-12 Education, Scamania Lodge, Washington, June 25-27, 2000.)