Systems in Action
Show What You Know!
System Analyzer: ___________________
Achievement
Knowledge and
Understanding of
content
Thinking and
Investigation
Communication
Application
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Demonstrates limited
knowledge and understanding
of content
Demonstrates limited
knowledge and understanding
of content
Demonstrates limited
knowledge and understanding
of content
Demonstrates limited
knowledge and understanding
of content
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills and inquiry and
problem solving
skills and/or processes with
limited effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills and inquiry and
problem solving
skills and/or processes with
limited effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills and inquiry and
problem solving
skills and/or processes with
limited effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills and inquiry and
problem solving
skills and/or processes with
limited effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas
and information,
communicates for different
audiences and uses
conventions, vocabulary, and
terminology with limited
effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas
and information,
communicates for different
audiences and uses
conventions, vocabulary, and
terminology with limited
effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas
and information,
communicates for different
audiences and uses
conventions, vocabulary, and
terminology with limited
effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas
and information,
communicates for different
audiences and uses
conventions, vocabulary, and
terminology with limited
effectiveness
Applies and transfers
knowledge and skills to make
connections within and
between various contexts with
limited effectiveness
Applies and transfers
knowledge and skills to make
connections within and
between various contexts with
some effectiveness
Applies and transfers
knowledge and skills to make
connections within and
between various contexts with
considerable effectiveness
Applies and transfers
knowledge and skills to make
connections within and
between various contexts with
a high degree of effectiveness
1. Use a Venn diagram to compare physical and social systems.
2. Using the physical system PSP and the social system public transportation, identify the following:
a. Desired task
b. Input
c. Output
d. Possible side effects
3. Think of a device that you have used in the past 24 hours.
a. How was the device useful to you?
b. Identify the subsystems of the device and the function of EACH one.
c. Summarize how the subsystems contribute to the overall purpose of the device.
4. Think back to the key question for this unit. Using words and diagrams, answer the key question.
What are systems?