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This page presents a collection of teaching manuals and interactive tools. Each element has been analyzed and described pointing out the strenghts and providing the user with a direct link to the source. The database covers the following thematic areas.
| Title of the Teaching element | Type of teaching elements | Area | Thematic Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Game-Based Competition as Instrument for Teaching Artificial Intelligence | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Technologies | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics) |
| Safe Chemical Design | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Green and sustainable Chemistry |
| My Physics Lab | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Chemistry/Biology, Simulations of physical behaviors (computer science, biomedicine, mathematics, mechanics) |
| Interactive Simulations for Science and Math | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Technologies | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Chemistry/Biology, Energy Systems, Simulations of physical behaviors (computer science, biomedicine, mathematics, mechanics) |
| Virus on a Network | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences | Chemistry/Biology, Simulations of physical behaviors (computer science, biomedicine, mathematics, mechanics), Sociology and Philosophy |
| Chemical Waves and Oscillations | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Applied Chemistry, Chemistry/Biology |
| FOLDIT | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Chemistry/Biology |
| Stop Disasters! | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Environmental studies, Landscape planning and design, Political science (international relations, international governance), Sustainable Development |
| SimSE | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Sociology and Philosophy |
| Embedding Projector | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Political science (international relations, international governance), Sociology and Philosophy |
| C-roads | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Environmental studies, Green and sustainable Chemistry, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Aspirin screen experiment | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Applied Chemistry, Green and sustainable Chemistry |
| Adsorption of Arsenic by Iron Oxide Nanoparticles | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Applied Chemistry, Environmental studies |
| A role-playing game with LEGO for enhancing urban public space by transfer of properties and development rights | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Landscape planning and design, Sustainable Development |
| Total Chemical Footprint of an Experiment: A Systems Thinking Approach to Teaching Rovibrational Spectroscopy | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Green and sustainable Chemistry, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Introducing “Green” and “Nongreen” Aspects of Noble Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences | Green and sustainable Chemistry |
| The "Perugine" card game | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Landscape planning and design, Sustainable Development |
| An exercise in framing Health Systems appropriate to specific global health problems | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences | Development studies, Sustainable Development |
| Debate | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Experiencing Systemic Thinking | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development |
| Kuma | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Energy Systems, Sustainable Development |
| Studying sustainability by applying systems thinking to news stories | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Sustainable Development |
| “Teaching systems thinking to 4th and 5th graders using Environmental Dashboard display technology” | Interactive Tool | Technologies | Community Development, Energy Systems, Landscape planning and design, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Board games to engage in systems thinking | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Development studies, Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Loopy | Interactive Tool | Technologies | Media technology (computer science and mathematics), Sustainable Development, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Gigamapping | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Media technology (computer science and mathematics), Sustainable Development, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Systems mapping | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Landscape planning and design, Media technology (computer science and mathematics), Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Kumu | Interactive Tool | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Media technology (computer science and mathematics), Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| The Fishing Game | Interactive Tool | Humanities/Social Sciences | Sustainable Development, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Untangling Complex Systems: A Grand Challenge for Science | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Applied Chemistry, Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Chemistry/Biology, Environmental studies, Media technology (computer science and mathematics), Simulations of physical behaviors (computer science, biomedicine, mathematics, mechanics), Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 – Groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Environmental studies, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Chaos Theory in Politics | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Political science (international relations, international governance), Sociology and Philosophy |
| Network, Crowds and Markets | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Political science (international relations, international governance), Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life | Course Manual | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Development studies, Energy Systems, Landscape planning and design, Political science (international relations, international governance), Simulations of physical behaviors (computer science, biomedicine, mathematics, mechanics), Sociology and Philosophy, Sustainable Development, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Novel Interdisciplinary Systems-Based Approach to Teaching Sustainability in Plastics | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Applied Chemistry, Green and sustainable Chemistry |
| Chemical Complexity: Self-Organization Processes in Molecular Systems | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Design-Build: Integrating Craft, Service, and Research through Applied Academic and Practice Models | Course Manual | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development, Environmental studies, Landscape planning and design, Sustainable Development |
| Systems Thinker's Toolbox: Tools for Managing Complexity | Course Manual | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| The Digital Mockingbird: Anthropological Transformation and the “New” Nature | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Controversies on hypercomplexity and on education in the hypertechnological era | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Political science (international relations, international governance), Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Dentro la Società interconnessa. La cultura della complessità per abitare i confini e le tensioni della civiltà ipertecnologica (peer reviewed) [Inside the Interconnected Society. The culture of complexity to inhabit the boundaries and tensions of hyper-t | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| For an inclusive innovation. Healing the fracture between the human and the technological in the hypercomplex society | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Artificial intelligence (computer science and mathematics), Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Unit 3: Translating the Message | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Community Development |
| Teaching sustainability as complex systems approach: a sustainable development goals workshop | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Sustainable Development |
| Using Wind to Work | Course Manual | Natural Sciences, Technologies | Energy Systems |
| “What Is a Complex System?” | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Chemistry/Biology, Development studies, Sociology and Philosophy, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| “Bringing systems thinking into the classroom” | Course Manual | Natural Sciences | Chemistry/Biology |
| Innovation and Sustainable Development ECTS 15 | Course Manual | Natural Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences, Technologies | Development studies, Sociology and Philosophy, Sustainable Development, Systems thinking-Theoretical framework and assessment |
| Project work on Innovation and Sustainable Development | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Development studies |
| Environment and Development - Political Ecology Course | Course Manual | Humanities/Social Sciences | Development studies, Environmental studies |
| Title of the Teaching element | Type of teaching elements | Area | Thematic Area |
