introduction
“Exploring Systems Thinking,” introduces students to systems thinking by having them explore their own bodies as interconnected systems. It emphasizes how lifestyle choices like sleep and nutrition create ripple effects throughout physical and mental well-being, specifically impacting the nervous system. The goal is to help students recognize the connections between understanding systems and their personal agency in making health choices. Students learn that a system has parts connected such that changing one part affects others, and systems thinking is the ability to understand how objects and events exist interdependently in complex networks of causality.