Students will be able to identify systems in their surrounding environment.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Tell your students that today they're going to hunt for systems that exist in their classroom.
Review the definition of a system, which you can explore with your students using the introductory lesson in advance of this lesson. A system is a collection of things or actions that work together as a connected whole.
As a class, review the definition of a heap. A heap is a group of parts that aren’t organized or connected to work together as a whole.