Next, download these instructions from Map the System Canada and click on this link to get an iceberg that you can fill out with your team https://ttsfilestore.blob.core.windows.net/ttsfiles/iceberg-template-tts.pdf

Use this iceberg model to work through the layers of the problem your team has chosen.

The Iceberg Model identifies four basic levels:

Level 1 - Event

Level 2 - Patterns and trends

Level 3 - Structured of the System

Level 4 - Mental Models

LEVEL 1: Events. This level represents the visible aspects of the problem. Describe this level with a clear outline of the problem that we are seeing or hearing about in the world. Guiding Questions might include: What catches our attention about this problem? What is happening right now? What is drawing our attention?

LEVEL 2: Patterns of Behaviour / Trends overtime. This level describes trends over time. It asks you to investigate if there are patterns to this problem that you are observing. Patterns help understand the trends and the dynamics of the problem over time. Guiding Questions may include: What patterns can I find that relate to the events I observe above?What has been happening over time? What are the trends?

LEVEL 3: Structures of the System. This level describes how the parts are interrelated or interconnected to influence the patterns. Structures can be understood as the "rules of the game." They can be written or unwritten; they can be physical and visible or invisible. They may be laws, policies (i.e., laws regulating water use or domestic violence), or informal relationships (illegal activity, informal practices). At this level you need to discern the structure of the system behind the problem. Guiding Questions: What sort of structures might explain these patterns?

- What has influenced and connected the patterns? For example, social rules, policies, guidelines, or distribution of resources.

LEVEL 4: Mental Models. These are the deeply held belief systems or values that reinforce everything else in the system. The mental models define the thinking that creates the structures that then manifest themselves in the patterns of events. Furthermore, mental models are difficult to identify because they stem from assumptions rooted in the surroundings and are intangible. Guiding Questions: What are the mental models that we often learn subconsciously from our society or family and are unaware of? What attitudes, beliefs, morals, expectations, or values do people hold about the system?

Take time with your team to work through the different levels of the iceberg.

Submit through the template posted, the iceberg model including all 4 levels, and a short REFLECTION answering the following questions:

• What did you notice about this problem?
• What things are holding it in place?
• What type of things would create positive changes? You may also consider the ways that the various levels of the problem interact and connect with each other.
• What interactions can we see between various layers of the problem?
• How do the structures reinforce the mental models and vice versa?
• How do the events connect with and contribute to the patterns, etc.?

If you feel you could just continue to write and write about the questions above you are thinking deeply and you are thinking about the interconnections. In other words, you are using systems thinking. Congratulations!