Everyone reads this article:

• What is Systems Thinking?: This brief article provides greater detail on systems thinking.
  http://www.pegasuscom.com/aboutst.html

Choose and read any one (or more) of the following, to be referenced in the assignments that follow:

• Systems: A Journey Along the Way: Describes different kinds of systems, how systems are related to each other, and systems thinking.
  http://www.systems-thinking.org/systems/systems.htm
  
• Systems Thinking: This site provides definitions and some greater detail on systems and systems thinking.
  http://www.managementhelp.org/systems/systems.htm
• The Evolution of Large Technological Systems: This 2 page article will take you beyond the basics of system development.
  http://www.stanford.edu/~jchong/articles/misc/Hughes%20-%20The%20Evolution%20of%20Large%20Technological%20Systems.pdf
• Energy Flow in Technological Systems: This site was chosen as a resource for its many links to video and animation demonstrations of many of the core concepts of systems.
  http://www.scienceman.com/science10/pgs/unit2.html
• Guardian Airline Anti-Missle System: This brief video illustrates the spin-off concept.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5n-e_NITHY
• Body Systems: An online article on the systems within the human body
  http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/systems.html