Introducing How to Teach Inputs & Outputs with Joe Atkinson
P108 in the Permaculture Teachers Guide has a full class plan for this exercise.
Time needed: Best as a one-hour session, possibly longer. It can be flexible to fit the time available.
This activity can sit in different sessions. This is usually one of the first sessions on a PDC. Good to use to introduce principles and systems in a non-threatening way.
Preparation – A large sheet of paper folded in half with a list of elements listed on the left hand and right hand side of the sheet. It is good to have cartoon pictures of the elements as well as the text.