Students need ways to talk about the different causal patterns so it is important to help them develop a causal vocabulary. This vocabulary may sound new or strange because we don't have great ways in our language to express many of these patterns. But soon it will become familiar to both you and your students.
Much of the vocabulary introduced in the curriculum was developed or inspired by students. For instance, they remarked that the causality in ecosystems was like dominoes and that escalation was like a spiral. It is fine to modify the language in the curriculum to fit with examples that work for and help to anchor your students.
Learn more about introducing causal models and the language of causality in your classroom in the "Understanding Causal Patterns in Science and Beyond" Curriculum in the resources section.
