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Alicia Keefe - [email protected] and Outreach Coordinator
West Coast Region
June 27, 2016
Climate Change in Your Classroom
YOUR BACKGROUND
What’s in the news?June 26, 2016
• Climate Change Puts Squeeze on Cuddly Koalas
• Brexit could slow progress on fighting climate change
• Climate change could be even worse for Boston than previously thought
• Climate Change Poses Urgent Threat to Poor
• Food Crop Breeding Programmes are Being Outpaced by Climate Change
What’s in the news?June 26, 2016
• New Coalition Of 7,100 Cities Launched To Tackle More Effectively Climate Change
• Native American tribes learn to fight climate change
• Oslo votes to slash emissions 95% by 2030
• Portland School Board Bans Materials Questioning Human-Caused Climate Change
POWERLESSNESS, TERROR, AND HOPE
What will the world look like in the next 50-100 years (2066-
2116)?
EcophobiaA fear of ecological problems and the natural
world.
Learned Helplessness
PersonalSee themselves as the problem;
internalize the problem.
PervasiveSee the problem affecting all aspects of
life.
PermanentSee the problem as unchangeable
What do you want the world to look like in the
next 50-100 years?
“As educators, despair is not our
business.”- Edmund O’Sullivan, Transformative Learning
Center
POSITIVE CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
Credit: Linh Do, Flickr Credit: Fusionvision, Flickr
Teaching Climatewww.climate.gov/teaching
• Case studies• Experiments• Professional
development• Visuals
National Climate
Assessmentnca2014.globalchange.gov
The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.
U.S. Global Change Research
Programwww.globalchange.gov
• Climate change scenarios
• Data• Multimedia resources• Regional climate
impacts• Reports
Yes! Magazinewww.yesmagazine.org
• Writing competition• Curriculum • Student writing lessons• Teacher stories • Email newsletter• Free Teacher
Subscription
Newspapers for Education
nie.seattletimes.com
• Lesson plans• Free subscriptions• Special inserts• Stewardship and
Conservation in Agriculture
• The Science of Climate
• Seafood 101
Story of Stuff
storyofstuff.org
• Movies• Story of Bottled
Water• Story of Cap and
Trade• Story of Change
• Podcasts
• Books
• Curriculum• Buy, Use, Toss?
Climate Voices
climatevoices.org
Speakers voluntarily meet with groups of citizens who would like to understand the science of our climate and engage in discussion about the effects and possible means of adapting to potential changes.
Young Voices for the Planet
youngvoicesonclimatechange.com
Young Voices documents youth who are speaking out and creating solutions.○Books○Curriculum○Movies
Climate Voices
climatevoicespodcast.com
Podcast that features news about and interviews with people who are fighting climate change on the front lines.
Alliance for Climate
Educationacespace.org
Teach climate science in a way that puts teenagers at the center of the story.○Action projects○Assemblies○Lesson plans○Music○Videos
Climate Literacy Awareness Networkcleanet.org
CLEAN hand-picks and rigorously reviews educational resources that are aligned with the Climate Literacy and the Energy Literacy frameworks, and the Next Generation Science Standards.
NOAA curriculum
Reviewed by scientists and teachers.
My Nasa Data
mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov
With the Live Access Server data viewer, you can create a variety of charts, plots, and graphs to explore the Earth system and answer research questions.
Lesson plans are peer-reviewed and aligned with the Climate Literacy Essential Principles or Energy Awareness Principles.
7 Billion Others
www.7billionothers.org
• Exhibitions• Testimonials • Podcasts• Videos• Climate Voices Project○600 interviews○17 countries○7 continents
Facing the Future
www.facingthefuture.org
Lesson plans• NOAA and NASA data• Tested in classrooms
around the US• Interdisciplinary
Professional development
FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Defining Sustainabili
ty
SustainabilityThe principle of meeting current needs without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Models of Sustainability
Cred
it: g
reen
mon
day.o
rg
Is it sustainable?• Potential costs • Potential benefits • Are the anticipated effects short- or long-
term?• Are the anticipated effects small- or large-
scale?
CLIMATE CHANGE CURRICULUM
Climate Change: Connections and
Solutions- Equity and poverty- Global connections- Greenhouse effect- Greenhouse gases- Personal solutions- Structural solutions- Regional impacts- Renewable energy- Nonrenewable energy- Temperature trends
- Carbon cycle- Carbon dioxide trends- Carbon footprint- Climate change policy- Ecosystems- Emissions trading- Energy use- Energy conservation- Environmental justice- Environmental regulations
Scope and Sequence
Shopping Heats Up
• Make and explain purchasing/consumption choices
• Compare different purchasing/consumption choices and their impacts on climate change
• Describe how relative affluence and high consumption levels relate to climate change
• Discuss personal choices to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of consumption
Needs and Wants• List your needs• List your wants
Food (what types, packaging)Clothing, shoes, jewelryHouseCoffee, juice, teaVacation and travelComputer, TV ElectricityClean waterNewspaperCar, bicycle, boatSports equipmentLandscaping equipmentCamping and hiking gear
Pick 1 card without looking.
Get into groups of 3-5 with people who have
the same dollar amounts.
Critical Thinking Questions
• What choices are available to people with relatively little access to wealth/income compared to people with relatively high access?
• What are some environmental and social impacts of each of those choices and decisions? How do these impacts contribute to climate change?
• What personal choices can we make to help reduce our impact on climate change?
ExtensionAssign each group a family from the book, Material World, by Peter Menzel. Have the students analyze what that family owns and brainstorm the relative impact those items might have on climate change. Have them examine and compare the carbon dioxide emissions from each family’s country.
ExtensionHave students research cost-effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., compact fluorescent light bulbs, sealing cracks around windows and doors, unplugging appliances when not in use).
Some high-tech solutions are too costly for many people to use; finding cost-effective measures is essential to involve more people in climate change solutions. Give students a “budget” of $50 and challenge them to find the most effective ways to reduce CO2 emissions within that budget
CULMINATING PROJECTS
Deep Space 3000
From Engaging Students Through Global Issues
- Why do we sometimes act as though Earth is not a closed system?
- What are the ultimate consequences of such actions on a closed system?
Bio-PoemFrom Exploring Global Issues
Students create a concept map that illustrates their strengths, interests, and the factors that have encouraged these strengths and gifts. Students then create a bio-poem that describes who they are and the future they desire.
30 Days for Change
From Exploring Global Issues
Students identify a personal action or habit that they can create to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.
The class will then participate in a 30-day Sustainability Challenge in which they try to make this personal action a habit. Each week of the challenge, students will meet with group members for encouragement and accountability.
Creating Our Future
From Exploring Global Issues
How do we create a just and humane world for ourselves and for future generations?
Students identify and plan what they want their future to look like. Using an action planning model, students visualize their desired future, identify objectives, develop a plan to address local and global issues, and implement their vision through action and service learning.
CLIMATE EDUCATION LEGISLATION
Senate Bill 3074Senate Bill 3074, introduced in the U. S. Senate on June 16, 2016, would, if enacted, authorize NOAA to establish a climate change education program. Included is a grant program aimed at improving climate change education at the K-12 level.
"Everyone concerned about equipping students with the knowledge and know how required for them to flourish in a warming world should urge their congressional representative to support these bills." - Ann Reid, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education