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Climate Change Ed in Our Classroom :thunder_cloud_and_rain: - Coggle…
Climate Change Ed in Our Classroom :thunder_cloud_and_rain:
What's the problem
Earth's atmosphere & greenhouse gases
Connection to fossil fuels
Analyzing graphs of CO2 levels over time
The Greenhouse Effect
THWAITES-Explorer Investigation
Scholars use this advanced mapping tool to see how the Thwaites glacier is changing over time
How this relates to depletion of the ozone layer
Exploiting natural resources
Overconsumption of meat
Looking at satellite images and drone videos of farm
Hearing from FarmSanctuary speaker
CO2 emission as well as ruining local environments
Shipping and transportation industries
Endangered Species FlipGrid Report
Scholars choose an animal on the IUCN Red List, research what's happening to it, what's important about it, and how we can help it
As temperatures rise, it's affecting the Earth
Freak weather events
Hurricanes
Flooding
Tornadoes
Warming climates
Rising sea-level
Hotter temperatures
Desertification and inability to grow food
Even other topics can connect to climate change -- geology has cycles and shows limits of resources...
What are some solutions
Advancing technology
Project Drawdown Collaborative Research Presentation
Survey scholars for top 5 most interesting projects, break into groups of 4, have scholars create Google Slides for their tech, leave comments on others' presentations for full credit
Reducing CO2 output
Saving current forests and planting trees
Making transportation more efficient
Citizen Science
Partnership with Scientist-in-Residence
Climate scientist speaks with students throughout the year to demonstrate tools, explain concepts, share stories
What I'd like to add
Education through storytelling
Hearing others' stories
Getting scholars to make their own connections
Get published!
My own story, as a sad scuba diver
Activism in our community
Use of Zooniverse and other Citizen Science opps
Letter writing? Who to write to? How to teach without being political?
Schoolboard
Speaking up in our own neighborhood
Green Team whose efforts better reflect the interests of its members -- more scholar voice
Youth Summit Involvement
Participate in one
BEGIN one
Learning through fiction