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Teacher Resources

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2018

Extra - amazing website http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/en/content/welcome-carbon-atlas

Books 

1. New  
Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change<http://priweb.org/publications/pubdetails.php?pubID=5813&back=catID%3D51%26buy%3D2> is now available free online (click the title). Print copies are available for sale at the same site. This is the tenth volume in our Teacher-Friendly Guides <http://teacherfriendlyguide.org/> Series. All are available free online, or in print at low cost.

2. A People's Curriculum for the Earth by Bill Bigelow and Tim Swineheart published by Rethinking School 2014

     copies available - see www.rethinking schools.org

     Includes a wide variety of engaging classroom activities for high school social studies and others.

     Bill Bigelow is willing to do teacher training in our area. details on local version

3. Climate Change from Pole to Pole - Biology Investigations - NSTA Press 2008

     excellent data analysis activities involving songbirds, penguins etc.

 

4. STEM activities - The Vernier Software company sells equipment and has excellent lab activity books. Activities are also downloadable. 

http://www.vernier.com/products/books/esi/          environmental science - high school

http://www.vernier.com/products/books/elb-solar/          solar 

http://www.vernier.com/products/books/msv/       middle school science

** several good activities related to climate change

http://www.vernier.com/products/books/elb-wind/    elementary wind energy 

http://www.vernier.com/products/books/ewv/      elementary science

The company also has a page for GRANTS for equipment   http://www.vernier.com/grants/

If you would like help from an experienced volunteer contact paulineseales120@gmail.com

 

NGSS

1. Helpful California site with links to original documents

2. Useful site by Lawrence Hall of Science

3. Brief review of how Climate Change makes a perfect topic for intro to NGSS

4. NGSS format Carbon Cycle role play lesson - grades 4-12   Cal Ac Sci

5. NGSS format Better Buses lesson - gades 6-12     Cal Ac Sci

 

Valuable Web Sites

1. Classroom materials from NOAA   http://climate.gov/teaching/resources

     vast database searchable by topic, grade level etc. 

2. http://ncse.com/climate   lots of great links

3. amazing curriculum (mostly high school level): http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/

4. CREEC's searchable resource directory at   http://www.creec.org   - specializes in local teaching training opportunities

5. http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/climate.html - lots of interactives for students

6.  http://www.howglobalwarmingworks.org/   engaging animation,   1-4 min depending on student level

7. http://www.climategen.org/what-we-do/education/climate-change-and-energy-curricula/curriculum-guides/

EXCELLENT resource - Detailed standards referenced lesson/unit plans for a variety of grade levels

8. Interesting NOAA webinar series includes Ocean Acidification, Teacher friendly Guide to Climate Change.

     Archives on line.

 

Lessons

1. 2017 Soquel High School Unit

 

2. Used in AP Env Science 2008-12 (might need updates) 

Intro Unit  

Tragedy of the Commons:  Reading Hardin Tragedy of the Commons Questions on Hardin  

          In class activity  CommTraglab

carbon footprint online activity - needs some info from home        

Ecology Unit  -

Pied Flycatcher Case Study Questions     Class Activity with handouts

songbirds1,  songbirds2,  songbirds 3,  songbirds4

 Water/Weather Unit

          Sun Effects Lab

          Penguins and Climate Change - data 5.2, data 5.3, data 5.4data 5.5/6  graph sheet

          PHet Glacier Activity 

          Vostok Climate graphing activity   Stud Instructns   Stud Answer sheet

Land Use Unit            Lorax ppt

Energy Unit            Solar Power Lab

Global Changes Unit   Cal Adapt/Climate GameNasa Energy Budget ,  IPCC Model Activity

 

3. Used with Beach Flats after school program - Middle School group - Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

     Three 45 min activities used to start the quilt project  

     (students really needed longer on the basics but this was all the time we had!)

     Week 1,   Week 2,  Week 3    Quilt

 

4. Used at Watsonville HS AP Macro-Economics class May 2016

     Intro ppt   Climate Change Basics - used first half

     Movie  "Disobedience"

     Climate Mixer Activity.  Questions    Local Roles  Original Rolesfrom A People's Curriculum for the Earth by Bill Bigelow  

     Update/Economics ppt

 

5. Physics of Sea Level Rise - Used at Santa Cruz Teachers end of year event

     Includes glacier demo - Brief outline and materials list

 

6. Here is the link - tinyurl.com/wedgesproject- to the project that was presented at NSTA, Harvard and Santa Cruz Schools festival last year, designed for 8th grade students by an innovative teacher, Jessica Guccione, weaving together NGSS, Project Based Learning and Climate Change. 

You can contact the teacher at jessguccione@gmail.com with questions.

 

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