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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 5.4, data 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 Game, Nasa 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 Roles - from 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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