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Hoover, Katherine Street – Science Teacher, 2019
Environmental education for all students is becoming more urgent as societies strive to deal with challenges such as climate change and loss of biodiversity. Teachers have an important role to play in defining the environmental knowledge, beliefs, and actions of the next generation. Understanding the anthropogenic inputs responsible for alteration…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Biodiversity, Teacher Role
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Colaianne, Blake – Science Teacher, 2015
Misconceptions about climate change are common, which suggests a need to effectively address the subject in the classroom. This article describes a project-based science activity in which students report on the physical basis, adaptations, and mitigation of this global problem, adapting the framework of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Climate, Science Instruction, Student Projects
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Penniman, Leah – Science Teacher, 2011
At the start of an integrated Algebra I and Environmental Science class, students were presented with the following challenge: "How much carbon is stored in the Normanskill Preserve?" They were told they had one month to investigate and present their results, and asked, "What do you need to begin?" This hook served to introduce…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Forestry, Climate