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Law, Matt; Corbin, Siôbhan; Wilkins, Matt; Harris, Victoria; Martin, Georgia; Lowe, Rew – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Meaningful action on climate change requires affective engagement with the human impacts of the problem. The Last Hurrah (and The Long Haul) project was developed using theatrical storytelling as a tool to provoke thought and empathy about the lived experience of climate change. Over a period of 3 years, a company of Acting students and their…
Descriptors: Climate, Theater Arts, Story Telling, Geography Instruction
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Jane Watson; Noleine Fitzallen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Statistics need data and data need context. Contexts from across the curriculum can be the most powerful in creating interest, reward, and enthusiasm for both teachers and students. The activity described here is based in STEM, employing aspects of each field to create and solve a hypothetical problem of escaping from an erupting volcano (Science)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
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Christopher Lore; Hee-Sun Lee; Amy Pallant; Charles Connor; Jie Chao – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
As computational methods are widely used in science disciplines, integrating computational thinking (CT) into classroom materials can create authentic science learning experiences for students. In this study, we classroom-tested a CT-integrated geoscience curriculum module designed for secondary students. The module consisted of three inquiry…
Descriptors: Risk, Science Instruction, Physical Geography, Natural Disasters
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Mejía Ávila, Doris; Sánchez Agámez, Carlos; Soto Barrera, Viviana Cecilia – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
A pilot test for the design and construction of digital lessons for integrated social science teaching is presented in this study. Combing conventional texts, applications made with Google Earth, and images from the web, three lessons for the sixth grade were created: (1) Evolution of Man, (2) Physical Geography of the Earth, and (3) Pre-Columbian…
Descriptors: Material Development, Multimedia Materials, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Malone, Melanie – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Critical Physical Geography (CPG) emerged as a discipline around 2014 and has since excited many human and physical geographers, as well researchers in political ecology, geomorphology, science and technology, and environmental science whose research, critiques, and methodologies have formed much of the basis of CPG. However, because of its recent…
Descriptors: Physical Geography, Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Conservation (Environment)