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Online Extras: Understanding Climate Change
Page | March 2020
Online Extras: Understanding Climate Change If you have purchased Understanding Climate Change, you can view the accompanying student model examples and video online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be redistributed. To view the online extras, please type in the second word in the body…
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Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12
NSTA Press Book | April 2019
Get help teaching one of the hottest topics in science with Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12. This nine-session module is written to be practical and accessible. It provides both extensive background and step-…
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Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations
NSTA Press Book | October 2008
Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations offers timely, relevant, biology-based case studies and background information on how to teach the science of climate change. The six painstakingly researched and…
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Book Chapter | October 2008
In 1896, Svante Arrhenius published the first model of the effects of industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) on Earth’s climate. Since the days of Arrhenius, scientists have moved from pencils to supercomputers. Calculations…
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Book Chapter | March 2019
In this session, students engage in a mock scientific conference to demonstrate another aspect of the work of scientists—sharing work with peers and seeking critical review. The mock conference provides an opportunity…
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Book Chapter | March 2019
This session provides an opportunity for students to integrate the information they have learned from their research. They create charts or mind maps to anticipate the ripple effects from an aspect they have studied.…
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Book Chapter | March 2019
This session is about hope. After students learned a great deal about the serious implications of a warming planet, it is important for them to have reasons to be hopeful and to see solutions that are being implemented…
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Getting to the Core of Climate Change
Journal Article | January 2021
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Biological Effects of Climate Change
Book Chapter | October 2008
How important is climate change—something that has occurred throughout Earth’s history? Can ecosystems tolerate the magnitude and rate of future change? How will other conservation threats interact with climate change?…
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Exploring Biome Shifts With Climate Change
Book Chapter | March 2017
This high school Earth and space science and life science lesson has the following learning goals for students: use quantitative methods to identify the two to three most abundant tree species in a forested field plot (…
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Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments
Journal Article | August 2021
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Media Literacy in the Age of COVID and Climate Change
Journal Article | June 2021
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Conducting Research on Current Climate Change Topics
Book Chapter | March 2019
This session leverages the power of student discovery, viewed through the lens of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), to support students’ awareness of the complex nature of a warming planet. Students begin…
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Climate Change Education: A Model of Justice-Oriented STEM Education
Journal Article | February 2021
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Teaching and Learning About Global Climate Change Online
Journal Article | August 2022
Sessions of our laboratory-based physics course have been “meeting” synchronously online instead of on campus due to the pandemic. Shifting to remote instruction prompted us to create online versions of the course. In…