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Journal Article
Civic Engagement for Climate Action, Resilience, and Hope for Local Waterways
Climate education in elementary grades offers a chance to teach climate science, to help students understand how serious climate change is, to focus on ecosystems and global social systems, and to work toward justice-oriented solutions. This article ...
By Melissa Braaten, Tiffany Boyd, Jessica Bean
Journal Article
This article introduces the Data Puzzles instructional framework as a means to engage middle school students in the exploration of wind energy and its potential for future wind farm locations across the United States. By eliciting and leveraging stud...
By Jonathan Griffith, Melissa Braaten, Ann Dubick, Anne Gold
Web Seminar
The National Climate Assessment is a major scientific report developed by several government agencies that describes climate change in the United States. This session will highlight the science found in the report, and then explore resources that sup...
Journal Article
Redesigning an environmental curriculum for student engagement
Apart from equipping learners with 21st-century skills, environmental science (ES) education fosters problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, and a sense of responsibility and agency in children. Community science centres contribute to ES educ...
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Web Seminar
Did you know that NASA has around two dozen satellites that continually monitor our home planet to help us better understand and protect it? Learn more about NASA’s Earth-observing missions and do a deep dive into the Global Precipitation Measu...
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: The Grand Challenge of Coral Reef Sustainability, March 7, 2024
Even optimistic climate scenarios predict catastrophic consequences for coral reef ecosystems by 2100. Understanding how reef connectivity, biodiversity and resilience are shaped by climate variability would improve chances to establish sustainable m...
Journal Article
Making Sense of the Deepwater Oil Spill Disaster
Authenticity in learning is becoming increasingly important as today’s students are not “buying into” school just because it’s there! Today’s high school students have learned firsthand (thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic) that science is not ...
By Joy Barnes-Johnson and Mridula Bajaj
Journal Article
As long as there have been roofs overhead, there have been gardens above them. Since the Ziggurats and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, man has cultivated plants for his enjoyment and nourishment. Fast forward 4,000 years to our increasingly urban wor...
By Andrew Jones, Joel Hockin,and Max Longhurst
Journal Article
Beavers are social mammals who live in groups, known as colonies, and they construct dams and lodges, which modify the surrounding landscape. In their role as “ecosystem engineers,” beavers are considered to be a “keystone” species. A keyston...
By Jill Nugent
Journal Article
How many times have you found yourself sitting in a cafeteria or classroom staring at a professional development PowerPoint being presented by someone who hasn’t been in a classroom or practiced science in years? There is another way! Teachers all ...
By Adriana E. Martinez and Alejandra O. Martinez
Journal Article
Using a Socioscientific Issues Approach in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course
A perennial goal of science educators is to develop functional scientific literacy in their students, especially those who will not become professional scientists. This article provides an example of implementing a socioscientific issues approac...
By Mark H. Newton
Journal Article
By Eleanor M. Jaffee, Jennifer Bourgeault, Haley Wicklein, and Alicia Carlson
Web Seminar
Identifying a rock or mineral can be the beginning of an investigation. Every rock has a story just waiting to be told, and everyone loves to hear a good story. Prof. Baxter will give rocks their own voice and share several rock stories about L...
Journal Article
We Are Water Patch Activity Promotes Action for Watershed Stewardship
By Annamarie Schaecher, Brigitta Rongstad Strong, and Anne U. Gold
Journal Article
Place-Based Education and Community Knowledge Connect Youth to Water Topics
By Brigitta Rongstad Strong, Anne U. Gold, Claire Ratcliffe Adams, Victoria Tomas, and Angela Watkins