Tag Archives: climate

“Bee” a Climate Conscious Citizen – Taking Care of our Climate, Classroom and Community

March 2, 2022 – 2:42 pm

Amy Mateer, Kindergarten, Selwyn Elementary School

Synopsis

Tags Bees, climate, climate anxiety, Climate Change, community, eco-grief, ecosystems, environment, environmental stewardship, Recycling, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

Climate Change and Refugees: Not my trash but my new home (school)

March 2, 2022 – 2:07 pm

Mariella Fernandes, ESL, Whitewater Middle School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Acculturation, assimilation, climate, Climate Change, Cultures, equity, identities, Immigrants, Immigration, inclusive communities, migration, newcomers, non-immigrant, refugees, social justice, society, trash tracking, waste disposal | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Refugee Stories

Climate Refugee Stories: Rising Above Challenges

March 2, 2022 – 2:00 pm

Seon Sloley, Science, Parker Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags asylum seekers, challenges, climate, Climate Change, Climate Refugee, discrimination, Ecosystem, environment, Hunger, natural disasters, obstacles, returnees, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 2: "You were IN the Water?" Urban Waterways: Problems and Opportunities

A Single Drop of Water

January 28, 2021 – 9:52 am

Evelyn Metcalf, 2nd Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags aquifer, climate, condensation, dissolved oxygen, evaporation, freezing, glacier, macrobiology, melting, microbiology, nutrients, pH, phase change, pollution, precipitation, reservoir, runoff, temperature, toxicity, transpiration, Turbidity, urban waterways, wastewater treatment, water basin, Watershed | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Science and Solution Strategies

Views on an Individual’s Moral Obligation to Limit Climate Change

January 31, 2020 – 12:28 pm

Takeema Evans, Science, Hawthorne Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags acid rain, albedo, alternative energy, altitude, and eccentricity, arid, biofuel, Carbon Cycle, climate, coal, coral reefs, deforestation, el niño, generator, geothermal, green roof, greenhouse effect, heat island, humid, hydroelectric, hydrogen fuel, Köppen climate classification (temperate, la niña, latitude, Natural Gas, Nuclear Fission, nuclear fusion, nutation, ocean acidification, paleoclimate, petroleum, photosynthesis, photovoltaic, plankton, polar), precession, Respiration, solar, sunspots, thermal expansion (of sea water), tropical, turbine, wave power, weather, wind | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Science and Solution Strategies

Connecting Clouds with Weather and Climate Studies

January 24, 2020 – 1:46 pm

Ted Miracle, Science, Devonshire Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags climate, clouds, Elementary Science, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Science and Solution Strategies

“Can we go outside?” Well, let’s predict the weather!

January 24, 2020 – 1:40 pm

Shota Kinjo, 5th Grade, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags air pressure, anemometer, barometer, cirrus, climate, clouds, cumulonimbus, cumulus, front line, metrology, nimbostratus, precipitation, rain gauge, stratus, temperature, thermometer, weather, wind direction, wind speed, wind vane | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Science and Solution Strategies

Keeping Our Cool: Studying the Statistics of Climate Change

January 24, 2020 – 1:29 pm

Cannon Shipman, Math, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags bivariate data, climate, scatter plot, stabilization wedge | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Weather Data: A 5th Grade Unit Study of Using Data to Predict Weather Events

February 2, 2016 – 1:34 pm

Chrystal Cavanagh, Science, Morehead STEM Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags climate, data, Elementary School, Science, weather, weather data, weather graphing, weather prediction | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Global Energy Challenge

The Global Energy Challenge, a 21st Century Students Guide to Ethical Energy Usage

January 21, 2015 – 3:41 pm

Robin Mitchell, Science, Randolph Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags climate, CMO, commons, Cosmopolitanism, Energy, ethics, GDP, globalization, morality, non-renewable resource, population, renewable resource | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: climate

“Bee” a Climate Conscious Citizen – Taking Care of our Climate, Classroom and Community

Climate Refugee Stories: Rising Above Challenges

A Single Drop of Water

Views on an Individual’s Moral Obligation to Limit Climate Change

Connecting Clouds with Weather and Climate Studies

“Can we go outside?” Well, let’s predict the weather!

Keeping Our Cool: Studying the Statistics of Climate Change

Weather Data: A 5th Grade Unit Study of Using Data to Predict Weather Events

The Global Energy Challenge, a 21st Century Students Guide to Ethical Energy Usage

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