Welcome to the 2018 Climate Change and Earth Systems Academy
The Academy focuses climate and environmental change through the context of the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE). Topics explored include:
- The causes and effects of climate change
- How climate change impacts your area
- Solutions and stewardship activities to address climate change
- Strategies for integrating climate change topics within teaching practice using the MWEE model
There will be a variety of readings, videos, discussions and assignments during the online component of the 2018 Academy. These resources, as well as the associated activities and discussions that comprise the bulk of the online course are intended to explore climate science content, lessons and activities that will help us learn as well models for student centered programming, provide a forum for discussions and questions about climate topics and ultimately help us all to be on the same page and hit the ground running during this summer's in-person component of the Academy. We also hope that the resources in this online component serve as resources you can use and connect with later as you develop your own approaches to teaching about climate and earth systems.
We encourage you to download or access these two freely-available publications as additional climate change resources. We will suggest some readings from these publications and it will be useful to have them on your computer's desktop as a reference/resource.
Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and Choices. The National Research Council (2012)
National Climate Assessment - Climate Science Special Report 2017
Health Impacts of Climate Change. US Global Change Research Program
Before you dive into the content, we ask that you complete three things. If possible, please complete these right after the May 21st introductory webinar. Time estimate for this section: 1 hour.
- Complete the Academy content survey
- Introduce yourself and meet your Academy colleagues in the discussion forum
- Read through the implementation plan introduction (Meaningful Watershed Education Experience) and familiarize yourself with the NSTA Learning Center
NOTE: If you don't see links to these assignments, click on the "Welcome and Introductions" header above. Clicking on a section title will take you into the section so that you can see the individual assignments.