[NMScience] FREE Climate Change Units & Cameras!

[Deb Thrall]

This is the latest resource available from Facing the Future and it's
completely FREE for educators. Please share with your networks of
science educators!

 

Best, 

Kim Rakow Bernier

Outreach Director, Facing the Future

811 1st Ave., Ste. 454, Seattle, 98104   ph 206.264.1503 

Check out our new website:   <http://www.facingthefuture.org>
www.facingthefuture.org

 

Critical thinking. Global perspective. Informed action.

 

FREE Climate Change Curriculum

&

Cameras Available to Document Climate Change Solutions

 

Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org) is pleased to announce the
release of Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/
tabid/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  Change: Connections and
Solutions. These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for
high school, encourage students to think critically about climate change
and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate
change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among
environmental, social, and economic issues. 

 

Through a generous grant from Hewlett-Packard Company, Facing the Future
also invites you to apply for a Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ForEducators/CameraGrant/tabid/199/Defau
lt.aspx>  Change Camera Grant. You have the opportunity to collaborate
with other educators and give your students the opportunity to document
climate change in their communities and positive actions that they are
taking to make a difference. You could receive a classroom set of HP
Photosmart Digital Cameras to use in conjunction with Facing the
Future's Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/
tabid/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  Change: Connections and
Solutions units. Beginning now through March 7th, Facing the Future will
be accepting applications from U.S. educators to receive one of 30
classroom sets of 5 HP Photosmart R847Digital Cameras.  Please visit our
website to learn more and apply.

 

Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/
tabid/59/Default.aspx>  Change: Connections and Solutions are
interdisciplinary curriculum units. Lessons are aligned with national
science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as
well. The units include:

 

*        9 hands-on activities

*        5 student readings

*        Overview of daily activities

*        Homework assignments

*        Reproducible handouts

*        Assessments




 

Educators and students throughout the U.S. reviewed and tested the
lessons and experts from the University of Washington, the
Hewlett-Packard Company, and the World Wildlife Fund reviewed the
student readings. Thanks to generous funding from Hewlett-Packard
Company, this curriculum valued at $24.95 is available for FREE. Click
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/
tabid/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  here to download your copy.

 

 "You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to
use, active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way
that builds a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate
change."

-        High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE

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"I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at
every website and discuss everything they were learning..What a thrill
to see kids excited about learning."

-        Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL

 

The first week of each 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding
some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic
scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the
carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis
of different fuel types. 

 

The second week widens and deepens students' comprehension of climate
change with an exploration of its connections to various social,
economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students
will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected
issues related to climate change.

 

Facing the Future staff is available to come to your school or district
to provide a workshop on this resource or other global sustainability
curriculum. Click
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/ProfessionalDeve
lopmentHome/tabid/119/Default.aspx>  here for more information. For
questions or comments, contact Kim Rakow Bernier at
kim at facingthefuture.org or (206) 264-1503.

 

 

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