Classroom Activities for Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences

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An Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics: The Externalities Game part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
The Externalities Game is a non-cooperative game that teaches students about the concept of environmental externalities and allows them to directly experience the moral dimensions of collective action problems. It ...

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'Reporting' on the World Water Forum to understand media coverage and gaps part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
'Reporting' in-class on the tri-ennial World Water Forum.

Simulation of international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions part of Climate Change:Activities
In order to convey how the international community is responding to climate change, students engage in a simulation of the international negotiation process. Participants learn first hand the interests of different ...

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What Should We Do About Global Warming? part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation. -

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Communications Booster: Curbing Emissions part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Nicole Colston, Oklahoma State University Charlie Cottingham, Frederick Community College (MD) Susan Spierre, Arizona State University Paul Ruscher, Florida State University This page builds on the CLEAN reviewed ...

Using Mass Balance to Understand Atmospheric CFCs part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
Students use an interactive online mass balance model help understand the observed levels of chlorofluorocarbon CFC-12 over the recent past. -

Development of a Syllabus for Environmental Issues course part of Activities
Students' participation in developing syllabus for a new course "Issues in Environmental Science." Details are included in the document.

Observing different scenarios of climate change using climate challenge web game part of SISL:Activities
Use the web game Climate Challenge by the British Broadcasting Corporation to observe how decision by government can contribute to climate change. By seeing the consequence of government inaction in an interactive web experience, students will be more engaged citizens and voters. To show students that we live in a world with finite resources.