The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is offering an engaging professional development workshop for Earth Science teachers, focusing on a recently developed module that is centered around flooding phenomena. The lesson involves modeling stream flow across different land covers—permeable and impermeable—to show the effects of surfaces on stormwater movement. Additionally, it explores water movement in natural and urban environments, including human impacts like pollution. During the workshop session, educators will immerse themselves in the module and gain insight into the pedagogical decisions underlying its creation and implementation. There are additionally appropriate instructional scaffolds that can be applied to the use of datasets that are available online from sources (e.g., USGS, NOAA, and others) as well as varied instructional resources—including real-world data—that can be combined with students' own experiences to generate meaningful understanding of real-world events and phenomena.

These are educational board games I created for the lab associated with my undergraduate course, "Processes of Global Environmental Change", which is an upper level elective at the University of South Carolina. One board game teaches about the carbon cycle and processes that affect that cycle, as well as general facts about carbon on Earth, especially in relation to its role as a greenhouse gas. The other board game teaches about the 6th mass extinction, which is the current extinction event caused by climate change and other human-caused environmental perturbations.

This program will introduce K-12 teachers to the American Meteorological Society's Education Summer Programs. David is a Certified AMS Teacher (CAT #22) and has participated in all of the programs offered. An overview of all AMS programs will be shared, including Project Atmosphere, Project Ocean and the Datastreme online courses. All of these programs offer the chance for teachers to earn graduate level credits at a reduced rate. A special focus will be placed on the newest program, Project Ice, where teachers travel to Oregon State to get hands on experience from the COLDEX ice core program. Lessons and activities from the program will be shared, along with a review of the AMS website and application procedures for their programs.