Karin Kirk

Freelance Science Writer and Geoscientist

Webinar Leader, Workshop Leader, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (6), Course (1), Conference Presentations (2)

Activities (6)

Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 2: Do you really want to visit the Arctic? part of Climate Change:Activities
This jigsaw activity is designed for students to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret ...

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Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 3: Exploring Arctic Climate Data part of Climate Change:Activities
Students dig into authentic Arctic climate data to unravel some causes and effects related to the seasonal melting of the snowpack. In particular, students learn about albedo and its relationship to snowmelt. This ...

Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 1: Exploring the Arctic part of Climate Change:Activities
This activity introduces students to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the geography ...

Syllabus Quiz part of Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
This quiz helps students make sure they understand the important policies of the course before they embark into the course. Because students in online courses need to digest all of the course rules by reading ...

Online Discussions in an Environmental Geology Course part of Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
In this introductory-level course, the online discussions are the heart and soul of the course. Throughout the 7 online discussions, much of the course content is presented and digested, students employ critical ...

The Lifestyle Project part of Public Policy:Activities
This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way ...

Course (1)

Geology and the Environment part of Online Teaching:Online Courses
This online course covers the basic elements of environmental geology including natural hazards, land use, resource use and climate change. The course is taught asynchronously and has 7 modules, each lasting 1-3 ...

Conference Presentations (2)

The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Poster Sessions:Wednesday
It is important that we prepare tomorrow's scientists, decision makers, and communities to address the societal impacts of a changing climate. In order to respond to, manage, and adapt to those changes, ...

Evaluating the Climate.gov Web Portal—A Key Resource for Climate Information part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Government web portals are important trusted sources for science educators to retrieve content and data for instruction. Climate.gov is one such web portal, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Communities

Teach the Earth
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey

Workshop Leader (8 workshops)

CE Climate Workshop 2012
June 2012 Energy Workshop
April 2011 Climate and Energy Book Club Feb 11, 2011
February 2011

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Workshop Participant (18 workshops)

ITG Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce
June 2013 InTeGrate Sustainability Courses Workshop July 2012
July 2012 ITG Teaching the Methods of Geoscience workshop 2012
June 2012

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Teaching About Earth's Climate Using Data and Numerical Models
October 2010 Teaching Service Learning in the Geosciences
February 2010 Energy Workshop 2009
May 2009 Hurricane-Climate Change Connection 2008
October 2008 Career Prep Workshop 2008
July 2008 Introductory Courses 2008
July 2008 Climate Change 2008
June 2008 Early Earth 2007
April 2007 Affective Domain 2007
February 2007 Climate Change
August 2006 Public Policy Workshop
April 2006 Geology and Human Health
May 2004 Teaching Petrology
July 2003 Teaching Biocomplexity in the Geosciences Workshop
April 2003 Academic Prep Alumni

Webinar Leader (5 webinars)

Climate and Energy Webinars May, 2011
May 2011 Climate and Energy Webinar April, 2011
April 2011 Climate and Energy Webinar March, 2011
March 2011

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Webinar Participant

ITG Webinar Communicating Science to a Broad Audience: Social Media for You and Your Students
May 2018 Webinar: NGSS Climate Education with the CLEAN Collection
April 2017 Presenter