Maureen Padden

A Jigsaw Approach to the Weathering Thermostat Hypothesis part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
A teaching activity page detailing a jigsaw-style classroom exercise where upper-level university students explore the silicate weathering thermostat hypothesis, negative feedback loops, and Earth system interactions, including research, peer instruction, poster creation, and assessment components.

State Electricity on Google Earth: How many Solar Panels would it Take? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Educational activity page guiding students through calculating U.S. state electricity consumption and estimating land area, costs, and trade-offs required to replace all electricity with solar power using Google Earth, including quantitative analysis, energy literacy, and peer-reviewed teaching resources.

Reducing pressure on a wastewater treatment plant to accelerate remediation of a polluted harbour part of Service Learning:Activities
Students present posters to community partners with strategies to reduce the quantity of water entering a local wastewater treatment plant or to improve the quality of water that needs to be treated. The strategies ...

Environmental Assessment part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Courses
Students in this fourth-year course explore the policy and requirements of environmental assessment in both a Canadian and international context. Students gain familiarity with the environmental assessment process ...

Service Learning in Interdisciplinary Courses part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Essays
This webpage is an academic essay discussing the integration of service learning in interdisciplinary sustainability courses, highlighting pedagogical challenges, student outcomes, and real-world application in higher education.