Russanne Low

School of Natural Resource

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Workshop Leader, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (5), Course (1), Essays (2), Conference Presentations (6), Other Contributions (4)

Course Modules (5)

Unit 2: Systems Thinking and the Wicked Problem of Global Food Security part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Armed with an overview of the complexity of issues associated with global food security, this unit begins by contextualizing food security as an example of a wicked problem. Wicked problems are problems that are ...

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Unit 6: Regional Case Study Community Action Plans part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Unit 6 provides an opportunity for students to present their action plans and exchange knowledge about what they have learned in their team case study work. This unit builds on food security and Earth system ...

Unit 4: Case Study Group Work-Problem Identification part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Units 4, 5, and 6 provide the opportunity for students to delve into a greater examination of food security at a regional level in small teams selecting one of the following locations (Caribbean, New York City, or ...

Unit 3: Climate Change and Food Security part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
This unit applies a flipped classroom model. Students complete a self-study tutorial prior to attending class. Students are then asked work independently or in pairs to generate a time-aware climate change Web map ...

Unit 5: Case Study Group Work-Spatial Data Investigation part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Unit 5 will delve more into an examination of food security using online ArcGIS. The class begins with a GIS-based exploration of data available for the three regions. The rest of the class period is provided for ...

Course (1)

Russanne Low: Using Food Security in Science Systems Environment and Sustainability at University of Nebraska at Lincoln part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
InTeGrate Modules work on-line! This is an example of an InTeGrate module, taught on-line and asynchronously in a large class format. The module was embedded in a team-taught introductory environmental science course offered by UNL's School of Natural Resources. The course emphasizes the importance of personal ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable practices as linkages between the environment and society. This module served as the culminating activity for the course, and students were challenged to apply systems thinking in an exploration of the complex, multiscalar factors that contribute to the wicked problem of global food security in their assigned region.

Essays (2)

Sustainable Futures Storytelling part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Russanne D. Low, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Emphasizing sustainability in our classrooms is a great way to build interest in Earth system sciences. Unlike climate change (and in some circles, ...

Russanne Low part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Essays
Essays on Teacher Preparation by Workshop Participants Science CentrUM University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Background and Infrastructure of Program Office: Our mission at the Science CentrUM is to ...

Conference Presentations (6)

The Wicked Problem of Food Security: Modules that Promote Interdisciplinary and Systems Thinking Using AGO part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Oral Sessions:Wednesday A
Over the next several decades, food security will continue to be one of the most pressing issues facing our planet. With this in mind, three professors from different disciplinary backgrounds, cultural geography, ...

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NASA Wavelength: Creating a Buzz in the Earth Science Classroom part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Undergraduate educators employing team-based learning or a flipped classrooms frequently feature in-class activities that can be completed in all or part of a single class period. In this theme session, we ...

NASA Wavelength: Generate Student Buzz in your Earth Science Classroom part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
This interactive poster presentation provides an opportunity for faculty members to learn more about NASA data resources that can be used in a variety of settings, including Earth science computer labs and ...

Climate Change and Sustainability Science: Educative Curriculum Materials part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Curriculum materials for Grades K–12 that are intended for use in preservice teacher education and in service teacher professional development educative curriculum materials. We address the following question: ...

Earthed2YC: NASA-NAGT Earth Community Initiative for Two-Year College Faculty part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Two-year colleges educate more diverse and first-generation college students than any other sector in higher education and provide foundational STEM coursework for the majority of our Nation's pre-service ...

Read for the Earth: New Model for Live Engagement in an On-line Large Section Undergraduate Introductory Course part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Climate in Crisis is a 3 credit, large section online course taught at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Climate in Crisis is certified as one of the university's Achievement Centered Education (ACE) general ...

Other Contributions (4)

NASA and NOAA: Data resources for education part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Oral Sessions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Part of the On the Cutting Edge professional development program managed by NAGT and SERC Rendezvous 2015 ...

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Case Studies: Environmental and other issues part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Oral Sessions
Related Thursday Poster Session Related Friday Poster Session

Science Literacy through Outreach Programs part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Poster Sessions
See Related Oral Session w/ discussion @ 4:00pm, Friday

Large Data Set Portals and Teaching Resources part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Poster Sessions
See Related Oral Session w/ discussion @ 4:00pm, Friday

Communities

Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Teach the Earth
ICON Education Interest List

Workshop Leader

Career Prep
July 2004

Workshop Participant (9 workshops)

January 2022 Project EDDIE Module Development & Community Building Experience
January 2022 Project EDDIE Module Adoption Workshop September 2021
November 2021 ITG Materials Design Rubric Webinar 2015
August 2015

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Webinar Participant

NGSS Assessment Webinar
February 2016