Susan Kaspari

Unit 5: Societal Implications of Climate Change: Stakeholder Report part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
Sea-level rise due to the melting of glaciers and ice sheets and ocean thermal expansion has significant societal and economic consequences. In this final unit, students prepare a summary of the impacts of sea ...

Research project to consider how projected climate change will impact a region of interest to the student part of Climate Change:Activities
Students consult the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chapters on climate projections and the primary scientific literature to write a research paper and present their results to the ...

Susan Kaspari: Using Understanding Our Changing Climate in Climate Variability and Climate Change at Central Washington University part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
This module was used in an upper division- graduate level Geoscience course. The stakeholder analysis was conducted as a jigsaw activity with three groups conducting the stakeholder analysis for the Maldives, Bangladesh, and Southern California. The groups then presented to the class on the impacts and options for mitigating sea level rise. Ran as a jigsaw activity, the students saw the stark difference in the impacts of sea level rise on Bangladesh and Maldives in contrast to Southern California. This led to an interesting and lively conversation about who is causing climate change and sea level rise, who is being most impacted, and who is responsible for mitigating the impacts of climate change.