Student-Generated Sustainability Short Stories Anchored in Science and Information Literacies and the SDGs part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
To build and improve upon their science and information literacies, students create a collection of short non-fiction stories that connect to at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Sustainable Development: It’s as easy as F-E-W part of Teaching Activities
Thushara Gunda, Vanderbilt University
The game was designed as part of a larger lesson plan on FEW systems that was developed during a SESYNC case study workshop (funded by NSF DBI-1639145). More information about SESYNC and the larger lesson plan can ...

Challenge and Persuade card game part of Teaching Activities
Michael Mayhew, Science Education Solutions, Inc.
Developed by a team of scientists from two national laboratories, education researchers, gamers, and a professional game developer, Challenge and Persuade is a highly social, fast-paced, fun-to-play card game in ...

Renewable Energy Virtual Field Trip part of Teaching Activities
Evan Heeg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This is a virtual field trip on the subject of renewable energy. The Google Earth slideshow will take you around the world to different key renewable energy sites across the world. Each site will have a quick ...

Student perspectives on climate discussions from the UN Conference of Parties (COP) via audio narrative part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
This assignment provides students a storytelling structure that allows for their own voice and creativity to be applied. This is accomplished through the selection of an audience for a recorded voicemail and the ...

Thirst for Power card game part of Teaching Activities
Michael Mayhew, Science Education Solutions, Inc.
Developed by a team of scientists from two national laboratories, education researchers, gamers, and a professional game developer, Thirst for Power is a challenging, fast-paced, fun-to-play resource management ...

Activity 2: Systems Thinking Vocabulary Applied part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
This activity allows students to practice using systems thinking vocabulary by applying the terminology learned in Activity 1 to a school water supply system. An option to adapt this activity to the student's ...

Activity 11: Modeling Interconnected Systems part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
This activity starts by introducing students to the ways industries in the United States use water and asking students to predict how much water is used to produce a variety of common goods. After presenting the ...

Risky Business: Using Games to Understand Farmer Decision-making in Sri Lanka part of Teaching Activities
Thushara Gunda, Vanderbilt University
In coupled natural and human systems (such as farming), decision-making is rarely straightforward since it is influenced by myriad factors. This in-class role playing game allows students to step into the shoes of ...

Observing the Rio Grande Ecosystem to Promote Systems Thinking part of Teaching Activities
Diane Doser, University of Texas at El Paso
This series of activities uses the Rio Grande ecosystem to promote systems thinking. The concepts for the activities were developed during the Earth Educators' Rendezvous in 2015. Activities E1-E3 were ...