Teaching Activities

Rowan Shafer
This resource is based on the 2015 Climate Change Summit, and it shares both environmental and social concerns related to climate change. This is an activity for students to role-play people affected ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Impacts of climate change, Geography:Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Geography, Environmental Science:Policy, Ecosystems, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Ethics/Values, Global Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Carbon Footprint Exercise part of Climate Change:Activities
Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University
We designed a three-step assignment for students in introductory geoscience that asks them to calculate their carbon footprint during one specific week. The goal of the assignment is to increase student awareness ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Policy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Public policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

The Lifestyle Project part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects
Karin Kirk, Montana State University/SERC and John J. Thomas, Skidmore College
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 in which they live from day to day.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Public policy, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Waste Reduction/Recycling, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

The Lifestyle Project part of Public Policy:Activities
Karin Kirk, Freelance Science Writer and Geoscientist
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 ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Waste Reduction/Recycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

A Role-Playing Approach to Coupled Complex Natural and Human Systems part of Complex Systems
James Myers, University of Wyoming; Greg Marfleet, Carleton College
This web page is based on a document produced by Jimm Myers and Greg Marfleet at the 2010 workshop on Developing Student Understanding on Complex Systems in the Geosciences. Jimm and Greg collaborated to produce ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Environmental Science:Policy, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy