Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Resources for Earth Educators
These resources have been developed by many different projects and address various aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the geosciences.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- Focus on Diverse Students 209 matches Increasing the diversity of students in STEM requires attracting them to the discipline, supporting them to graduation, and preparing them for career success.
- Build Just and Equitable Curricula 651 matches All students should be asked to wrestle with the large questions facing society in order to help STEM disciplines address important challenges.
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- A Civil Action - The Woburn Toxic Trial 2 matches
- ACM Pedagogic Resources 5 matches
- ADVANCEGeo 12 matches
- BASICS 6 matches
- BOtCE 1 match
- CAMEL 1 match
- CLEAN 77 matches
- Coalition for Climate Literacy 1 match
- Curriculum for the Bioregion 99 matches
- Cutting Edge 92 matches
- EarthLabs for Educators 3 matches
- Geo-Needs 2 matches
- GeoEthics 68 matches
- Geoscience in Two-year Colleges 1 match
- GET Spatial Learning 1 match
- GETSI 11 matches
- IGUaNA 22 matches
- Integrate 197 matches
- Integrating Research and Education 103 matches
- Keyah Math 1 match
- LSAMP IINSPIRE 1 match
- NAGT 27 matches
- Pedagogy in Action 2 matches
- PENGUIN 2 matches
- Project EDDIE 1 match
- Quantitative Skills 3 matches
- QuIRK 1 match
- SAGE 2YC 6 matches
- SISL 9 matches
- Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience 37 matches
- Sustainability Workshop 2 matches
- Teach the Earth 24 matches
- Visualizing the Liberal Arts 1 match
Results 1 - 10 of 821 matches
Geoethics Case Study: The Keystone Pipeline--Energy, Jobs or Environment?
Dave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman
David Mogk and Andrew Thorson, Montana State University-Bozeman Summary The Keystone Pipeline is a complex project that raises important environmental, economic, and international policy issues. Tar sands from ...
Information Type: Activity, Discussion, Classroom Activity, Project:Investigative Case Studies, Activity:Project, Writing Assignment
Module 4: Food and Water
Gigi Richard, Fort Lewis College
In this module, students will be introduced to the connections between water and agriculture. The first part of the module (4.1) explores how water is essential for growing food and how water is embedded in all of ...
Information Type: Activity, Course Module
Unit 2: Application of Concepts to Case Studies
Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York
In Unit 2, students apply and evaluate foundational concepts about storm hazards and risk in the context of two cases studies: Superstorm Sandy (2012) and the Storm of the Century (1993). Through different ...
Information Type: Course Module, Activity
Unit 1: Foundational Concepts
Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York; Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Unit 1 introduces foundational concepts in geoscience, emergency management, and political science that are critical for developing a systems thinking approach and for achieving the learning objectives in the storm ...
Information Type: Course Module, Activity
Unit 6: Carbon Emissions Game
Gautam Sethi, Bard College
In this unit, students play a game, a variation on the "Pollution Game" (Corrigan 2011), to develop an appreciation of the pros and cons of the commonly discussed policy options for carbon abatement ...
Information Type: Course Module, Activity
Unit 7: Climate Change from the Socio-Environmental Systems Perspective
Robyn Smyth, Bard College; Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh; Eric Leibensperger, Ithaca College
This unit summarizes and synthesizes the previous six units by inviting students to reflect on their experiences throughout the module, identify key learning moments and consider how these events influenced their ...
Information Type: Activity, Course Module
Unit 5: Abating Carbon Emissions
Robyn Smyth, Bard College; Gautam Sethi, Bard College; Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Students evaluate the EPA's Clean Power Plan in the context of Common but Differentiated Responsibility. This unit also introduces students to the idea that there are costs and benefits associated with the ...
Information Type: Activity, Classroom Short Think-Pair-Share, Course Module, Activity:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Activity:Classroom Activity
Unit 4: Towards Climate Change Policy in the U.S.
Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh; Pinar Batur, Vassar College
This unit examines the social cost of carbon (introduced in Unit 3) within the legal doctrine of "common but differentiated responsibility" (CBDR). CBDR acknowledges global climate change as a common ...
Information Type: Activity, Course Module
Unit 1: Earthquake!
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...
Information Type: Activity, Classroom Short Think-Pair-Share, Course Module, Activity:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Activity:Classroom Activity
Unit 1. Module Introduction
Steven Burian, University of Utah; Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; Manoj Jha, North Carolina A & T State University; Gigi Richard, Fort Lewis College
Unit 1 introduces the Water Sustainability in Cities Module. The content establishes the foundational definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, and water sustainability in cities. Key sustainability ...
Information Type: Course Module, Activity