Connecting Climate Change and Environmental (Un)Justice: Food Security, Water Quality, and Air Pollution Case Studies in Environmental Science part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
In a series of discussion-based assignments, students learn about environmental and climate justice through case studies conveyed mostly through online videos and documentaries. Students explore connections between climate change and fossil fuel extraction and processing activities and social injustices affecting people living in different parts of the world, through case studies on food insecurity, degraded water quality, and poor air quality that highlight the systemic nature of these problems. This activity also helps students recognize examples of civic engagement for climate justice and supports students' own actions and understandings of types of civic engagement that are effective.

Culture and Climate Change part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities

Investigating Climate Change Impacts on Human Health with a Civic Lens part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
In this human biology module, students consider how climate change affects human health and the inequity of those impacts on some communities. They evaluate different perspectives on the issue and ways to address the issue by exploring case studies featured by StoryCorps, as well as peer-reviewed scientific literature, science magazines, government publications, and non-profit-based resources. Students then take the first step towards civic transformation - they talk with friends and families, telling their own story of how climate change is harming their health and the health of their communities.  

Exploring Sea Level Rise in Algebra and Pre-Calculus: Learning About Affected Communities, Creating Mathematical Models, and Practicing Mathematical Communication Skills part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Students begin this activity by learning how communities in Bangladesh are affected by melting glaciers and sea level rise, as well as why these phenomena are happening as a result of global climate change. They complete a modeling activity by collecting sea level height data from an interactive map, using linear regression to fit a mathematical model to the data, and reflecting on the accuracy of their model, as well as climate change models in general, by doing calculations with their regression equation. The activity ends when they present their models and have a conversation, with a person who is not a mathematician or familiar with mathematical models, about how models are sometimes misused to create an illusion of uncertainty about humankind's contribution to climate change.

Curriculum for the Bioregion Curriculum Collection part of Curriculum for the Bioregion
Curriculum for the Bioregion engages faculty communities in exploring the complex issues of sustainability - environmental quality, true community health and wellbeing, and social equity and justice - and in building sustainability concepts and place-based learning into a broad array of courses and disciplines.

Using Reflection Activities to Deepen Student Engagement part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Reflection activities on service-learning related to environmental restoration.

Developing a Sense of Place with Pre-service Science Teachers part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
The lesson content focuses on designing investigations concerning the notion of scale through a series of investigations on their campus. The overarching goal is to foster a connection to the earth through an investigation of the local environment.

Salmon, Pacific Northwest Tribes, and the Discovery of 6PPD in Organic Chemistry part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
The activity begins with a case study about the importance of salmon to Pacific Northwest Tribes (USA) and how they are affected by water pollution. Students learn how high resolution mass spectrometry, fractionation techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance, and some radical chemistry are used to understand the oxidation of tire materials to 6-PPD quinone, which is a chemical that kills salmon. Students also learn how affected communities are addressing the challenges they face and how governments, industry, and the scientific community are responding, as well as ways that individuals can support strategies that address the 6-PPD issue.

A Transportation Justice Project for a College Physics Class part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities

Refugia: Contemplative Practice in a Changing Climate part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities