Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future | Module 19: Climate change. Introduction I feel strongly that young people should be given the chance to understand climate change as soon as possible. This will help them deal not only with the immediate challenges facing us, but the longer term ones. It will, for example, assist them in making career choices, for some businesses will expand greatly while others will decline. It will also assist them with consumer choices, because as their understanding of climate change grows, individuals will develop new attitudes about what is appropriate and moral.
Young people may even grow up in a world where the relationships between nations will shift. Source: Adapted from Flannery, T. (2007) Foreword, Thinking about Climate Change: A Guide for Teachers and Students. Climate change is a centrally important issue – not just for politicians but also for teachers. Objectives Activities References Baer, H. and Singer, M. (2009) Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health, Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, California. Credits.
In science cupboard. App resource. Five ways to turn your students into citizen scientists | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional. The rise of citizen science is putting schools on the frontline of research, turning classrooms into labs and pupils into pioneers. It's all part of an exciting new method of conducting scientific research using data collected by amateur or non-professional scientists. From boldly going where no man or student has gone before by charting the surface of Mars to more down to earth activities such as counting bugs, there is a myriad of valuable projects which teachers can get their class involved with.
Here are five projects perfect for school science. Investigate the local environment: Open Air Laboratories network Schools across England have been putting their textbooks down and foraging outside to help protect their local environment through the Open Air Laboratories (Opal) network. Analyse Cancer Research data: Click to cure cancer Your class can contribute to the search to find a cure to the disease using Cancer Research's interactive website Cell Slider. Mission to Mars: Planet Four.
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