[WSCSS] FREE Climate Change Units & Cameras!

[Kim Rakow Bernier]

FREE Climate Change Curriculum

&

Cameras Available to Document Climate Change Solutions

 

Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org) is pleased to announce the
release of Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/tabi
d/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  Change: Connections and Solutions.
These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for high school,
encourage students to think critically about climate change and to
collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within
a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social,
and economic issues. 

 

Through a generous grant from Hewlett-Packard Company, Facing the Future
also invites you to apply for a Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ForEducators/CameraGrant/tabid/199/Default.a
spx>  Change Camera Grant. You have the opportunity to collaborate with
other educators and give your students the opportunity to document climate
change in their communities and positive actions that they are taking to
make a difference. You could receive a classroom set of HP Photosmart
Digital Cameras to use in conjunction with Facing the Future's Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/tabi
d/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  Change: Connections and Solutions
units. Beginning now through March 7th, Facing the Future will be accepting
applications from U.S. educators to receive one of 30 classroom sets of 5 HP
Photosmart R847Digital Cameras.  Please visit our website to learn more and
apply.

 

Climate
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/tabi
d/59/Default.aspx>  Change: Connections and Solutions are interdisciplinary
curriculum units. Lessons are aligned with national science and social
studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The units
include:




.         9 hands-on activities

.         5 student readings

.         Overview of daily activities

.         Homework assignments

.         Reproducible handouts

.         Assessments




 

Educators and students throughout the U.S. reviewed and tested the lessons
and experts from the University of Washington, the Hewlett-Packard Company,
and the World Wildlife Fund reviewed the student readings. Thanks to
generous funding from Hewlett-Packard Company, this curriculum valued at
$24.95 is available for FREE. Click
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/BuyFacingtheFutureCurriculum/tabi
d/59/Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit>  here to download your copy.

 

 "You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to use,
active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way that builds
a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate change."

-       High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE

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"I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at
every website and discuss everything they were learning..What a thrill to
see kids excited about learning."

-       Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL

 

The first week of each 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding
some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic scientific
phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the carbon cycle and the
greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types. 

 

The second week widens and deepens students' comprehension of climate change
with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and
environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and
be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate
change.

 

Facing the Future staff is available to come to your school or district to
provide a workshop on this resource or other global sustainability
curriculum. Click
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/ProfessionalDevelopm
entHome/tabid/119/Default.aspx>  here for more information. For questions or
comments, contact Kim Rakow Bernier at kim at facingthefuture.org or (206)
264-1503.

 

 

www.facingthefuture.org 


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Facing the Future is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and
motivating today's students to be responsible stewards of tomorrow's world.
The organization develops and delivers standards-based hands-on lessons,
student textbooks, curriculum units and professional development
opportunities for educators that promote critical thinking on global issues,
sustainability and positive solutions. Facing the Future curriculum is in
use in all 50 U.S. states and over 50 countries by teachers and students in
grades K-12, in undergraduate and graduate classes, and across multiple
subject areas. 

 

 

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