[WSCSS] Easy-to-Use Climate Change Action Projects for K-12 Students

[Dave Wilton]

Facing the Future ( <http://www.facingthefuture.org/>
www.facingthefuture.org) is pleased to announce the release of a
comprehensive service learning resource for taking action on climate change.
The
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearning/ClimateChangeActionProjects/
tabid/350/Default.aspx> Climate Change Action Project Database includes more
than 25 ready-to-use action projects that will prepare students to
understand and resolve one of the greatest interconnected issues facing
their future - climate change. This new online database of provides
educators and students with:

 

*       Meaningful service learning projects to fulfill graduation
requirements

*       Ideas for transforming classroom learning on climate change into
action

*       All the project details and contact information needed to get
started

*       Opportunities to take part in real-world solutions for climate
change

*       Options for projects that take place both on and off school grounds

 

Thanks to funding from the McKibben Merner Family Foundation, this database
of more than 25 ready-to-use service learning projects is accessible FREE at
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/> www.facingthefuture.org. 

 

The
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearning/ClimateChangeActionProjects/
tabid/350/Default.aspx> Climate Change Action Project Database complements
and is supported by Facing the Future's climate change curriculum,
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/DownloadFreeCurriculum/tabid/114/
Default.aspx#Curriculum%20Unit> Climate Change: Connections and Solutions.
These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for high school, are
available FREE at  <http://www.facingthefuture.org/> www.facingthefuture.org
thanks to support from the Hewlett-Packard Company. 

 


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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.
We develop and deliver 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 85 countries by teachers and students in grades K-12, in undergraduate
and graduate classes, and across multiple subject areas. For more
information, visit  <http://www.facingthefuture.org/>
www.facingthefuture.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Wilton

Assistant Outreach Director | Facing the Future

811 First Ave., Suite 454 | Seattle, WA 98104 |
<http://www.facingthefuture.org/> www.facingthefuture.org

T 206-264-1503            F 206-264-1506             E
<mailto:dave at facingthefuture.org> dave at facingthefuture.org

 

Critical Thinking.  Global Perspective.  Informed Action.

 

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