CLEARING Compendium 2009

Global Warming 101
Grades K-12
Interdisciplinary Teaching
The Will Steger Foundation is dedi-
Through Outdoor Education
cated to creating programs that foster
Armada Project Classroom
by Camille Bunting
international leadership and cooperation
Activities
This is a comprehensive guidebook
through environmental education and
The Armada Project, funded by the
of activities for helping students under-
policy. An on-line initiative, Global Warm-
National Science Foundation, provides
stand the outdoors and develop character.
ing 101, promotes change through educa-
K-12 teachers an opportunity to actively
Chapters include frontcountry camping,
tion and advocacy, hoping to raise broad
participate in ocean, polar, and environ-
backcountry camping, outdoor cooking
public awareness about global warming
mental science research. Their website techniques, land navigation, casting and
as witnessed through Will Steger’s polar
offers downloadable classroom activities angling, archery, and challenge inttiatives.
expeditions. The website includes educa-
and background information about sea Developed for teachers and leader of chi-
tional information and materials, a discus-
level rise, population ecology, benthic ren and youth aged 10 to 15.
sion forum, and more.
infauna, and more.
The book includesready-to-teeach
http://www.globalwarming101.com/
outdoor adventure activities, experiential
http://www.armadaproject.org/downloads.htm
education lesson plans,strategies for devel-
Understanding and Responding
oping outdoor education programs, and
to Climate Change
information about curriuclum integration
Marine Life of the Paciﬁc
and academic standards.
This downloadable National Acad- Northwest
In addition, the book provides inter-
emy of Sciences booklet presents recom-
A Photographic Encyclopedia of In- disciplinary connections in each lesson,
mendations from the National Academies’
vertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected questioning strategies for students, and
many expert reports on climate change,
Fishes safety tips for each activity.
in an easy-to-read format. The 2008 edi-
When a
Interdisciplinary Teaching Through
tion of Understanding and Responding
review copy
Outdoor Education is available from Hu-
to Climate Change includes an expanded
of this book
man Kinetics Publishers, ©2005, paper
section on impacts and updated ﬁgures
arrived in the
back, 243 pages, $27.00.
and graphics.
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/
mail, I couldn’t
Journey South
climate_change_2008_ﬁnal.pdf
put it down for
several hours.
Students get hands-on experiences with
Basically a ﬁeld
nature and wildlife by participating in the
“Earth: A Graphic Look at the
guide to invertebrates, seaweeds and international Journey North program. The
State of the World”
certain ﬁshes of the eastern Paciﬁc fall component, Journey South, tracks the
Ocean, it contains wonderful color migrations of birds, whales, and butterﬂies,
This resource for your global educa-
photos of amazing creatures and
as well as the growth of tulips from bulbs.
tion classroom summarizes the conditions
simple text descriptions that triggered
of the world’s ecology and humanity and
http://www.jnorth.org/
an appreciation and amazement of
how they interact and affect each other.
what lives beneath the surface of our
The 27” x 36” full colour wall poster,
rocky shoreline.
Education Evaluation
visually and factually stunning, presents
From sea lettuces and feather boa The National Marine Sanctuary Pro-
an unparalleled collection of over 100
kelp to leopard ribbon worms, spiny- gram has launched a new website focused
charts, 15 maps, and explanatory text. Rig-
thigh sea spider and gutless aw- on the evaluation of environmental and
orously referenced and linked to reliable,
ning-clam, each species is identiﬁed marine education programs. The website
impartial sources, it is an extraordinarily
with photographs and a description
includes information on how to create pro-
holistic and integrated overview, connect-
including range, habitat, appearance
gram evaluation plans, plan samples, tools
ing a maze of apparently disparate issues
and behavior.
and techniques for evaluation, an evalua-
including: wealth distribution and climate
Authors Andy Lamb and Bernard
change, oil supply and food production,
tion glossary, and more.
P. Hanby (who also served as the
global forests and global ﬁsheries, toxics
photographer) amassed this record of
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/evaluation
and soil degradation, population and bio-
undersea life after over 4,000 scuba
diversity.
dives between the two. Along with
Nonpoint Source
Charts and graphics, maps, text and
a glossary and full index, this book
Pollution Articles
data sources from the poster are acces-
is a must-have for serious biologists, and Activities
sible, as well as ordering information, on
scuba divers, beachcombers or anyone
the accompanying website: http://www.
The EPA offers a
interested in marine life and beautiful
theglobaleducationproject.org
series of articles and ac-
underwater photography.
tivities about nonpoint source pollution for
ISBN 1-55017-361-8, 400 pages,
The Knowers Ark Global Education Project
middle school students. The downloadable
8.5 x 11, 1,700 color photos. $69.95
Box 241 Mansons Landing, BC V0P 1K0
materials include background information
hardcover. Published by Graphic Arts
Canada
and links to further information.
Center Publishing Co. (www.gacpc.
Ph: 250 935 6785
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/
com).
nps_edu/index.html
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