EE Resources
understand through visual representation. Climate Change offers a myriad of ways to think of our Spaceship Earth as the singular resource it is.
Climate Change meets Common Core State Standards for literacy in science and technology; Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
Teach the Earth Teach the Earth is a portal to thousands
of resources from dozens of Earth Edu- cation websites. Course topics include Ecology, Oceanography, and more. Other major themes include Incorporating Society Issues, Enhancing your Teaching, and more. Spend some time browsing this great portal, hosted by the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College.
http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/
index.html Buy, Use, Toss?
Keep America Beautiful, Environmental Research & Education Foundation to Collaborate on Food Waste Education in K-12 Schools
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, and the Environmental Re- search & Education Foundation (EREF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance scientific research and education for sustainable solid waste management practices, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines an agreement to join efforts on quantifying food waste in K-12 schools. In addition, the MOU outlines the organizations’ aim to provide tools and resources that help reduce school-based food waste. CLEARING will provide more informa- tion when it is available.
Environmental Education Research Bulletin (EERB) Issue 10
The Environmental Education
Research Bulletin (EERB) is a collabora- tive project with ChangeScale, NAAEE, and Dr. Nicole Ardoin at Stanford University. The research bulletins synthesize and summarize recently re- ported research from journals focused on issues pertaining to environmental educators. The bulletins include articles related to environmental education evaluation, sense of place, environ- mental behavior, teaching practices, and professional development, among other relevant topics. Issue 10 is now available!
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www.clearingmagazine.org
Climate Change Adaptation & Communication
Park Science is a research and resource management bulletin of the U.S. National Park Service that reports the implications of recent and ongoing natural and social science and related cultural research for park planning, management, and policy. A special issue, downloadable from the website, covers Climate Change Adaptation & Communication.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/ CLEARING Fall 2017
Retailers market mercilessly to teenagers, and the marketing works all too well on many of them. They’re surround- ed by ads that imply that what they buy defines them. Facing the Future has designed Buy,
Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy, a free curriculum that will guide 9-12 graders through an exploration and critical analysis of the sustainability of the produc- tion and consumption of goods. • Students will gain an understanding of the lifecycle of products -- along with new math and science skills -- as they deter- mine how to reduce the carbon footprint of shipping blue jeans;
• They’ll investigate and discuss how communities dispose of waste;
• They’ll consider and develop policies
to protect workers and consumers sharpen their media literacy skills as they analyze advertisements. The Story of Stuff: The Story of Stuff is
a great companion to this curriculum. This 20-minute short film offers a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the dark underbelly of our materials economy. From materials extrac- tion through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The website contains fact sheets, links, resources, and discussion questions.
https://www.facingthefuture.org/
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