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Climate Change Curriculum A niche to be filled. The timing is - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Climate Change Curriculum A niche to be filled. The timing is - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Need for Elementary Level Climate Change Curriculum A niche to be filled. The timing is right. It is pedagogically appropriate. A niche to be filled: There is a lack of elementary level climate change curriculum. The Need for Elementary
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A niche to be filled:
There is a lack of elementary level climate change curriculum.
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There is a niche to be filled. The timing is right. It is pedagogically appropriate.
The Need for Elementary Level Climate Change Curriculum
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The timing is right:
Climate change is real.
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The timing is right:
Climate change is a “popular social issue.”
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The timing is right:
Climate change is part of the legislative agenda.
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A niche to be filled. The timing is right. It is pedagogically appropriate.
The Need for Elementary Level Climate Change Curriculum
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It is pedagogically appropriate:
Experts have recognized levels of developmental appropriateness.
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Students in 5th through 8th grade can…
think more abstractly with higher-order thinking skills and engage in more creative thinking in general. understand the inter-relationships of scientific, environmental and human systems. learn about basic problems and issues around global warming. This is a period in which learners are well-suited to investigate local environments and to learn about the underlying complexity of a subject.
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“…prematurely recruiting children to solve this overwhelming problem will just make them feel helpless and hopeless, instead of motivating them...”
Sobel, David. "Climate Change Meets Ecophobia." Connect, November/December 2007, p.14-21.
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Sobel, David. "Climate Change Meets Ecophobia." Connect, November/December 2007, p.14-21.
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It is pedagogically appropriate:
Climate change can be overwhelming and frightening.
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It is pedagogically appropriate:
There is an abundance of information
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It is pedagogically appropriate:
Climate change is an interdisciplinary issue.
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It is pedagogically appropriate:
Standards based education is an
- pportunity.
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Curriculum Outline
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Student Work Examples
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