Environment Education Connections of South Dakota

Environment Education Connections of South Dakota
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Climate Change & Global Warming

Philosophy of Educating
about Climate Change

EECSD recognizes that Global Warming and Climate Change are complicated topics that have significant social and political ramifications and have been the source of conflict and controversy. Students, families and community members often turn to educators to help them make sense of this topic.

EECSD has made equipping educators with high quality instructional resources about climate change a priority. These resources reflect the most current understanding of widely accepted climate change science as put forth in the Climate Science Literacy Guide.

A word of caution: even resources with sound science are not appropriate for every age group or every situation. It is up to the professional judgment of the educator to select the content that will inspire students to reflect and act.

Online Resources

Biocomplexity Education and Outreach
Activities designed to serve the secondary education community in developing public understanding of climate change science and associated technologies.

Climate Change Discussion Group
An online discussion group dedicated to disseminating information about climate change education.

Climate Literacy Guide
A guide is now available to help individuals of all ages understand how climate influences them and how they influence climate. "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science" is a product of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and was compiled by an interagency group, led by NOAA. The release of the guide coincided with the National Science Teachers Association's 2009 National Conference in New Orleans, LA.

The Climate Literacy guide supports the development of formal and informal educational materials about climate science plus professional development opportunities for educators. In the document, eight principles and a host of supporting concepts list information for individuals and communities to know about Earth?s climate. Statements include information about the impacts of climate change as well as possible approaches to adaptation or mitigation. Developers of the guide intend to integrate the framework into national and state education standards, and to support teacher workshops to ensure that educators are proficient in teaching the concepts of climate science.

Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change
This guide from AAAS Project 2061 lists the relevant ideas and skills that are central to understanding the science of climate change, the process of scientific inquiry, and the trade-offs and constraints implicit in making choices about technology. For each of these topics, the guide maps out what students should be learning in kindergarten through 12th grade and describes what a science literate adult should know and be able to do.

Educator Guidelines for K-12 Global Climate Change Education