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Climate Change Town Hall Meeting Plan

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This resource provides a class activity based on a “Town Hall Meeting” discussion/debate on climate change. The activity is designed for a lower-level university course. The objective is to engage students in a lively discussion of different perspectives on the significance of climate change held by various stakeholder groups in Wisconsin. It is based on stakeholders within La Crosse County, but most are also found elsewhere and could readily be adapted to any location within the state. Students divide into representative groups, work collaboratively to explore the diversity of perspectives, and present these during an online synchronous meeting.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Cynthia Berlin

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UWO TENFEE Environmental Literacy Plan for Pre-service Elementary Education Students

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This resource is intended to introduce Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy & Sustainability to pre-service elementary education students by engaging them in learning about local environmental systems. Familiarity of the ELS Standards will be enhanced by participating in citizen-based science and teaching experiences.

Material Type: Other, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Shannon Davis-Foust, Michael Beeth

A Field at Risk: The Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental and Outdoor Science Education

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A survey of 1,000 outdoor education programs nationwide finds that nearly two-thirds are in danger of folding because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such programs connect youth with the world around them and teach about nature, with documented academic, health and social benefits. But most programs are conducted by residential outdoor science schools, nature centers, parks and zoos, not in traditional classrooms. The loss will be felt disproportionately by students of color and low-income students. Description Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200615140919.htm Collins, M., Dorph, R., Foreman, J., Pande, A., Strang, C., & Young, A. (2020). A Field at Risk: The Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental and Outdoor Science Education (p. 9). Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/sites/default/files/EE_A_Field_at_Risk_Policy_Brief.pdf

Material Type: Primary Source

Authors: Aparajita Pande, Aujanee Young, Craig Strang, Jedda Foreman, Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California Berkeley, Melissa Collins, Rena Dorph

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Tree Leaves High and Low

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We developed an interdisciplinary lesson to help students investigate the structure and function of leaf sizes at the top and bottom of a tree. This lesson could be used with fourth-grade students as well as elementary teacher candidates to model how to get children outdoors to learn.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Heidi Masters, Marcia Gardner

Outdoor Experiences Reflective Journal

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Students are tasked with selecting an outdoor activity that they would like to engage in for at least 20 minutes  every week over the course of the semester and reflect upon their experiences before, during and after the activity.  For example, they might choose to go for a walk, seek out a hike in different parks each week, relax by the lake, or go for a swim.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Kevin Zak