At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, strong windstorms are a common weather event.
Join Hilary Peddicord, Education Lead of the Science On a Sphere project, in a fun and interactive workshop featuring SOS Explorer - a NOAA mobile application - and Visual Thinking Strategies - an arts based observation method - to move the needle on data literacy in your classroom.
We invite secondary earth and environmental science, civics, and social studies teachers to learn a new place-based, NGSS-aligned science curriculum on natural hazards. The curricular unit includes a lesson on natural hazards (wildfire, flood, or drought) that uses current Colorado case studies and local datasets, a scenario-based role-play game, and a project-based learning unit for students to take action to make their community more resilient. Instructional strategies include community-engaged learning, gamification, and design thinking.
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Join curriculum developer Jon Griffith and hydrologist/plant ecologist Seth Arens as they walk you through the Megadrought in the Colorado River Basin Data Puzzle
Join us as developer Jon Griffith describes the latest Data Puzzle, "Megafires: Rare Occurrences or the New Normal?", a 2-day MS/HS resource in which students analyze megafire frequency data to explain how and why the number of megafires has changed over time.
In this FREE teacher workshop, you’ll hear from MOSAiC scientists and the curriculum developers as they lead you through "A Changing Arctic Ecosystem", a MS/HS curriculum tied to NGSS Life Science standards in which students trace the flow of carbon through the Arctic food web to predict how declining sea ice might impact the Arctic food web.
Join us as developer Jon Griffith describes the latest Data Puzzle, "The Tipping Point", a 2-day MS/HS resource in which students analyze ecological data to explain how rising temperatures are affecting the hearty tundra plant, moss campion, and consider what that might mean for the rest of the ecosystem.
Natural Hazards Education for Secondary Science and Social Studies Classrooms
As wildfires continue to ravage the west, burning more and more of the landscape, many are left wondering, how will these fire-affected forests will recover?
