Kelley T. Lê

Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6-12 (eBook, ePUB)

Activating Science Teachers to Take on the Climate Crisis Through NGSS

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Looking to tackle climate change and climate science in your classroom? This timely and insightful book supports secondary science teachers in developing effective curricula around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) by grounding their instruction on the climate crisis. This new edition focuses on meeting teachers where they are in their teaching and learning while tending to various contexts, communities, and cultures to activate educators in understanding and responding to the climate crisis in this moment. Chapters offer design and implementation support for 21st-century learning experiences centered around the climate emergency for meaningful engagement. Dr. Lê provides an overview of the teaching shifts needed for the NGSS using climate change as the vehicle of instruction. She also supports climate literacy for students and teachers via urgent topics in climate science and environmental justice. Teachers will also learn how to engage with the complexities of climate change by exploring social, racial, and environmental injustices stemming from the climate crisis that directly impact their students. Examples of successful applications of these learning experiences are new to the second edition, as well as added activities and overall updates to research and data. By anchoring instruction on the climate emergency through an intersectional lens starting with teachers' core beliefs and values, Dr. Lê offers guidance on how educators can activate students as agents of change for their own communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040175668
• Artikelnr.: 72253358

Autorenporträt

Kelley T. Lê is the inaugural Executive Director of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs), USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Looking Back to Move Forward 1. Reimagining Science Teaching
2. Leveraging the NGSS for Climate Education
Part 2: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Climate Science 3. Climate
Change is Complex, Where Do I Start?
4. Climate Change as the Anchor
Part 3: Practices That Build Capacity for Student Agency 5. Planning and
Teaching for Transformation
6. Education as the Catalyst for Climate Action

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Introduction

- A Pulse on the Current Climate

- A Moment to Reflect

- Beginning Where You Are

- Shared Leadership

- Purpose

- Overview of Chapters

- Learning Icons

- Trust the Process



PART 1: LOOKING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD

Chapter 1: Reenvisioning Science Teaching

- A Story About Tradition

- An Opportunity to Challenge Science Education

- Unveiling Your Teacher Disposition

- Who Said, "The Scientific Method?"

- Diving Deeper Into the Process of Science

- Getting Cozy With the Nature of Science

- Equity & Antiracist Science Teaching

- Putting the Pieces Together

Chapter 2: Leveraging the NGSS for Climate Change

- A Story About Root-Bound Plants

- A Second Look at the NGSS for Climate Science

- A Fresh Take on the NGSS

- The Role of Climate Literacy & NGSS

- Climate Change as a Socioscientific Issue

- Deeper Dive Into SSI

- Moving Forward With Confidence

PART 2: DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY USING CLIMATE SCIENCE

Chapter 3: Climate Change is Complex, Where do I Start?

- The Environmental & Climate Change Literacy Project Summit (ECCLPS)

- Public Attitudes Regarding Climate Change

- Identifying Your State of Mind

- Climate Science Fundamentals

- Earth's Energy Budget

- Global Climate Change

- Earth's Systems

- Multiple Carbon Cycles

- The Anthropocene

- Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

- Major Teaching Takeaways

Chapter 4: Climate Change as the Anchor

- Lessons About Bonsai Koi Fish

- 100Kin10 Predictions

- Asking More Questions

- Using SSI to Develop Scientific Literacy Skills

- Taking More Back to the Class

- Using Phenomena

- Finding Phenomena

- Anchoring Instruction on Climate Change Phenomena

PART 3: PRACTICES THAT BUILD CAPACITY FOR STUDENT AGENCY

Chapter 5: Planning & Teaching for Transformation

- A Vision for Science Education

- Overview of Storyline Design Components

- Student-Driven Instruction

- Launching Lessons With Phenomena

- Intentional Discourse Opportunities

- Developing Critical Thinkers in a Digital Age

- Bringing it Back

Chapter 6: Education for Climate Action

- Tips on Talking About Climate Change

- Big Problems Require Big Solutions

- Climate & Social Justice

- Resources that Build Student Capacity

- Gauging Student Progress

- Interactive Tools to Enhance Instruction

- Empowering Students to Take Action

- Concluding Remarks

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"Using her experience teaching and researching environmental education, Kelley Le has written an important book to support educators interested in guiding students to understand and confront the climate crisis. This accessible book is written for teachers with clear explanations about complex scientific concepts and practical applications for teaching that connect to the NGSS standards. This should be part of every educator's library and tool kit."

- Dr. Jeff Share, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

"If you're a science teacher feeling daunted by the task of teaching the climate crisis, Kelley Le has written this book as a practical guide specifically for you. Teaching Climate Change weaves together both how to teach the NGSS curriculum standards as well as less-defined questions on how to approach the climate crisis with a focus on solutions and student action. Crucially, Le helps teachers connect the dots between climate, racial, and social justice, which is a missing link that many teachers are looking for support in teaching."

- Rebecca Anderson, Alliance for Climate Education, USA