Climate Change Lessons Across the Curriculum

Sponsored by

The Salem State Collaborative

Presenters: Zach Smith, Educational Consultant and Technician on the WAIS Divide Antarctic Ice Coring Program

Scott Gordon, Science Department Chair, Lynnfield High School, Secondary Science Coordinator for the Salem State Collaborative

Location: Lynnfield High School, Science Wing Room 101, 275 Essex Street, Lynnfield MA 01940

Audience: Grades 7-12 Science Teachers

Times: 3:15-5:30 PM

PDP’s: 10 for the session (lesson plan required)

Fee: $50 for Member Districts $195 for non-Member Districts

Description: Climate change is one of the most pervasive science topics of the day. Hardly a day goes by when this topic is not mentioned in the newspaper or on the evening news. If you have been wondering how you can incorporate the concepts of climate change and global warming into your science class, this is the workshop for you. Designed for science teachers in grades 7-12, this series will include four workshops designed specifically to provide teachers with standards-based lessons and activities that can be used to teach climate change. In these workshops, teachers will see and perform inquiry-based lessons using readily-available materials. Lessons will include laboratory investigations, kinesthetic activities, graphing lessons, internet resources, and current climate change data obtained in the field. Participants will leave each session with copies of all lessons and handout materials. Time will be provided for sharing of lessons, ideas, and curriculum materials.

Session Date (Thursdays) Topic

Session 1: 6 November 2008 Online Activity Using Greenland Ice Core Data (featured in The

Science Teacher)

Session 2: 13 November 2008 The Effect of Albedo (reflectivity) on Earth’s Temperature (a

kinesthetic activity including graphing skills)

Session 3: 20 November 2008 Climate Reconstruction Using Foraminifera (a kinesthetic activity

using common materials to teach the use of proxy data)

Session 4: 4 December 2008 Comparing CO₂ and Temperature Records (data from the past 400,000

years compared to that of the past 150 years, a dramatic comparison)

Registration Information:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please either email (preferred) or call Jim at 781-771-4860.

Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session

DEADLINE to sign up is November 3, 2008