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The Paleontological Research Institution's Center for Climate Change Education has a wide array of resources and programming to support the teaching of climate change across the curriculum and across the grade span. Join them on Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 pm Eastern for a free workshop showing the breadth and depth of these resources.
In this professional development workshop, teachers will draw on the rich resources of PRI's Center for Climate Change Education to build confidence in teaching about climate change and energy. The workshop will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of climate change, including the essential roles of understanding mathematical scale and energy history for understanding climate change.
Participants will explore the Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, a detailed, peer-reviewed digital text that unpacks climate fundamentals and addresses the social, political, and scientific challenges of teaching a polarized topic. The guide was authored by PRI's Climate Team, who will host the workshop.
We will highlight classroom-tested activities and resources, such as building a wind-powered elevator to illustrate energy conversion, exploring regional energy history, and using thermometry and water to model thermal expansion in the context of sea-level rise. We will both engage in short activities from across the disciplines that can be directly applied in the classroom and discuss management of climate emotions.
The workshop also highlights video resources — including PRI’s In the Greenhouse series — and guidance on teaching about the IPCC’s reports, making complex science accessible. Participants leave with tools and strategies that will equip them to deliver engaging, standards-aligned lessons grounded in current climate science and mitigation strategies.
Instructors - PRI’s Climate Team:
Dr. Don Haas, Director of Teacher Programming, PRI
Dr. Alex Moore, Senior Education Associate, PRI
Dr. Rob Ross, Associate Director for Outreach, PRI
Dr. Ingrid Zabel, Climate Change Education Manager, PRI
PRI Provides Professional Development for Departments, Districts, and BOCES
The Center for Climate Change Education at the Paleontological Research Institution can provide professional development programming at scales from an hour-long workshop to a long term collaboration to build professional learning communities in science or across the curriculum. Contact PRI's Director of Teacher Programming, Don Haas at haas@priweb.org if you would like to learn more about our programming.