NSTA Climate Change Symposium

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1 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts 8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcme, Intrductins, Gals fr the Sympsium Al Byers, Assistant Executive Directr, Gvernment Partnerships and e-learning, NSTA Paul Tingler, Sympsia and Web Seminars Directr, NSTA Abut NSTA Sympsia Agenda/Gals/Frms/Lgistics/Intrductins Victria Arthur Cnservatin Educatin Specialist, U.S. Frest Service Dr. Karen Flammer - Senir Science Advisr, Sally Ride Science Leesa Hubbard - Teacher, Wilsn Cunty, Tennessee - Sally Ride Science Dr. Steve McNulty - Research Eclgist and Team Leader f the US Frest Service Suthern Glbal Change Prgram - U.S. Frest Service Dr. Debrah M. Finch Research Wildlife Bilgist, U.S. Frest Service, Rcky Muntain Research Statin 8:46-8:56 a.m. Sympsium Overview Vicki Arthur, USFS 8:57-9:17 a.m. Activity 1: Carbn Surces and Sinks Dr. Karen Flammer, Sally Ride Science Leesa Hubbard, Sally Ride Science Learning Outcmes: Participants will identify carbn surces and sinks. Participants will describe the difference between anthrpgenic and natural carbn prcesses. Participants will explain the carbn cycle and hw it changes. 9:18 10:05 a.m. Climate Change Impacts n Frest Ecsystems and What This Means t Yu Dr. Steve McNulty, U. S. Frest Service Learning Outcmes: After participating in the presentatin, Participants will explain the results f climate change n ecsystems. Participants will identify tw impacts f climate change n frests. Participants will identify three ecsystem services that frests prvide. 1

2 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA 10:06 10:46 a.m. Activity Tw: Carbn, Oxygen, Water, and Shade: Putting a Price n the Benefits f Yur Schl-Yard Trees Victria Arthur Learning Outcmes: Participants will learn hw t measure tree diameter and identify trees. Participants will learn hw t enter tree data int the tree benefits calculatr. Participants will be able t explain fur examples f ecsystem services prvided by trees. 10:47-10:57 a.m. Break 10:58-11:38a.m. Climate Change Impacts n Wildlife and What This Means t Yu Dr. Debrah Finch Learning Outcmes: Participants will explain three examples f climate change impacts n wildlife. Participants will identify three reasns humans are reliant n bidiversity and healthy wildlife habitats. 11:39-12:09 a.m. Activity Three: Seasn Creep Dr. Karen Flammer, Sally Ride Science Leesa Hubbard, Sally Ride Science Learning Outcmes: Participants will identify envirnmental cues such as temperature and sunlight that cntrl many plant and animal activities. Participants will recgnize that winters are getting shrter, spring is cming earlier, and fall is starting later in many places as the Earth s climate warms. 12:10 12:25 Overview f Climate Change Educatinal Resurces Dr. Karen Flammer, Leesa Hubbard and Vicki Arthur Learning Outcmes: Participants will identify several climate change educatin resurces that they will use in their classrms. 2

3 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA 12:25 12:40 Bringing it Back t the Classrm Educatr s Dr. Karen Flammer, Vicki Arthur Discussin Learning Outcmes: Participants will have shared ideas abut hw they will use identified climate change educatin resurces in their classrms. 12:40-1:00 p.m. Final Wrds Pst-assessment frm Evaluatin frm/survey/credit Inf Drawing f dr prizes 3

4 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA Natinal Science Educatin Standards Addressed: Cntent Standards, 5-8 Cntent Standard A: Abilities Necessary t d Scientific Inquiry Develp descriptins, explanatins, predictins and mdels using evidence. Understanding abut Scientific Inquiry Different kinds f questins suggest different kinds f scientific investigatins. Sme investigatins invlve bserving and describing bjects, rganisms, r events; sme invlve cllecting specimens; sme invlve experiments; sme invlve seeking mre infrmatin; sme invlve discvery f new bjects and phenmena; and sme invlve making mdels. Scientific explanatins emphasize evidence, have lgically cnsistent arguments, and use scientific principles, mdels, and theries. The scientific cmmunity accepts and uses such explanatins until displaced by better scientific nes. When such displacement ccurs, science advances. Cntent Standard C: Life Science As a result f their activities in grades 5-8, all students shuld develp an understanding f Ppulatins and Ecsystems The number f rganisms an ecsystem can supprt depends n the resurces available and abitic factrs, such as quantity f light and water, range f temperatures, and sil cmpsitin. Given adequate bitic and abitic resurces and n disease r predatrs, ppulatins (including humans) increase at rapid rates. Lack f resurces and ther factrs, such as predatin and climate, limit the grwth f ppulatins in specific niches in the ecsystem. 4

5 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA Cntent Standard D: Earth and Space Science As a result f their activities in grades 5-8, all students shuld develp understanding f Structure f the Earth System Living rganisms have played many rles in the earth system, including affecting the cmpsitin f the atmsphere, prducing sme types f rcks, and cntributing t the weathering f rcks. Glbal patterns f atmspheric mvement influence lcal weather. Oceans have a majr effect n climate, because water in the ceans hlds a large amunt f heat. Earth s Histry The earth prcesses we see tday, including ersin, mvement f lithspheric plates, and changes in atmspheric cmpsitin, are similar t thse that ccurred in the past. Earth histry is als influenced by ccasinal catastrphes, such as the impact f an asterid r cmet. Cntent Standard F: Science in Persnal and Scial Perspectives As a result f their activities in grades 5-8, all students shuld develp understanding f Natural Hazards Human activities als can induce hazards thrugh resurce acquisitin, urban grwth, land-use decisins, and waste dispsal. Such activities can accelerate many natural changes. Risks and Benefits Individuals can use a systematic apprach t thinking critically abut risks and benefits. Examples include applying prbability estimates t risks and cmparing them t estimated persnal and scial benefits. Imprtant persnal and scial decisins are made based n perceptins f benefits and risks. Cntent Standard G: Histry and Nature f Science As a result f their activities in grades 5-8, all students shuld develp understanding f Science as a Human Endeavr Wmen and men f varius scial and ethnic backgrunds--and with diverse interests, talents, qualities, and mtivatins--engage in the activities f science, engineering, and related fields such as the health prfessins. Sme scientists wrk in teams, and sme wrk alne, but all cmmunicate extensively with thers. 5

6 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA Cntent Standards, 9-12 Cntent Standard A: Abilities Necessary t d Scientific Inquiry As a result f their activities in grades 9-12, all students shuld develp understanding f Understanding Abut Scientific Inquiry Human Scientists usually inquire abut hw physical, living, r designed systems functin. Cnceptual principles and knwledge guide scientific inquiries. Histrical and current scientific knwledge influence the design and interpretatin f investigatins and the evaluatin f prpsed explanatins made by ther scientists. Cntent Standard C: Life Science As a result f their activities in grades 9-12, all students shuld develp understanding f The Interdependence f Organisms Human beings live within the wrld s ecsystems. Increasingly, humans mdify ecsystems as a result f ppulatin grwth, technlgy, and cnsumptin. Human destructin f habitats thrugh direct harvesting, pllutin, atmspheric changes, and ther factrs is threatening current glbal stability, and if nt addressed, ecsystems will be irreversibly affected. Matter, Energy, and Organizatin in Living Systems The distributin and abundance f rganisms and ppulatins in ecsystems are limited by the availability f matter and energy and the ability f the ecsystem t recycle materials. Cntent Standard D: Earth and Space As a result f their activities in grades 9-12, all students shuld develp understanding f Gechemical Cycles The earth is a system cntaining essentially a fixed amunt f each stable chemical atm r element. Each element can exist in several different chemical reservirs. Each element n earth mves amng reservirs in the slid earth, ceans, atmsphere, and rganisms as part f gechemical cycles. Mvement f matter between reservirs is driven by the earth's internal and external surces f energy. These mvements are ften accmpanied by a change in the physical and chemical prperties f the matter. Carbn, fr example, ccurs in carbnate rcks such as limestne, in the atmsphere as carbn dixide gas, in water as disslved carbn dixide, and in all rganisms as cmplex mlecules that cntrl the chemistry f life 6

7 NSTA Climate Change Sympsium Climate Change Here and Nw: Frest Ecsystem Impacts NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, Philadelphia, PA Cntent Standard F: Science in Persnal and Scial Perspectives As a result f their activities in grades 9-12, all students shuld develp understanding f Natural Resurces Humans use many natural systems as resurces. Natural systems have the capacity t reuse waste, but that capacity is limited. Natural systems can change t an extent that exceeds the limits f rganisms t adapt naturally r humans t adapt technlgically. Envirnmental Quality Natural ecsystems prvide an array f basic prcesses that affect humans. Thse prcesses include maintenance f the quality f the atmsphere, generatin f sils, cntrl f the hydrlgic cycle, dispsal f wastes, and recycling f nutrients. Humans are changing many f these basic prcesses, and the changes may be detrimental t humans. Materials frm human scieties affect bth physical and chemical cycles f the earth. Natural an Human-Induced Hazards Natural and human-induced hazards present the need fr humans t assess ptential danger and risk. Many changes in the envirnment designed by humans bring benefits t sciety, as well as cause risks. Students shuld understand the csts and trade-ffs f varius hazards ranging frm thse with minr risk t a few peple t majr catastrphes with majr risk t many peple. The scale f events and the accuracy with which scientists and engineers can (and cannt) predict events are imprtant cnsideratins. Science And Technlgy In Lcal, Natinal, And Glbal Challenges Humans have a majr effect n ther species. Fr example, the influence f humans n ther rganisms ccurs thrugh land use which decreases space available t ther species and pllutin which changes the chemical cmpsitin f air, sil, and water. 7