NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Symposium: Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate

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1 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate 1:30-1:55 p.m. Welcme, Intrductins, Gals fr the Sympsium Flavi Mendez, Senir Directr, NSTA Learning Center Paul Tingler, Sympsia and Web Seminars Directr, NSTA Abut NSTA Sympsia Agenda/Gals/Frms/Lgistics/Intrductins Frank Niepld - Climate Educatin Crdinatr, NOAA 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. Pieter Tans - Senir Scientist at the Earth System Research Labratry - NOAA Dr. Heidi Cullen - Senir Research Scientist - Climate Central 1:55-2:05 p.m. Overview Presentatin: Hw D We Create a Climate Literate Sciety? Frank Niepld, NOAA Learning Outcmes: After participating in the presentatin, Participants will identify at least ne cmpnent f a climate literate persn. Participants will name at least ne reasn climate literacy is imprtant. Participants will describe at least tw cnnectins fr climate literacy in their classrms. 2:05-2:40 p.m. Carbn Dixide and Climate Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA Learning Outcmes: After participating in the presentatin, Participants will explain the greenhuse effect and why it matters. Participants will explain hw we knw that carbn dixide levels are higher nw than in the past. Participants will identify the cause fr the increased carbn dixide levels. Participants will name tw effects f increased carbn dixide levels. Participants will list tw ways their actins can help t mitigate increasing levels f carbn dixide. 1

2 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA 2:40-3:30 p.m. Activity 1: Carbn Surces and Sinks Dr. Karen Flammer, Sally Ride Science Leesa Hubbard, Sally Ride Science Dr. Heidi Cullen, Climate Central Learning Outcmes: After participating in the activity, 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. 3:30-3:45 p.m. Break 3:45-4:20 p.m. Teaching Climate Change t Children: Lessns frm the Frest 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 describe a psitive and a negative impact f climate change. 4:20-5:10 p.m. Activity Tw: What d Tress Have t d With Climate Change? Dr. Karen Flammer, Sally Ride Science Leesa Hubbard, Sally Ride Science Vicki Arthur, U.S. Frest Service Learning Outcmes: After participating in the activity, Participants will be able t list 3 facts abut the imprtance f frests in the climate change issue. Participants will understand hw a tree captures and stres carbn. Participants will be able t give at least ne thing they can d individually t help cntrl climate change. 2

3 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA 5:10-5:25 p.m. What Can We D? Dr. Heidi Cullen, Climate Central Learning Outcmes: After participating in the activity, Participants will list tw ways their actins can help t mitigate increasing levels f carbn dixide. Participants will identify tw ways plicy makers are helping t mitigate the effects f climate change. 5:25-6:00 p.m. Final Wrds Pst-assessment frm Evaluatin frm/survey/credit Inf NSTA Web Seminars Drawing f dr prizes 3

4 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA 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. 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. 4

5 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA 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 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA Natinal Science Educatin Standards Addressed: 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 NOAA, SRS, and USFS/NSTA Sympsium: Earth Then, Earth Nw: Our Changing Climate NSTA Natinal Cnference n Science Educatin, New Orleans, LA 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