TEACHING URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE: SYSTEMS, SCIENCE & STEWARDSHIP

9 Credit MICRO-CREDENTIAL

Course 1. Foundations: Climate as a System/The Urban Climate System

Course 2. In the Field: Hands-on Climate Research

Course 3. Putting It Into Practice: Climate in the Classroom

Climate Change, Systems Thinking and Sustainability content, pedagogy, and a range of vetted tools, lessons and units already in use across NYC schools. Coursework shall be application and practice-based, leveraging current events through the Ecology Disrupted curriculum to prepare teachers to create resources and materials to teach about Climate Change.

• Science Content – Systems and resilience focused course work; engaging w/scientists in the field, grade appropriate datasets, examining down and upstream networks of causes and effects.
• Teaching Resources and Tools – Participants will engage directly with tool and curriculum developers.
• Vetted Teaching Connections –Student work, PBL strategies, examples from classrooms.
• In-person Fieldwork – Teachers and students will step into field research across the five boroughs, through the lens of local NYC nonprofit partners involved in climate science and education.

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Modality: In-Person
Apply by: 11/27/23
Contact: Yadana Desmond at yadana@stemteachersnyc.org