Online Climate Education Resources

[bellv]

I have been teaching an online climate change class this past school year. Because I did not see the students in a traditional class everything had to happen online. There were no hands on labs. What I did use were interactive virtual labs. One of my favorites is from the Smithsonian. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/ide ... /index.htm
This is a lab where students study fossil leaves to determine past climate. It required some reading, math and manipulating virtual leaves. It is a good example of natural climate change.

[lmoin]

That's a very good resource Valerie, thanks!

[SusanB]

Hi Valerie,
Thanks for this. I have been thinking about how to do online work also, since we are developing our online course for Fall. Click here if you would like to get an application in May
http://cires.colorado.edu/education/out ... /index.php .

I have been thinking that a good outcome is to have students know how to meet English Language Arts standards of using textual evidence for argumentation, etc. I understand from Kim Lightle of the Middle School Pathways that this is a growing interest of high school educators given the Next Generation Science Standards. What do others think? Is this of interest? Valerie, did your students work on argumentation and using evidence to support claims?