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Explore with Students the Connections between a Changing Land Cover and Climate
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This Web Seminar took place on December 14, 2011 from 8:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Eastern
Time. Presenting was Steve Albers and
Frank Niepold from NOAA and Jessica Mackaro
from the GLOBE Program. The presenters talked about changes in the terrestrial landscape
that can be attributed to climate change and how teachers and their classes can
become part of a group that monitors local conditions.
The PowerPoint and related resources from the NSTA Learning Center are now contained
in the above resource collection. Clicking on the collection link will place it
in your Learning Center, My Library, neatly organized under the My Resource
Collections tab.
This program informed participants about The Global Learning and Observations
to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program and shared how educators can engage students
in helping to monitor changes in their local environments. Steve Albers, Frank Niepold,
and Jessica Mackaro discussed transformations in global land cover and land use
and explained the causes of these changes. The presenters also talked about how
land cover relates to the global carbon cycle. Participants submitted a wide range
of questions and contributed to a thoughtful discussion of teacher resources on
the chat.
Thirty-one (31) participants were present at the live Web Seminar in addition to the presenter and NSTA staff. Participating educators represented the states of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Two participants attended the Web Seminar from countries outside the United States: Germany and Puerto Rico.
Seminar participants received one of the NSTA SciGuides. A certificate
of attendance was deposited into participants' My PD Record and Certificates
area in the NSTA Learning Center for completing the evaluation form at the end of
the program.
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- “We are conducting student research projects related to the topic.”
- “I teach weather and atmosphere unit, so having my students actually being climatologists and collecting data will be awesome.”
- “Some good information on climate change causes which is what I was looking for.”
- “Great opportunity for citizen science for students to connect to the critical issue of climate change. Great scenario info tonight as well.”
Thanks to the participants and the presenter for the learning opportunity, the interactions,
and a job well done!
To see more programs on Climate Change visit:
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/
symposia_seminars/fall09/NOAA/webseminar.aspx
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Sponsored by NOAA
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