ED52A:
Teaching Systems Thinking: Integrating Earth and Global Change Science into Formal and Informal Education Il

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Session ID#: 35413

Session Description:
An important challenge for educators in the 21st Century is to enhance public understanding of the inter-connectedness of Earth system processes, and the causes and consequences of global change to enable informed societal action. However, the foundational Earth systems knowledge necessary to comprehend the various factors and feedbacks that drive global change often falls outside traditional core science curricula, or Earth science is taught as a separate subject. In response to the need for integrated instruction, the Next Generation Science Standards include Earth and Space Science K-12 learning progressions that support the development of systems thinking. Currently, there are no standard methods or templates to support teachers, school districts, or supplemental providers with the implementation of these and other Earth system standards. We invite educators and scientists to share their methods for integrating Earth systems into instruction, and mechanisms for enhancing public understanding of global change processes.
Primary Convener:  Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Joseph Levine, Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States and Aleeza Oshry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Joseph Levine, Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States and Aleeza Oshry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Aleeza Oshry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A 3-D Approach for Teaching and Learning about Surface Water Systems through Computational Thinking, Data Visualization and Physical Models (225643)
Bess Caplan, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, United States, Amanda Morrison, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, John C Moore, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Alan R. Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States
Using the CLEAN educational resource collection for building three-dimensional lessons to teach the climate system (288352)
Anne U Gold, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, United States, Susan M Sullivan, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Dr. Cheryl L B Manning, Ph.D., Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, Washington, United States, Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States, Elizabeth Youngman, Busy Bee Productions, Sun Valley, ID, United States, Jennifer Taylor, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States, Karin Kirk, Freelance Educational Writer, Northfield, MN, United States, Jeff Lockwood, TERC, Durham, ME, United States, Monica Z Bruckner, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, United States and Sean Fox, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
Understanding Global Change: Frameworks and Models for Teaching Systems Thinking (264365)
Jessica Rebecca Bean1, Kristen Mitchell1, Kathleen Zoehfeld1, Aleeza Oshry2, Anthony J Menicucci1, Lisa D White1 and Charles R. Marshall1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States
Understanding Global Change (UGC) as a Unifying Conceptual Framework for Teaching Ecology: Using UGC in a High School Biology Program to Integrate Earth Science and Biology, and to Demonstrate the Value of Modeling Global Systems in Promoting Conceptual Learning (260435)
Joseph Levine, Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States and Jessica Rebecca Bean, Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
From the Field to the Classroom: Developing Scientifically Literate Citizens Using the Understanding Global Change Framework in Education and Citizen Science (247493)
Clarissa Toupin1, Jessica Rebecca Bean2, Katie Gavenus3, Heidi Johnson4 and Steven Toupin1, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)CORaL Network, Seward, United States, (4)Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Homer, AK, United States
Integrating Resources into Curriculum with the Systems Connect Planning Guide (237268)
Aleeza Oshry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jessica Rebecca Bean, Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Increasing Communities Capacity to Effectively Address Climate Change Through Education, Civic Engagement and Workforce Development (Invited) (296998)
Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States, Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States, Carey E Stanton, National Wildlife Federation, Austin, TX, United States, John Fraser, New Knowledge Organization, LLC, New York, United States and Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Mi-STAR Unit Challenges serve as a model for integrating earth science and systems thinking in a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curriculum. (299699)
Emily E Gochis, Stephanie Tubman, Tony Matthys, Gregg Bluth, Douglas Oppliger, Brian Danhoff and Jacqueline E Huntoon, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States

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