[WSCSS] Climate Change Professional Development

[Cecilia Lund]

Greetings Educators, 

 

Less than a month to sign up for this wonderful workshop! Get your
registration in now!!!!

 

Climate Change: Global Connections and Sustainable Solutions

Saturday, February 7th, 2009, 9:30-3 (FREE lunch and clock-hours provided!)

Everett Transit Center http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=307 , Room
212

Registration: Early Bird before January 1st 2009: Deadline Passed 

Late Registration after January 1st:  Cost $45

 

This 5 clock-hour workshop is designed for 6-10th grade educators (but
others are welcome) who are interested in building science, social studies,
math, and governance lessons about climate change into their classrooms. 

 

This workshop will teach you ways to engage students in understanding
climate change from multiple perspectives and empower them to create their
own solutions. This session will provide hands-on, interactive lessons for
teachers to take part in and learn the science teaching skills and content
knowledge necessary to teach about climate change and its interconnections
to the environment, society, and the economy.

 

All workshop participants will receive a CD that includes middle and high
school units on climate change. Clock hours are available at no extra cost
for those attending the workshop. Facing the Future offers OSPI "Continuing
Education Clock Hour Credit/In-service Registration" forms the day of the
workshop for free.

 


Workshop participants will learn:

*	Understand the science behind the greenhouse effect and changing
temperatures
*	Learn about the carbon cycle and carbon footprints
*	Understand effects of climate change on societies in different
locations 
*	Describe market-based solutions to climate change
*	Debate climate change policy from multiple viewpoints 
*	Assess their carbon footprint
*	Develop personal solutions to climate change
*	Receive free climate change curriculum
*	Take part in lessons that meet the National Science Education
Standards and National Council for the Social Studies Standards

 

For more information check out our website at:

http://www.snohomish.wsu.edu/4h/workshops/climate0209.htm

 

For registration information contact:

Karie Christensen, Workshop Registrar 
425-357-5500
klchristen at cahnrs.wsu.edu

 

Gabrielle Roesch 

4-H Program Coordinator

Natural Resources/Forestry

600 128th St. SE

Everett, WA 98208

(425) 357-6011

gabrielle90 at wsu.edu

 

"I regard it as the foremost task of education to ensure survival of these
qualities: an enterprising curiosity; an undefeatable spirit; tenacity in
pursuit; readiness for sensible self-denial; and above all compassion." Kurt
Hahn

 

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