FREE Climate Change Curriculum & Cameras Available to Document Climate Change Solutions

Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org) is pleased to announce the release of Climate Change: Connections and Solutions. These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for high school, encourage students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.

Through a generous grant from Hewlett-Packard Company, Facing the Future also invites you to apply for a Climate Change Camera Grant. You have the opportunity to collaborate with other educators and give your students the opportunity to document climate change in their communities and positive actions that they are taking to make a difference. You could receive a classroom set of HP Photosmart Digital Cameras to use in conjunction with Facing the Future’s Climate Change: Connections and Solutions units. Beginning now through March 7th, Facing the Future will be accepting applications from U.S. educators to receive one of 30 classroom sets of 5 HP Photosmart R847Digital Cameras. Please visit our website to learn more and apply.

Climate Change: Connections and Solutions are interdisciplinary curriculum units. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The units include:

• 9 hands-on activities • 5 student readings • Overview of daily activities • Homework assignments • Reproducible handouts • Assessments

Educators and students throughout the U.S. reviewed and tested the lessons and experts from the University of Washington, the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the World Wildlife Fund reviewed the student readings. Thanks to generous funding from Hewlett-Packard Company, this curriculum valued at $24.95 is available for FREE. Click here to download your copy.

“You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to use, active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way that builds a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate change.”

- High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE

“I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at every website and discuss everything they were learning….What a thrill to see kids excited about learning.” - Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL

The first week of each 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types.

The second week widens and deepens students’ comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change.

Facing the Future staff is available to come to your school or district to provide a workshop on this resource or other global sustainability curriculum. Click here for more information. For questions or comments, contact Kim Rakow Bernier at kim@facingthefuture.org or (206) 264-1503.

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