Earth Science, Society, and Sustainability
July 26-28, 2011

 

Presentations  from Ellen, Genvieve, Eugene, and Pat

BAESI Wiki

California Standards

Unit Planning Template
    Sample Unit from Genvieve

Activities

1. Fishing Game (Word doc)
    Tragedy of the Commons video
    Tragedy of the Commons paper in Science (Hardin, 1968).

2. Carbon Travels game (Word doc - the version we did during the workshop).
    Original version from UMASS

3. Gas vs. Electric Cars: Carbon Footprint (from Eugene)


Educating for Sustainability Resources

The Story of Stuff

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

California's Education and the Environment (EEI) initiative

The Jason Project

California Green Cities 

Creative Change Educational Solutions

EPA (home page)
EPA for students and educators

Facing the Future

Green Ninja

Green Education Foundation

Lessonopoly

 

Other resources

 1. Carbon Cycle

Interactive carbon cycle game (from Windows to the Universe)   Directions for interactive game
Global Warming: It's All About Carbon (short videos from NPR)
The Two-Minute Carbon Cycle - short video from NASA about short- and long-term carbon cycling2.  Product Life Cycle Analysi

2. Product Life Cycle Analysis

    The Secret Life of a Cell Phone (video)