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Discover new ways to help elementary students engage with and understand the world around them by incorporating climate-informed learning into the classroom. This book features foundational climate concepts, easily implementable activity plans, and inspiring examples of student engagement.
List of contents
1. Do Little Kids Really Need to Be Thinking About Climate Change? 2. Interconnectedness. 3. The Carbon Cycle: Exploring Systems Through Story. 4. Getting To Know Trees and Forest Systems. 5. The Ocean As A Global System. 6. Cities: Human and Natural Systems Working Together. 7. The Food We Eat And The Food We Waste. 8. (Sustainable) Energy. 9. When Harm Comes to Our Communities: Teaching and Learning in the Presence of Natural and Human Disasters. 10. Toward a Pedagogy of Hope-Filled Action
About the author
Stephanie Sisk-Hilton is a Professor of Elementary Education at San Francisco State University. Her research focuses on how children and teachers co-create science understanding and how issues of agency and belonging interact with learning. She has taught elementary and middle school in Prince George’s County, MD, Atlanta, GA, Brooklyn, NY, and Oakland and Berkeley, CA. She also facilitated a backyard summer science camp for neighborhood children for ten years. She works extensively as a teacher professional developer, supporting elementary educators to develop ambitious, joyful, and hope-filled science learning experiences.
Summary
Discover new ways to help elementary students engage with and understand the world around them by incorporating climate-informed learning into the classroom. This book features foundational climate concepts, easily implementable activity plans, and inspiring examples of student engagement.
