Climate Change Education Across Disciplines K–12

Lauren Madden

doi:10.5771/9781538193334

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-9331-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-9333-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 330
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Where Does New Jersey Fit in the Bigger Picture? No access
2. About This Book No access
3. Notes No access
1. Air: Change Rooted in the Sky No access
2. Water: Too Much and Too Little No access
3. Land: Small but Mighty No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Survey No access
2. Survey Respondents No access
3. Preparedness to Integrate Climate Change Education into the Curriculum No access
4. Current Integration of Climate Change into Instruction No access
5. Professional Learning No access
6. Instructional Resources No access
7. Similarities to Prior Studies No access
8. Understanding Similarities and Differences No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Future Work No access
11. Notes No access
1. Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Early Childhood No access
2. 1. Books No access
3. 1. 1. Our Solar System No access
    2. Mr. John & the Polar Bear No access
  2. 1. Melting Ice Cube Race No access
    2. Throughout the Week No access
4. Families at Home No access
5. Closing Thoughts No access
6. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
1. Climate Change Education No access
2. Bicycle Model: A Metaphor for Climate Change Education No access
3. 1. High School Vignette: Climate Change Project No access
  2. Middle-School Vignette: Human Impact Project No access
4. 1. High School Vignette: Climate Change Project No access
  2. Middle School Vignette: Human Impact Project No access
5. 1. High School Vignette: Climate Change Project No access
  2. Middle School Vignette: Human Impact Project No access
6. A Call to Action No access
7. Notes No access
1. Climate Change as a Way to Engage No access
2. Using NGSS Standards to Bring Climate Change Lessons into Middle School Classrooms No access
3. Notes No access
1. New Standards: Now What? No access
2. Top-Down Leadership No access
3. School to Home No access
4. Social-Emotional Learning No access
5. Forward-Thinking No access
6. A Patient Mindset No access
7. Collaborative Teaching as a Resource No access
8. Makerspaces No access
9. Special Spaces No access
10. Civic Responsibility & Service-Learning No access
11. Community Partnerships and Recognition No access
12. Family Engagement No access
13. Summary No access
14. Notes No access
1. Data Across Disciplines No access
2. 1. STEM Elementary School Opportunities with Paper No access
  2. Disciplinary Explorations in Middle–High School Combining Paper & Online No access
  3. Middle and High School Educators Cross-Curricular Connections Using Paper No access
3. Recommendations for Leveraging Data Visualizations and Climate No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Glossary No access
6. Notes No access
1. Goals of Science Education: Scientific Literacy No access
2. Goals of Social Studies Education: Social Studies Literacy No access
3. Standards Related to Climate Change in NGSS and NJSLS-S No access
4. Standards Related to Climate Change Education in NCSS, C3, and NJSLS-SS No access
5. Socioscientific Issues Framework: Theory and Practice No access
6. 1. Suggested grade level(s): 8th No access
7. 1. ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems No access
  2. ESS3.D: Global Climate Change No access
  3. MS-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics No access
  4. Civics, Government, and Human Rights: Participation and Deliberation No access
  5. 1. Adaptations for Younger Students No access
    2. Adaptations for Older Students No access
8. Best Practices Summary No access
9. Closing No access
10. Notes No access
1. Art and Art Education in a Changing Climate No access
2. Ways of Teaching Climate and Environmental Education Through Art No access
3. General Recommendations for Introducing Climate Change in Art No access
4. 1. Environmental Collage No access
  2. Endangered Species Art No access
  3. Climate Hero Portrait No access
  4. New Jersey: Protect What You Love No access
  5. Art X Climate No access
5. Discussion and Student Reflections No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. 1. Information Literacy and Climate Change No access
  2. School Librarians: A Different Type of Educator No access
  3. Professional Training, Library Patrons, Space, and Programming No access
2. 1. School Library Climate Change Friendly Collections No access
3. 1. Schoolwide Activities and Competitions and Academic Research No access
  2. Climate Change Council No access
4. Recommended Websites and Internet Resources No access
5. New Publications No access
6. Makerspaces No access
7. Climate Change, Upcycling, and Art No access
8. In the Absence of a School Library . . . No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. Using Problem-Based Learning and Design Thinking to Solve Environmental Problems and Climate Change No access
2. Connecting Climate Change with PBL and Design Thinking No access
3. Helping K–12 students Embrace the Design Process to Develop Potential Solutions to Climate Issues No access
4. 1. Planning Stage No access
  2. Implementation Stage No access
  3. Debriefing Stage No access
  4. Enhancing the PBL Environment No access
  5. Improving Outcomes and Engagement No access
  6. Key Considerations No access
  7. Continuous Improvement No access
5. Supporting and Training Teachers and Informal Educators to Create and Implement Climate Change PBLs No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Overview of the Climate Crisis’s Impact on Youth Mental Health No access
2. But I’m Not a Counselor! No access
3. Strategies for the Person-As-Educator No access
4. 1. Community Groups/Circles No access
  2. Nature No access
  3. Rest No access
5. 1. Resilience No access
6. Dealing With Strong Student Emotions in the Classroom No access
7. 1. Climate Feelings Check-In No access
  2. Readings/Guest Lectures No access
  3. Collective Action No access
  4. Mindfulness No access
8. Vignette No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. Conceptualizing EcoJustice Education No access
2. 1. Building Connections No access
  2. Prayer to Mother Earth18 No access
  3. Reflection from Participants on EcoJustice Professional Development No access
3. 1. Alex No access
  2. Emma No access
4. Lessons Learned about Nurturing and Implementing EcoJustice Education No access
5. Conclusions No access
6. NotesNotes No access
1. Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Resources No access
2. Accurate and Standards-Based Resources No access
3. Resources for Student-Centered Learning and Action-Oriented Environments No access
4. Vignette 1: Climate Project No access
5. Vignette 2: Sea-Level Rise No access
6. Vignette 3: Changing Bee Population No access
7. Vignette 4: Water, A Precious Resource No access
8. 1. Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Resources No access
  2. Accurate and Standards-based Resources No access
  3. Resources for Student-Centered Learning and Action-Oriented Environments No access
9. Notes No access
1. Growing on your Property and Community Gardens No access
2. Farmers’ Markets No access
3. Composting No access
4. Living Wall No access
5. Watershed No access
6. Framework for Moving Forward No access
7. Notes No access
1. The Nonformal Tradition No access
2. Climate Programs at The Watershed Institute No access
3. Climate Change Education in Scouting No access
4. Collaborations to Enhance Classroom Learning at New Jersey Audubon No access
5. Helping Everyone Contribute to Climate Change Solutions through Informal Learning No access
6. Notes No access
1. Our Climate Journey: A Mother-Daughter Perspective No access
2. Developing Pro-Environmental Behaviors No access
3. Fostering a Climate-Positive Family Attitude No access
4. Eco-Anxiety No access
5. Translating Passion to Advocacy No access
6. Lessons Learned from Our Eco-Relationship No access
7. Bios No access
8. Further Reading No access
1. Core Components of Teacher Professional Learning in the Literature No access
2. 1. 1. Coherent, Collaboratively Developed Goals No access
    2. Alignment with Standards-Based Content and Practice No access
    3. Administrative Support and Commitment No access
  2. 1. Student-Centered No access
    2. Place-Based and Locally Focused No access
    3. Logistically Feasible No access
  3. 1. PRISM Center Professional Development No access
    2. Endeavor STEM Teaching Certificate Project Online Graduate Course No access
    3. MADE CLEAR Climate Academies No access
    4. Climate on My Campus: Using Field-Based Data in the Classroom No access
  4. Forward Thinking: Designing Effective PL for Climate Change No access
3. Notes No access
4. References No access
1. Notes No access
2. Bibliography No access
1. 1. What Are ECCLPS Initiatives? No access
2. One California Educator’s Journey No access
3. 1. Take-aways Readers Can Use in Their Own States and Contexts No access
4. Maine No access
5. Notes No access
1. Acknowledgments No access
2. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 303 - 318
Contributor Biographical Sketches No access Pages 319 - 330