Teacher Resources for Climate Change Education with GamesEmme Lee

Graduate Research Assistant, Future Delta 2.0

CALP / SCARP, UBC

What’s out there?

Platform

Games

Visualizations

Website

Videos

Toolkits

Function

Awareness

Education

Understanding

Motivation

Teaching Support

Audience

Students

Youth

Teachers

Public

What’s out there?

Platform

Games

Visualizations

Website

Videos

Toolkits

Function

Awareness

Education

Understanding

Motivation

Teaching Support

Audience

Students

Youth

Teachers

Public

What’s out there?

Platform

Games

Visualizations

Website

Videos

Toolkits

Function

Awareness

Education

Understanding

Motivation

Teaching Support

Audience

Students

Youth

Teachers

Public

What’s out there?

Environment

Climate Change

Sustainability

Climate confusion among US teachers

• Most address global warming, but only 1-2 hours per course

• 30% of those surveyed do not attribute global warming to humans

• Less than 50% have had instruction in climate science themselves

(Eric Plutzer et al., 2016)

Climate change games as tools for education and engagement

• Fun: naturally motivating• Engrossing: immersive, learn by doing,

emotional experiences• Visioning of the future• Winner’s mentality (epic win!)• Evidence for learning• Collaborative learning

(Wu and Lee, 2015)

• Few educational climate change games are place-based

games (easy to relate to your local community)

• Limited instructional resources for teachers on climate

change using games

• Little guidance on how to embed or mainstream climate

change games into curricula and schools/districts

Overview of lit review findings

What do Teacher’s Need?What do teacher’s need? Toolkit Components

About the Toolkit

Overview and understanding of the game Background Information

Resources and information Climate Change Information

Learning objectives and rationale for the game Curriculum Connections

Game support Video Game Instructions

Outline of teachable moments, discussion points,worksheets, assignments, assessment components

Lesson Plans/Lesson Extensions

Ways to build on game learning within the school/community

Place Based Learning Resources

Themed Lessons

Lesson Plan Components

• Curricular Connections

• Lesson Objectives

• Background Resources

• Locating the Lesson in the Game

• Lesson Outline

• Reflection

• Lesson Extensions

• Materials Required

• Key Terms

Questions/Points to Consider

• Structure and components of the teacher’s toolkit

• Is it better to have lesson plans built around the game or have lessons to follow up on the teachable moments?

• How can the toolkit help make the game more accessible and feasible for teachers to use?

• Situating Future Delta within the curriculum