Emphasis on local and regional control and solutions for social, economic, environmental sustainability

Population is increasing at a slow rate (10.4 billion by 2100) Steady economic development but

decrease in technological change

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Gradual technology change (instead of rapid); more diverse technology than A1 and B1

Emphasis on local rather than global solutions

Global emission levels are not extremely high or low

Society likes to keep local or regional control whenever possible

Steady economic development in spite of economic low

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Fast population growth Demand for more and better technologies keeps the technology race going Current lifestyles and habits of

individuals and companies does not support sustainability at any level

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Cause-Human population continues to gradually increase at a steady rate over time

Effect- A continual yet gradual increase in atmospheric gas emissions from human travel and increase in industry

Effect- Due to the greenhouse effect, a continual, gradual increase in the temperature on the planet, leading to global climate warming

Effect-Higher temperatures overall, causes an increase in melting ice caps

This generates a positive feedback of:›  less solar light being reflected›  atmosphere and oceans holding in more

heat ›  generating warmer climate changes

overall.

The patterns and behaviors of animals and plants would change including:› Migrating› Mating › Hatching › Trees blooming › Changes in ocean life, such as death of corals

It is uncertain exactly what may happen at what rate

This would depend on if our scenario continued to keep a steady pace of resource usage and growth over time

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CHANGE: Have to be a switch to local and regional control of sustainability projects. ISSUE: A lack of funding causes the society to look to global control of

sustainability issues. ISSUE: Where would the funding come from to

reach this goal? ISSUE: Not all cities are created equal. Example: low economic vs. high economic levels

CHANGE: The rate of technology advancements would need to slow down

ISSUE: Currently, constant new advances in all areas of technology make it difficult to keep with in most parts of our country

ISSUE: Flipside to this coin, some cities have yet to catch up to the current technology level.

Thought to ponder: When is the goal considered to be reached if different parts of the world may be reaching their “goals” at different times?

The Engineering Design Process may be utilized in the teaching experience. Students can design a model to test the effects of population growth on temperature or animal behavior

Having students work in teams and analyzing different aspects of the scenario will foster critical thinking and integrate:› science (the problem)› math (the rise in temperature caused by population› technology (blog or collaborate online to communicate

results)› engineering (model design for population growth effect)

We can take the idea of human population growth and give students the cause

They would be responsible for brainstorming, researching and designing a test to determine the possible effects for overpopulation

Collaboration and communication would be essential

Students would be a committee panel that would determine effects and solutions

If students came to some of the same solutions (local and regional control, sustainability, and decrease in technological advances...) then they would be able to understand the scenario a little better.

Students would also be responsible for communicating their results to the public

 STEM methodology can also be incorporated by the many resources that we will include

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Prezi: a communication tool that is an interactive presentation tool› Students can add pictures, videos and music

in a fun, non-linear way Glogster: poster interactive presentation

tool that can be manipulated Blogging: an open ended means of

communicating and building concepts and ideas› Teacher may begin the blog › Students respond and add their thoughts

Goal 1: Make the students aware of the impacts of environmental change and give them ownership of the information

Steps to achieve this goal?› Utilize the array of data available

from NASA, including interactive charts and videos

› Guest speakers from local and national levels

› Allow students to shadow local jobs that impact the environment

› District level/county level Global climate fair

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Goal 2: Make the community aware of the impacts of environmental change and how they can also take ownership and make a difference

 Steps to achieve this goal? Get the community involved by

hosting an awareness event that could also include:

Guest speakers Video clips Booths on different issues Flyers on simple ways, even in low

social economic and technological areas, that can help

Students could put together a play or a set up a mock debate.

TOPIC: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

Website: http://www.whrc.org/resources/primer_greenhouse.html

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TOPIC: Causes Behind Global Changes › Includes various  aerosols, importance of carbon and

the role it plays, interactive learning, maps and calculating your carbon footprint activity.

› Most of these links have other links that are incredibly useful as well

WEBSITES: › http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Aerosols/ › http://www.npr.org/news/specials/climate/video/   › http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/professionaldevelopment/

030/explore/ › http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

TOPIC: Evidence of global climate change ›  Includes all key indicators, new reports on sea

level rise, permafrost evidence, ice sheet simulation

WEBSITES: › http://climate.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/ › http://www.nature.com/climate/2010/1004/full/

climate.2010.29.html › http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/

interview-hinzman.html › http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/

ipy07.sci.ess.watcyc.icesimulate/  

 

"EnviroTacklebox" includes You & Me & UV, Enviro Rules, Carbon: The Element of Surprise› http://www.lpb.org/education/classroom/itv/

envirotacklebox/index.cfm 

NASA’s Earth observatory websites offer an array of sites such as "Climate Change Uncertainties" and interactive modules like "Earth's Albedo and Global Warming" and the "Climate Time Machine"   › http://climate.nasa.gov/uncertainties/

PBS offers wonderful videos and clips as well ›  www.pbs.org/teacherline  

 

Can we save our planet by making good choices?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pECODIOopaI

LET’S…..