Ep 12: Teaching Alongside a Climate Crisis
09/21/20 • 31 min
In this episode, we find ourselves engulfed in some of the worst weather and air quality that we have seen in the western states. Here is what was on the front page of the LA Times reports two weekends ago in big letters: “California’s Climate Apocalypse — Fires, heat, air pollution: The calamity is no longer in the future — it’s here, now.” Eugene and Matt spend all of this episode digging into the science of our recent experience but also looking for short-term and long-term educational opportunities to use this reality to help students cope and hopefully thrive in this new world.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Video of the race between an induction cooker, electric cooker, and burner gas cooker
In this episode, we find ourselves engulfed in some of the worst weather and air quality that we have seen in the western states. Here is what was on the front page of the LA Times reports two weekends ago in big letters: “California’s Climate Apocalypse — Fires, heat, air pollution: The calamity is no longer in the future — it’s here, now.” Eugene and Matt spend all of this episode digging into the science of our recent experience but also looking for short-term and long-term educational opportunities to use this reality to help students cope and hopefully thrive in this new world.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Video of the race between an induction cooker, electric cooker, and burner gas cooker
Previous Episode
Ep 11: Looking for the Silver Lining in Remote Learning
In this episode, Eugene and Matt try to look past some of the immediate challenges that all teachers are facing for some benefits and new opportunities. What can we learn about education from this experience, what exemplars have we witnessed of success, and what happens when the vaccine comes and things return to ‘normal’? Can we take some of what we’ve learned during this odd year to improve education?
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Ep 13: Updates from the Classroom with a Guest Teacher
In this episode, we’ll hear from Sarah Rahman, a practicing middle school science teacher on how remote learning is going for her. What is working, what is not, and what techniques has she used to engage her students and help them move forward? The discussion with Eugene and Matt offers some interesting insights that we can all use right now.
Resources mentioned by Sarah in this episode:
- Pear Deck - Google Slides add-on for formative assessments and interactive questions
- Zoom's Breakout Rooms - Can be used for collaborative work in student groups
- Flipgrid - Video-sharing tool for quick messages or video discussion with the class
- WeVideo - Video-creation tool that students can collaborate on any project from anywhere
Green Ninja Film Festival 2020 Winners from Sarah's class:
- Best Science Message Award - Turtletastic
- Best Call to Action Award - Wild Water Adventure
- People's Choice Award - The Termination of the Pickle-ation
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