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How Do Ice Cores Allow Researchers to Look at Global Climate Change?
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In this video, a PhD Student from the University of Maine explains how ice cores are used to study global climate change.

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Archaeology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Social Science
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:
Anya Rose
Bess Koffman
Karl Kreutz
Ron Lisnet
University of Maine
Date Added:
09/24/2018
Unit 1: Introduction to Systems Thinking â What is a System?
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This unit introduces systems and systems thinking. The unit is easily adaptable to any course and includes an introduction of terminology, motivation for using systems thinking, and practice reading, as well as interpreting and evaluating systems diagrams. Note that an Internet connection and speakers are required to play the audio file in Part 3.

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Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
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Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
09/08/2022
Unit 2: Picturing Complexity
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This unit includes an opportunity for students to move from definitions into reading and creating a diagram of a complex system relevant to their course, and then to exploring the connections between the components in the system. An exercise is provided to help students identify complex systems and their component parts from the world around them. Students will draw and revise a systems diagram, including identifying measurable quantities in the system, and participate in a gallery walk. The unit ends with students constructing a system diagram from photographs they take, and reflecting on their process. Note that to carry out the activities described in this unit, groups of students will need large sheets of paper and markers, or whiteboard/chalkboard space, to create a diagram.

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Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
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Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
03/25/2022
Unit 3: Modeling a System
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This unit introduces systems modeling, which allows students to quantify and manipulate system components to create system responses. Students use a simple systems model of a bathtub to explore the effect of flow rates on system equilibrium. To complete the unit, students will need a method for creating and sharing diagrams (whiteboards, posters, etc.), and will ideally have access to free systems modeling software.

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Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Physical Science
Statistics and Probability
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Activity/Lab
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Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
08/24/2020
Unit 4: Feedbacks in a System
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Feedbacks are a critical part of many systems. In this unit, students use a systems model to explore the effect of positive (reinforcing) and negative (balancing) feedbacks on system behavior. Model results are then used as a basis for interpreting Arctic sea ice data. To complete the unit, students will ideally have access to free systems modeling software.

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Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Physical Science
Statistics and Probability
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Activity/Lab
Module
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
08/24/2020
Unit 5: Analyzing Complexity
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This unit has students build on a system diagram, to include new knowledge about quantitative values and relationships. They will also write about and discuss what they know about their systems, the questions that still remain, and how to find answers to their questions.

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Mathematics
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Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
03/25/2022
Unit 6: Systems Thinking Synthesis
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This in-class exercise is an alternative to standard review sessions and models the systems thinking students need to do when working on complex, interdisciplinary issues. Students quiz each other on course material and then find authentic (and often creative) connections between seemingly disparate topics in the course. This approach challenges students to use holistic thinking when reviewing, and can be readily customized for any course.

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Subject:
Biology
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Communication
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Module
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Karl Kreutz
Lisa Gilbert
deborah gross
Date Added:
09/08/2022