Place-Based Climate Science Education with a Positive Spin

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Title:

Place-Based Climate Science Education with a Positive Spin

Brief description:

Discover how place-based learning can be impactful in climate education. In this webinar, we address common myths surrounding place-based learning and climate change while providing ideas and strategies to bring these topics, with a positive spin, into your classroom tomorrow. Be a part of the initial stages of building a place-based climate science toolkit for Michigan educators to use. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Offer STEM-based climate awareness strategies for teachers to use in the classroom

• Provide examples of hands-on, inquiry-based activities that foster climate science curiosity

• Encourage student advocacy for positive change

Speaker Bio:

Danielle DiFalco is the Head of Education at Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan's Museum of Natural History in Bloomfield Hills. Previous to her work at the Institute, Danielle's graduate program at Michigan Technological University guided her specialization in inquiry science education as a middle school science teacher in the Utica Community Schools District for 17 years. 

Dr. Petra Huck is a former research climate scientist. She was born in Germany and lived on three different continents. Petra now works at Cranbrook Institute of Science as the Caldwell Fisher Climate Science Educator for the Cranbrook Educational Community. Her priorities include the development and delivery of weather and climate science content for audiences ranging from PreK students through high schoolers. Her focus is on place-based education and making connections across curricula and districts throughout Michigan.