Breakout Session #1 Information

Room = 310

Presenter and contact information = John Lewis 

Topic/General information= A Climate of Inquiry. Participants will engage in 2-3 classroom demonstrations using easy to prepare materials. 

John and Mary's Resources

• A Climate of Inquiry-Mysteries of Ice: Keynote Slide Deck

• A Climate of Inquiry-Mysteries of Ice: PowerPoint Slide Deck

• A Climate of Inquiry-Mysteries of Ice: PDF Slide Deck

• Ice Core Investigation-Google Doc

• Ice Core Investigation-Pages Document

• Ice Core Investigation-PDF 

Links to US Ice Drilling Program Educational Outreach Resources = https://icedrill-education.org/

Ice Balloons Modeling Activity

Layering Thermohaline Circulation Demo Powerpoint

Room = 303

Presenter and contact information =  Bill Grosser

Topic/General information= Geology and Earth Science Connections-Ice Sheet Stability Past and Present Room 303. This session will explore three different Virtual Field Labs produced by the US Ice Drilling Program.  This session will focus on Earth Science as a tool to understanding our changing climate.  Geologic observations will be used to calculate ice sheet stability in the past, ice core measurements will be used to look for evidence of the impact on fossil fuels on our current climate, and satellite imagery from Thwaites will be analyzed to assess where we are headed in the future.

Links to presenter materials = 

• US Ice Drilling Education Outreach Website resources: https://icedrill-education.org/

• Powerpoint:  Link to google drive file.  It is big so download will take a while.

• Mini-Notebook Handout PDF

• Ice Sheet Stability in a Warming World-Sea Level Rise and Thwaites-Virtual Field Labs

Room = College and Career Center

Presenter and contact information =  Louise Huffman, Richard Alley

Topic/General information= How much should we fear the Doomsday Glacier? Explore the newest Virtual Field Lab Series with two featured scientists, Karen and Richard Alley. Participants will make their own measurements on three vital signs of the Thwaites Glacier, then have the opportunity to explore deeper with the scientists who collect the data and filmed the series. 

• Links to all US Ice Drilling Program education outreach materials 

• Link to PowerPoint presentation (It is big, be patient!)

• Mini-Notebook PDF

• Sea Level Rise and Thwaites, the Doomsday Glacier-Virtual Field Lab

Room = Alumni room

Presenter and contact information =Meghan Wiesbrock and Megan Kuhl-Horbin 

wiesbrock@mortonarb.org  

Topic/General information= Tracking your Trees- Phenology for tracking climate change over time. 

The timing of seasonal changes that occur each year, tell us quite a bit about how species are responding to changing conditions. Learn more about ways you can track these seasonal changes with your students to understand more about the impacts of climate change on seasonal cycles. Inspire your students to make an impact by encouraging them to observe changes, respect nature, and offer ways in which they can help combat human impacts that contribute to climate change. Designed for educators of 6th through 12th grade, this session will go over citizen science opportunities you can do with your students, and introduce you to several lesson ideas, games, and activities while in the classroom and outdoors. 

Presentation Link from Morton Arboretum Breakout Session

Room = 306

Presenter and contact information =Blake Touchet, Lin Andrews, Jeff Grant   touchet@ncse.ngo  

Topic/General information= All in the Family: The Story of Human Evolution 

What does it mean to be human? What are our human origins? Join NCSE to answer these questions by creating a model of hominid phylogeny for the last 7 million years using hands-on fossils and artifacts. Walk away with an evidence toolkit to counter several major misconceptions about human evolution. 

Links to presenter materials = https://ncse.ngo/supporting-teachers/classroom-resources  

Presentation Link from NCSE's Breakout Session

Room = 317

Presenter and contact information =Christina Woods and Mireya Becker 

educators@fieldmuseum.org

Topic/General information= The Natural World Through Inquiry 

Inquiry-based STEM and sensemaking is a collaborative process that positions students as acting and thinking like scientists and engineers. This process encourages students to raise questions and to explore both phenomena in their world and their interests based on their own life experiences and backgrounds. By empowering students to share their own observations with questions that prompt their natural curiosities, teachers can facilitate better learning and develop a more conceptual understanding of science and STEM. 

Links to presenter materials = https://www.fieldmuseum.org/educators 

Link to the Field Museum's Breakout Session Presentation

Room = 304

Presenter and contact information = Ashley Remegi, Pat Murphy, Chris Conley 

Topic/General information=  Survival of the Toothiest. How a changing climate has influenced the evolution of horses over time.  Teachers will get a perspective of how this lesson set was used in our curriculum and experience some of what kids experience when working with both the handouts and the 3-D printed teeth of extant and extinct horses.

Links to presenter materials = https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T5uo-9URyIi9u4BFLXyfs9plSSo1nJv_fR9t6nKvPOg/edit?usp=sharing   

Room = 312

Presenter and contact information = Michele Koehler

Topic/General information= Using BioInteractive Resources To Model Climate Change 

Engage in the science practices of modeling and data analysis using BioInteractive resources focused on climate change and its impacts.

- Identify a variety of life science topics for which climate change can be integrated and used as lesson or unit-level phenomena.

Links to presenter materials = https://www.biointeractive.org/ 

Links to presenter materials from the breakout session

Room = 315

Presenter and contact information =NextGenScience Storylines, Northwestern University 

Michael Novak, Brian Reiser, Nicole Vick, Dan Voss 

nicole.vick@northwestern.edu 

Topic/General information= OpenSciEd Climate Progressions 

Examine how climate change is used as a driver for student sense making and solutions in across OpenSciEd HS. Discussions will revolve around incorporation of Earth and space science throughout the program and look closely at human impacts on various scales of Earth systems. 

Links to presenter materials = www.openscied.org

www.nextgenstorylines.org

Link to OpenScieEd's Breakout Presentation

Room = 302

Presenter and contact information= Chicago Zoological Society Brookfield Zoo 

Patsy Steinmeyer

Manager, Professional Learning and K-12 Academics

Brookfield Zoo Chicago

708.688.8418

Topic/General information= A Closer Look at Animal Behavior: Introduction to Using Ethograms to Support Student-Centered Investigations 

Animal behavior study is an engaging context to support inquiry-based learning, help students develop empathy and appreciation for nature, and build conservation awareness. Ethologists, scientists who study animal behavior, use ethograms to observe and learn about animals in their natural environment. In this session, participants will explore strategies and tools to help students plan and carry out their own investigations about animal behavior using ethograms. Lesson materials and activities to help students design their own animal behavior studies, collect data, and communicate findings will be shared. These materials can be used in the classroom, during on-site learning at the zoo and/or in local natural areas. (Target Audience: Grade 6-12 Educators) 

Links to presenter materials = czs.org/edresources 

Here is a link to the Brookfield Zoo Chicago Learning Stream webpage that has materials for my presentation, "A Closer Look at Animal Behavior." For continued access updated materials, attendees should sign in and set up a password to this page.

bit.ly/Ethogram23

EDK12@czs.org 

Room = 318

Presenter and contact information = Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, COLDEX 

Kristen Rahilly 

Topic/General information= The Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) is searching to find the oldest ice in Antarctica, drilling ice cores to retrieve and chemically analyze ice that is millions of years old. These precious ice cores preserve tiny samples of ancient atmosphere inside the bubbles in the ice, giving us direct measurements of greenhouse gas compositions over more than a million years of Earth's history. With this data, we can increase our understanding of Earth's past climate so that we can better predict how Earth's climate will change in a rapidly warming world driven by human actions. With two Antarctic expeditions completed so far and researchers from 14 different institutions working together, we have data, field blogs, and field pictures that we are working to incorporate into K-12 classrooms through hands-on activities and experiences for students. Come learn about the work we are doing so far and contribute to the conversation of how we can engage your students and classrooms in the future of COLDEX science. 

kristen.rahilly@oregonstate.edu

Link to COLDEX Education website: https://coldex.org/education

COLDEX Field Photos Activity

• Antarctic Map

• Field Photos

• Lesson Plan

Ice Core Models Activity

• Ice Core Model Directions

• Lesson Plan

Good Stuff to Follow-Up for More Ice Science

• Link to Project Ice professional development course and workshop for K-12 teachers: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/education-program/k-12-teachers/project-ice/

• Link to lesson plans and resources for both COLDEX activities (also put in the folder directly): https://coldex.org/outreach-activities 

• Link to COLDEX blog (year-long blogs with weekly blog posts from field teams during the Antarctic field seasons in November - January): https://coldex.org/news-from-the-field

• Link to School of Ice workshop for Minority Serving Institution faculty and AP science teachers: https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice/

Room = 316

Presenter and contact information = Shedd Aquarium Learning Programs, Ally Reiner, Sarah Baatile 

areiner@sheddaquarium.org 

Topic/General information= Coral Reef Research and Restoration 

In this presentation, we will be sharing two Shedd created coral reef lesson plans aimed, at 4th-8th graders, that simulate a biodiversity survey on a coral reef. Using a model reef, students will practice using the tools and methods researchers use in the field and then analyzing the data. 

Links to presenter materials = https://www.sheddaquarium.org/educators 

Room = 321

Presenter and contact information = American Geosciences Institute 

Lauren Brase 

lbrase@agiweb.org 

Topic/General information= Exploring Climate, Soils, and Sustainability 

Come explore the many connections between climate, soil, and sustainability through hands-on activities and data-driven analyses using NRCS’s Web Soil Survey. 

Links to presenter materials =

https://bit.ly/AGI_CoHflyer

 https://www.americangeosciences.org/education/educational-outreach

Thank you for coming to AGI’s workshop at the Climate of H.O.P.E. conference, Exploring

 Climate, Soils, and Sustainability. The slide deck from the presentation is attached and includes embedded links on the slides and within the presenter notes. 

Link to AGI Lauren Brase's Presentation