Breakout Session #2 Information

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/ 

Link to presenter materials from the breakout session

Room = 300

Presenter and contact information = Jenn Adams

jladams@cps.edu

Topic/General information= Human Population and Climate Change

As the world’s population is predicted to reach nearly 10 billion in the next 30 years, we need to develop the next generation of people who understand the intimate link between climate change, resource use, and population pressures. We're gobbling up resources and cranking out emissions, fueling climate change like never before. So, what's the plan? We've gotta get savvy with solutions that cover all the bases: education, healthcare, clean energy, and smart resource use. Teaching about this link between population growth and climate change isn't just important; it's a must for understanding how our world works and how we can shape a better future. Come to this workshop to see hands-on and minds-on ways to introduce these critical issues to your students 

Links to presenter materials = https://populationeducation.org/

Link to presentation from Population Education's 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= Kicking off OpenSciEd Chemistry Climate Progressions with Polar Ice - Engage with how the first unit of OpenSciEd chemistry helps students build climate understandings while cultivating hope, then see how the course continues to help students build and deepen understandings of how to address human impacts 

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 = 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

Room = 307

Presenter and contact information = Ice Drilling Program

Jay Johnson, Kristina Slawny 

jay.johnson@wisc.edu, kristina.slawny@wisc.edu 

Topic/General information= Engineering behind ice coring drills; designing the right tool for the job 

This session will cover the approach the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) takes in engineering one-of-a-kind ice coring tools to meet the unique project objectives of polar scientists. Major components of ice drills and the engineering design process will be described along with an overview of the wide range of technologies and tools available to meet the demands of science projects of all sizes. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in an exercise where they will review specifications of existing IDP ice coring drills along with field project scenarios to determine which tool is the right fit for the job. 

Links to US Ice Drilling Program education outreach materials =  https://icedrill-education.org/

General Drilling Breakout Resources:

• Video Link:  Fly over of field camp

• Video Link: Becky Alexander Sidewinder Drill in the Field

• Drill Model Display Kit:  Instructions and curriculum connections, background pages to print for drill model.

• Building a Drill Model: Engineering Challenge

• Greenland Poster:  8.5 x 11 hi resolution image of Greenland

Breakout Session Resources

• PowerPoint Slide Deck from the breakout session

• Information to get your own deaccessed (retired) ice core.  (Make sure to get a shipping quote prior to signing off.)

• Polar Drilling Scenario Handouts

• Drill Information Sheet Handouts