Hands-On Climate Connections - activity resource booklet

Abstract

This booklet contains hands-on STEM activities related to climate change and energy. It can be used to support professional development workshops for teachers, programming for informal STEM learning settings such as science centres and school outreach programs, activities for students (note some hazardous activities are only suitable for a teacher demonstrations), as a resource for curriculum development, or for remote/distance education. We would appreciate your feedback on the activities, please complete the survey at https://bit.ly/ClimateConnectionsBook (https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eRq51SRiZ5r7s7c). Contact Graham at the Australian National University Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) on g.walker@anu.edu.au for any questions or comments.

With climate change, it’s important to teach/communicate the solutions (positives) along with the problems (negatives), so the booklet is divided into two parts: •What’s happening? The science, causes and impacts of climate change •What we can do – mitigation, adaptation and solutions You can watch selected activities at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voRqIwQgK1E&t=2974s and please see our Youtube page for more resources. These activities introduce selected aspects of climate change and energy, but are not intended to be a definitive guide, or to cover all the science behind climate.