Integrating Geographic Information Science into a K-12 Curriculum on Climate Change

该项目汇集了来自拉克罗斯学区的威斯康星大学拉克罗斯分校地理/地球科学和教育教授和硕士教师，合作创建跨学科气候变化教学模块。新创建的教学模块利用了气候变化与生命科学、物理科学和地球科学课程中传统内容之间的联系，而不是在已经超负荷的课程中增加新的内容。它们结合了实践、探究式课程、职业联系、来自区域和全球数据集的真实数据、空间分析和地理信息系统（GIS）应用。这些教学模块也将在高级教师的课堂上进行试点测试。在试点测试和修订之后，这些模块将通过夏季讲习班传播。此外，该项目将通过描述威斯康星州6-12年级的气候变化教学特征，探索教师和学生对气候变化科学的理解，提高如何改善地球科学教育的知识。

This project brings together University of Wisconsin-La Crosse geography/earth science and education professors and master teachers from the School District of La Crosse to collaborate and create cross-curricular climate change instructional modules. Instead of adding on to an already overfull curriculum, the newly created instructional modules take advantage of connections between climate change and traditional content included in life science, physical science, and Earth science courses. They incorporate hands-on, inquiry-based lessons, career connections, real-world data from regional and global datasets, spatial analysis, and geographical information systems (GIS) applications. The instructional modules will also be pilot tested in the classrooms of master teachers. After the pilot testing and revision, the modules will be disseminated through summer workshops. Additionally, this project will advance knowledge of how to improve geoscience education by characterizing the teaching of climate change in grades 6-12 in Wisconsin and exploring teacher and student understanding of climate change science.