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Climate Change: A Guide For Teachers Of All Disciplines

By Dr. Rahul Chopra   |   Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Learners enrolled: 4505
Climate Change is one of the most significant issues of our times and a key impeding factor affecting the pace of sustainable and equitable development of every country. Educating forthcoming generations about the causes and effects of global climate change is imperative as implementing solutions depends on their scientific, technical and leadership abilities. In this context, there is an urgent need to develop new education modules and pedagogical methods to inculcate environmental understanding in today’s students, in such a way that, every future citizen would be better equipped to identify appropriate solutions to mitigate climate change and reverse its impacts.

As part of the ARPIT 2019, the National Resource Centre on Climate Change at IISER Pune will present a number of educational resources including customized lesson plans to teach climate change topics at undergraduate level.  As climate change is the most pressing problem humanity is facing, it is imperative that all teachers should have an understanding of the science of climate change and how their discipline-specific knowledge can increase awareness of the issue. This course will focus on providing teachers with training in the use of new pedagogical methods to introduce climate-change related content in their classrooms while teaching their discipline-specific topics. These pedagogical resources are developed such a way that a teacher representing any discipline would be able to gain new knowledge and can effectively integrate climate science with topics in their curriculum. 

It will include video lectures, associated ppts, educational resources including lesson plans and digital pedagogical tools, and assessment material on both the science of climate change and on discipline specific climate change education.

This course is suitable for teachers of all disciplines

Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 16 weeks
Category :
  • Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT)
Level : None
Start Date : 01 Sep 2019
End Date : 09 Feb 2020
Exam Date :

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Topics

1. Introduction to Climate Change And Climate Science (Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland) 

2. Climate Archives, Climate Data and Climate Models (Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland) 

3. Climate Change on (a) Tectonic Timescales, (b) Orbital Timescales, (c) Glacial/Deglacial Timescales, (d) Millenial Timescales, (e) Historical Timescales (Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland) 

4. Modern Climate Change/ Global Warming (Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland) 
  
5. Educational Resources To Integrate Climate Change Education With Core Curriculum (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune) 

6. Climate Change Education For All Disciplines (CHOOSE ANY ONE DISCIPLINE FROM BELOW ) (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

a. Chemistry Of Climate Change / Climate Change in the Chemistry Classroom
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Biogechemical Cycles, The Carbon Cycle, Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Isotopes, Molecular Structure of Compounds, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, pH Scale, Acids and Bases, Ocean Acidification, Chemical Weathering, The Urey Reaction, Carbon Chemistry. (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

b. Physics and Earth's Climate / Climate Change in the Physics Classroom 
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Blackbody Radiation, Convection, Energy and Mass Conservation, Coriolis Force, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Hadley Circulation, Heat Transport, Planck’s Law, Planetary Energy Balance, Stefan Boltzmann Law.(Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

c. Mathematical Methods To Understand Climate Change/  Climate Change in the Maths and Statistics Classrooms 
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Calculus, Integration, Differentiation, Trigonometry, Sine and Cosine Functions, Polynomial Differentiation, Tangent Line Problems, Analysis, Linear Regression, Quadratic Regression, Time Series, Uncertainty, Correlation Coefficients, Confidence Intervals, Errors, Students t distribution.(Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

d. Impact Of Climate Change On The Biosphere / Climate Change in the Biology Classroom 
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Biodiversity, Species and Speciation, Species Distribution and Species Habitats, Range Shift, Survival Skills, Phenology, Phenophases, Leaf-out, Flowering and Bud Burst, Sex Determination, Human Health, Epidemiology, Vector borne Diseases, Microbes
(Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

e. Climate Change And Earth Processes / Climate Change in the Geography Classroom 
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Glaciers, Glacial Retreat and Glacial Melting, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Floods, Water Resources and Water Security,  Urban Heat Islands.
(Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

f. Societal Impacts Of Climate Change /Climate Change in the Social Sciences Classroom 
Lesson plans and teaching tools to on Climate Refugees, Environmental Migration, Climate Justice, Climate Change and Behavior, Climate Change and Children, Food Security, Human Health and Disease (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

g. Mitigation, Resilience And Sustainability / Climate Change in the Environmental Sciences Classroom 
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Water Security, Human Health and Disease, Climate Justice, Agro-ecosystems, Food Production and Crop Yields, Climate Resilient Agriculture, Energy. 
(Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

h. Economics of Climate Change / Climate Change in the Economics Classroom
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Cost benefit Analysis, Carbon pricing, Tragedy of the Commons, Poverty, Global Economy and Energy, Economics and Geopolitics of Oil, Carbon Taxes (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

i. Climate Change in the Humanities Classroom
Lesson plans and teaching tools on Climate Change Literature, Climate Fiction CliFi, Climate and Culture, Gender and Climate Smart Agriculture, Climate Change and Human Rights, Climate Refugees, Historical Climatology, The Decline of Civilizations (Rahul Chopra, Course Coordinator NRC Climate Change IISER Pune)

Books and references

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES - OPTIONAL

VIDEO LECTURES DEVELOPED AS PART OF ARPIT 2018 BY NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT IISER PUNE

Future Projections of Climate Change Raghu Murtugudde - University of Maryland
Video Lectures 1-4
https://youtu.be/fQHt0q68sm8
https://youtu.be/uTOTes1-8vw
https://youtu.be/4idLJ1QtmDk
https://youtu.be/aGUPeS6UuEo\

Mitigation and Adaptation Raghu Murtugudde - University of Maryland
Video Lectures 1-4
https://youtu.be/xbNbXD8Cp9U
https://youtu.be/38KRj3u-WTI
https://youtu.be/DBJ-Yy5klsM
https://youtu.be/u3EamnXZtLY

Climate Change Mitigation Malti Goel - Climate Change Research Institute
Video Lectures 1-2
https://youtu.be/mwqA4RFBWbg
https://youtu.be/C7tUnuEh9tc

Climate Change and Society: Culture, Politics, And Social Dynamics
D. Parthasarathy - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Video Lectures 1-2
https://youtu.be/RxiCuiAS1iI
https://youtu.be/JXqlUUOqnHw

Climate Change: Policy and Governance: Global Negotiations and Domestic Policy Makin
Navroz Dubash - Centre for Policy Research
Video Lectures 1-2
https://youtu.be/WeHcsCCXUw0
https://youtu.be/Wa94w8o19_E

Climate Change and Impacts in India Raghu Murtugudde - University of Maryland
Video Lectures 1-3
https://youtu.be/BkhcAN4-Gvw
https://youtu.be/6sIfNiYhY8g
https://youtu.be/3TdE1qBACDU

Climate Change and Impacts: The Indian Monsoon Raghu Murtugudde - University of Maryland
Video Lectures 1-3
https://youtu.be/1Kj-lP-TG5M
https://youtu.be/KjW468msTxU
https://youtu.be/sthVBtqojRs

Climate Change and Impacts: Water Resources
Pradeep Mujumdar - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Video Lectures 1-2
https://youtu.be/F0bZiLvre8w
https://youtu.be/YlAm6aqk5K0

Climate Change and Impacts: Biological Impacts
Deepak Barua - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune\
Video Lecture 1
https://youtu.be/XazlPjn3xZE

Climate Change and Impacts: The Himalayan Glaciers
Argha Banerjee - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune
Video Lecture 1
https://youtu.be/GYmpbUKdlXQ

William F. Ruddiman Earth's Climate: Past and Future. 2014. Third Edition. ISBN-10: 1-4292-5525-0; ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-5525-7; Format: Paper Text, 464 pages https://www.macmillanlearning.com/Catalog/product/earthsclimate-thirdedition-ruddiman#tab

Instructor bio


Dr. Rahul Chopra is currently the coordinator of a Climate Education project (TROPICSU) of the International Science Council based at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune. He is the former Chair of the Centre for Earth and Environment at FLAME University, Pune and was an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies there. His interests are multidisciplinary and include curriculum development in Earth and Environmental Studies; the use of satellite derived remotely sensed and in-situ data to evaluate our changing environment; field based geological and environmental studies, and the use of high resolution chemical analyses instruments and data to study various earth and environmental processes. He received his Ph.D. in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago, USA. 


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