Adaptations and Ecosystems
Students will be able to identify how animal adaptations enhance animal life and mold to ecosystems
Modeling Ecological Impacts: Stakeholder Perspectives in the Bay-Delta Ecosystem
Students work in stakeholder teams to analyze a shared Bay-Delta food web model and build science-based arguments—through environmental and economic lenses—about how proposed water flow changes affect ecosystems and community livelihoods in preparation for a town hall debate.
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Carbon Sequestration: New tools for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Carbon Sequestration: New tools for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is a lesson plan for teachers that are interested in adding some supplemental material to their climate change curriculum.
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Science In The Service of Society
Science in the Service of Society aims to increase student awareness of the meaningful applications of the scientific process in helping to increase equity by considering the voices of traditionally marginalized groups when developing plans addressing environmental issues.
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Neighborhood Mapping
We rely on a complex infrastructure of tunnels, pipes, and pumps to bring us the water and power we need in order to live and to clean our wastewater. What are the different utilities and services used by our communities and how do these services impact our communities on broader social levels?
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Are You Ready to Rock?! Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation in Water and Soil
The contamination of water and soil by heavy metals poses a serious environmental problem with severe consequences for health.
A Breath of Fresh Air
In 2018, smoke from the cataclysmic Northern California firestorm known as the Camp Fire turned the Bay Area air toxic, shuttering multiple businesses and schools, and inhibiting outdoor activities for millions of people.
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Introduction to Mathematical Modeling: “What is Math Good for Anyway?”
The goal of this ETP is to re-introduce students to mathematics through the lens of mathematical modeling, and reframe the relevance of uncertainty, contextualization in high school mathematics education.
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Stickleback Evolution
The goal of this laboratory activity is for students to analyze sample specimens from populations of stickleback fish looking at specific characteristics such as spine length and armor plating to interpret the conditions driving evolution.