Join New Jersey 4-H as we explore lessons and resources to provide young people with the opportunity to explore climate change science. Specifically, we have developed lessons that use Pasco SPARK units as tools to help young people understand the difference between weather and climate and give them the opportunity to explore phenomena like heat islands. We will use this space to share implementation ideas and modifications to the posted lesson plans. Our goal is to create a community of practice that includes sharing teaching tips and lesson ideas.
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Carrie Ferraro posted on the forum topic Heat Islands in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 2 months agoHere is a copy of the entire lesson plan for instructors and a newer, revised version of the spark unit. As always, we would love to hear any comments/suggestions that you may have to improve this lesson. Also, please feel free to contact me if you would like a copy of the lesson in microsoft […]
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Carrie Ferraro posted on the forum topic Microclimates in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 2 months agoHere is a copy of the newer, revised version of the lesson plan and spark unit based upon feedback from instructors. Also, this document includes a datasheet for students to use instead of the journal on the spark unit. As always, we would love to hear any additional comments/suggestions that you may have to improve […]
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Carrie Ferraro posted on the forum topic Weather vs. Climate in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 2 months agoHere is a copy of the lesson plan for instructors with datasheets and game cards included for students. Also, here is a newer, revised version of the spark unit based on your feedback. As always, we would love to hear any additional comments/suggestions that you may have to improve this lesson. Also, please feel free […]
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Sage Lichtenwalner started the forum topic Heat Islands in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 3 months agoUsing multiple temperature sensors on different colored pieces of paper under a light source, students can investigate how the color of objects impact how much energy they can absorb. Students can also compare their results with satellite images of land use, vegetation and temperatures around cities to explore the human impacts of how development can […]
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Sage Lichtenwalner started the forum topic Microclimates in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 3 months agoIn this activity, kids use a non-contact temperature sensor to explore temperatures in the environment around them and what factors may impact the temperatures of objects. Through this investigation, they learn how both instantaneous weather and long-term climate may vary on regional, local and small scales. Please let us know what suggestions you…[Read more]
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Sage Lichtenwalner started the forum topic Weather vs. Climate in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 3 months agoIn this activity, kids have an opportunity to take real-time measurements of the weather (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure) and compare those values with the local climatology (using either graphs from city-data or data from weather underground). The goal is for kids to understand that weather data is instantaneous and highly variable…[Read more]
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Sage Lichtenwalner started the forum topic Trying out the Spark labs at home in the group
4-H Climate Change Investigations: 14 years, 3 months agoDuring our June 10th workshop, we demoed the beta version of our new NJ 4-H Climate Change Investigations kits. Of course, the highlight of these kits are the innovative touch-screen SPARK Science Learning Systems from Pasco that kids can use to measure, record and analyze data about the world around them, just like real scientists do. Everyone […]
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