Teaching Principle 7 - consequences for Earth System and Human LIves
1: Anne Gold 12:46 PM Oct 26 2010 3901:13281 Reply to this post
What are good strategies to teach principle 7 of the Climate Literacy Principles? I read through this CLEAN page (http://cleanet.org/clean/literacy/principle_7.html) and it is very helpful. I am wondering if any teacher has some tips how to teach the consequences without scaring the students. I am aware that including solutions is best practice but how do I include solutions when I teach about spreading of diseases for example (principle 7f)?
2: candace dunlap 08:07 AM Feb 25 2011 3901:13769 Reply to this post
Hi Anne,
Teaching infectious diseases to high school students is a specialty of mine. When you teach about the spreading of diseases, which diseases do you choose as examples? Each disease has its own dynamics as to the relationship between climate change and changes in the incidence and spread of the disease. For example, climate change impact on vectors for dengue fever is very different from that of hantavirus in the southwest which is very different from that of cholera and warming of the oceans.
Teaching infectious diseases to high school students is a specialty of mine. When you teach about the spreading of diseases, which diseases do you choose as examples? Each disease has its own dynamics as to the relationship between climate change and changes in the incidence and spread of the disease. For example, climate change impact on vectors for dengue fever is very different from that of hantavirus in the southwest which is very different from that of cholera and warming of the oceans.
3: candace dunlap 08:41 AM Feb 25 2011 3901:13770 Reply to this post
Hi Anne,
Its Candace again. So you don't students scare your students, you may want to include some history of particular diseases that you are teaching about. For example, malaria, yellow fever and cholera were all historically endemic to particular parts of the United States. Did you know that several people a year who live in the southwest are diagnosed with bubonic plague? Students need to understand that the these diseases ceased to be problems because of the development of various engineering and medical infrastructures (e.g. sewers, water treatment plants, CDC etc). West Nile Virus is a newcomer to New England, yet rates of infection are kept down due to vigilance, education and other responses.
Its Candace again. So you don't students scare your students, you may want to include some history of particular diseases that you are teaching about. For example, malaria, yellow fever and cholera were all historically endemic to particular parts of the United States. Did you know that several people a year who live in the southwest are diagnosed with bubonic plague? Students need to understand that the these diseases ceased to be problems because of the development of various engineering and medical infrastructures (e.g. sewers, water treatment plants, CDC etc). West Nile Virus is a newcomer to New England, yet rates of infection are kept down due to vigilance, education and other responses.
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