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GIDAKIIMANAANIWIGAMIG (Our Earth Lodge) STEM Camp: INVESTIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON OJIBWE LIFEWAYS.

Courtney Kowalszac

Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College


The FDLTCC project encourages Native American students from middle school to college to enter STEM fields by demonstrating how scientific research from NASA supports culturally-relevant place-based climate change investigations, and identifies community-level opportunities to address/respond to the changes. Working with University of Wisconsin – Extension and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), FDLTCC built upon the Gikinoo'wizhiwe Onji Waaban (Guiding for Tomorrow) Changing Climate, Changing Culture online educational tool (www.g-wow.org) by using current NASA data to further develop teacher training for inclusion in camps and classrooms. FDLTCC's project also includes idakliimanaaniwigamig (Our Earth Lodge) STEM Camps; a weekend series of hands-on activities investigating climate change and the effects on Ojibwa lifeways. In addition to the training resources and camps, throughout the year FDLTCC collaborated with several organizations to provide internships, Research Experiences for Undergrads (REUs) and support for science fair projects structured around NASA climate change research. This activity supports the CoSTEM priority areas to enhance the STEM experience of undergraduate students, and better serve groups historically under-represented in STEM fields

Funding agency NASA
Through the funding program NICE-T

Award Numbers NNX14AG59A

Selection Year:
2014

Award Period:
5/1/2014 - 4/30/2017

Products

http://www.g-wow.org
Idakliimanaaniwigamig (Our Earth Lodge) STEM Camps; a weekend series of hands-on activities investigating climate change and the effects on Ojibwa lifeways. Working with University of Wisconsin – Extension and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), FDLTCC built upon the Gikinoo'wizhiwe Onji Waaban (Guiding for Tomorrow) Changing Climate, Changing Culture online educational tool (www.g-wow.org) by using current NASA data to further develop teacher training for inclusion in camps and classrooms.

Audience Type: Students