Rebecca Boger1 Russanne Low2

Amy Potter3

1Brooklyn College, CUNY; Geosciences 2University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Science Education

3Armstrong State University: Cultural Geography

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html

InTeGrate is funded by a 5-year STEP Center grant from the National Science Foundation. The program supports the teaching of geoscience in the context of societal issues both within geoscience courses and across the undergraduate curriculum. Our goal is to develop a citizenry and workforce that can address environmental and resource issues facing our society.

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/modules_courses.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/dev/integrate/teaching_materials/food_security/index.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/dev/integrate/teaching_materials/food_security/overview.html

Unit 1: The Basics of Global Food Systems ◦ AGO modified 5x5 ◦ Make a map in AGO that illustrates the spatial dimensions

involved in our global food system as it relates to your favorite chocolate bar.

Unit 2: Systems Thinking to Address Wicked Problems Unit 3: Climate Change and Food Security: The Case

of Chocolate ◦ Map Activity: Climate Change and Cocoa Production in West

Africa ◦ Uses AGO data layer: Köppen-Geiger Observed and

Predicted Climate Shifts (IPCC )

Units 4-6: Food Security Case Studies ◦ AGO based explorations of 3 case studies – New York City,

Caribbean, Nebraska

http://serc.carleton.edu/dev/integrate/teaching_materials/food_security/unit4.html

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