state of the planet awareness dickey
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STATE OF THE PLANET AWARENESSLauren Dickey – Kennesaw State University – Global Teaching Presentation
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DEFINITION
• State of Planet Awareness: Mindfulness or consciousness of the three “key trends” of human population, biodiversity, or climate. It also includes the representation of air, fresh water, fisheries, food and soil, and energy
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CURRENT RESEARCH
• Extinction – Many species are facing extinction due to the decline of the state of the planet. For example: the white rhino is considered to only have four of its kind left on the planet due to the human population and its tendency to kill rhinos for it’s horn.
• Current research is being done to preserve the habitats of many animals due to the changing biodiversity (due to pollution, deforestation, climate change)
• Implementation of sanctuaries that allow humans to view and appreciate nature
• Ecosystem Research Program – helps manage coastal/ocean resources
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RELATIONSHIP WITH EDUCATION
• EARTH DAY – A huge initiative that has swept the nation throughout the year
• As our borders “shrink” due to technology and access to transportation, students need to have global awareness on how to protect the planet
• Kids, in general, are very empathetic towards things that need help
• If students learn to be more responsible with our planet, they have more success for the future
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UNITS OF STUDY
• Pollution Science Units
• Adaptations Science Units
• Earth Day
• Ecosystems Science Units
• Extinction Science Units
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IDEAS FOR INTEGRATION
• ELA: writing a letter to your governor on tips to save the planet
• Have students implement a schoolwide initiative to save the planet… will include commercials (technology integration), writing speeches (ELA), money saved from “saving the planet” (math), etc.
• Economics – Become your own entrepreneur and create a product that will reduce a harmful pollutant
• Math – relate how climate change has affected the levels of our oceans
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RESOURCES
Harris, J. (n.d.). State of the planet "executive summary" Lecture presented at EE 563 Graduate Seminar.