A set of two video lectures by Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, that discusses climate change education in the Biological Sciences. Lecture 1 is titled ‘Climate Change, Biology and Systems Thinking’ and discusses the importance of a system thinking approach to understand the causes and impacts of climate change. Lecture 2 is titled ‘Let the Games Begin: Climate Change Education Audience’ and discusses the importance of integrating climate change education in the Biological Sciences curriculum. The video also discusses the challenges of such an integrated pedagogical approach. It further highlights effective pedagogical strategies such as simulation-based role-playing games to understand climate change and topics in the Biological Sciences.

Students will learn about the need for integrating climate change into biology education. They will also understand the role of the biosphere in the Earth’s climate system.