Measuring Value of Abatement for Climate Policy
Impact of Climate Change on Measuring Value of Abatement for Climate Policy Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about implementation of environmental policies by measuring the value of abatement. This lesson plan will enable you to teach your students about assessing […]
Teaching Opportunity Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Teaching Opportunity Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about opportunity costs using an in-class experiment of trading emissions permits for the use of a hypothetical fuel that emits greenhouse gases. Global warming due to greenhouse gas […]
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic Policy for ‘Green Recovery’
Impact of Climate Change on The COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic Policy for ‘Green Recovery’ Overview As an Undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach your students how countries around the world design economic policies for a ‘green recovery’ from the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by reducing carbon emissions while […]
Introduction to Climate Change Economics
Introduction to Climate Change Economics Video A video micro lecture by David Archer, The University of Chicago, titled ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ which is a part of an e-learning course on science and modelling of climate change. This video discusses the ‘tragedy of commons’ to understand how climate change impacts society. The lecture also […]
Desertification and Sustainable Land Management
Desertification and Sustainable Land Management Overview As an Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer based tools to enable students to develop an understanding of deserts and desertification. Climate change and desertification are inextricably linked. Desertification contributes to climate change by removing fertile soil and plants. Soils store significant […]
Electrochemistry: Use of Electrolysis to Reduce Global Carbon Emissions
Electrochemistry: Use of Electrolysis to Reduce Global Carbon Emissions Overview As a high school or introductory undergraduate Chemistry or Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching the basics of electrochemistry and how the application of electrolysis can potentially reduce the global carbon dioxide emissions. This lesson […]
Electrolysis: Application in Fuel Cell Technology
Electrolysis: Application in Fuel Cell Technology Overview As a high school or introductory undergraduate Chemistry or Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching the basics of electrochemistry, electrolysis and the application of electrolysis in fuel cells as an alternative source of clean energy. This lesson plan […]
Carbon Cycle Regulation by Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Cycle Regulation by Carbon Sequestration Overview As a High School or introductory Undergraduate Environmental Sciences or Chemistry or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach your students about Earth’s carbon cycle, its role in Earth’s climate, its irregularities due to anthropogenic activities, and its regulation by carbon sequestration. In this […]
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Genetically Modified Organisms Overview As a high school or undergraduate Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), their genetic make-up and application in agriculture and industry This lesson plan will explain what GMOs are, describe how they are constructed and will introduce the question […]
Gene Editing using CRISPR
Gene Editing using CRISPR Overview As a high school or undergraduate Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about CRISPR: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, a new gene editing technology that could enable certain species to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This lesson plan includes resources […]