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 […]
Anthropogenic Environmental Changes and Climate
Anthropogenic Environmental Changes and Climate Overview Overview As a high school Geography, Humanities or Social Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about human- induced (anthropogenic) environmental changes that challenge sustainability and could be responsible for global climate change. This lesson engages students in learning activities that […]
Permafrost and Climate Change
Permafrost and Climate Change Overview As a high school or undergraduate Geography, Environmental Sciences or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about permafrost, the nature and distribution of permafrost in the Earth’s cryosphere, thawing of permafrost due to global warming which in turn, results in the release of […]
Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
Teaching Chemistry of Carbon Compounds through Climate-related Examples Overview As a high school Chemistry teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching the chemistry of carbon and its compounds, the interaction of greenhouse gas molecules with electromagnetic radiation, and environmental chemistry This lesson plan allows students to visualize the […]
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 […]
The Environmental Humanities The Great Derangement Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
The Environmental Humanities: ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’ by Amitav Ghosh Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Humanities (Cultural Studies; Literature; History) teacher, you can use this lesson plan as part of a course in Environmental Geography, Environmental History, General Criticism and Critical Theory. ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’, by […]
Economics
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Environmental Sciences
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