Lesson Plan: Agrarian Civilizations: Agriculture in the Nile Basin

Posted by TROP ICSU in Lesson Plan

As a High School History or Economics or Agriculture teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about the rise of agriculture and the concomitant rise of agrarian societies/civilizations. This lesson plan will show how Egyptian Civilization thrived with agriculture, the latter being important for present day Egyptian economy also and is now threatened by climate change.

Read More

Lesson Plan: Impact of Climate Change on Circadian Rhythms and Sleep

Posted by TROP ICSU in Lesson Plan

As a High School Biological Sciences or Environmental Sciences or Health Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about circadian rhythms and the factors involved in maintaining the circadian rhythm in all living organisms.  This lesson plan will discuss the impact of global warming on sleep in humans, which is as an integral part of their circadian rhythm.

Read More

Lesson Plan: Carbon Pricing: Shadow and Market Prices

Posted by TROP ICSU in Lesson Plan

As an undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach the concept of Carbon Pricing and the instruments to implement it- Carbon Tax and Cap-and-Trade/Emissions Trading System (ETS). This lesson plan includes a resource to help students understand the importance of shadow price in the cost-benefit analysis of carbon pricing. This will enable students to understand how carbon emissions, one of the drivers of climate change, are affecting global economics.

Read More

Lesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography: Mountain Gorillas, Bamboo and Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Lesson Plan

As an Undergraduate Environmental Sciences or Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about ecological niches- their characteristics and the factors that affect them- and the biogeography of a species. More specifically, this lesson plan will teach your students about the implications of climate-induced disturbed ecosystems on the ecological niches and the biogeographical distribution of Mountain Gorillas; and about the scientific strategies employed to prevent this and thereby, aid in their conservation.

Read More

Lesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and Physiological Responses to Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Lesson Plan

As an undergraduate Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about differences in photosynthesis in different types of plants (C3, C4 and CAM) and how they are affected by climate change: which is more resilient or less resilient. You can discuss all these basic concepts in plant physiology using the case study: Uganda’s massive expansion of Bamboo, a C3 plant, to address the issue of heavy deforestation, under changing climatic conditions.

Read More