Based on the evidence, about 97% of climate experts have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening. What We Know helps us understand the science behind the realities, risks and response to the climate challenge. Visit Site Topic: Climate, Energy, and Health Credit: This website was developed by Center Faculty Member James McCarthy with a …
What Can We Do About Climate Change? Part 1: What We Know Dr. James McCarthy helps us understand why the Earth is warming, and what that means to us. Watch Now What Can We Do About Climate Change? Part 2: Managing Risk Thinking through the implications of a warming world in our lifetime. Watch Now …
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Solving climate change is not an overwhelming problem—it’s a 2% problem. According to Harvard Professor James McCarthy, if we reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2% per year, we will effectively respond to the challenge of climate change. We spoke with Dr. McCarthy about What We Know, a report he wrote with a distinguished group of …
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Does it really matter how much the Earth will warm in my lifetime? How will it impact my life? To help us think through the implications of a warming world in our lifetime, we talked to James McCarthy, a professor at Harvard University who worked with a distinguished group of scientists to write What We …
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The next-generation science standards—scientific ideas that all students should learn by the time they graduate from high school—include a crosscutting focus on cause and effect. As such, teaching causality is something that teachers are thinking about and trying to introduce in different ways. In this video, we speak with Tina Grotzer, an Associate Professor at …
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Tina Grotzer is an Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education who has developed resources to teach causality. In this video, Dr. Grotzer talks about the Causal Patterns in Science series, which helps teachers teach the causal patterns embedded in science curricula so that students emerge with a deeper understanding. In Part 1, Dr. …
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The next-generation science standards—scientific ideas that all students should learn by the time they graduate from high school—include a cross-cutting focus on cause and effect. As such, teaching causality is something that teachers are thinking about and trying to introduce in different ways. Tina Grotzer is an Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education …
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On December 1, 2014, Jonathan Buonocore, Program Leader for our Climate, Energy, and Health program, and Joel Schwartz of the Harvard School of Public Health were among a group of seventeen scientists who submitted a comment to the EPA on their proposed Clean Power Plan. The effort was coordinated by the Science Policy Exchange. In …
The next-generation science standards—scientific ideas that all students should learn by the time they graduate from high school—include a cross-cutting focus on cause and effect. As such, teaching causality is something that teachers are thinking about and trying to introduce in different ways. Tina Grotzer is an Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education …
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The causal Patterns in Science website shows you how to teach the causal patterns embedded in science curricula so that students emerge with deeper understanding. Explore the entire website, or jump to the curricula on teaching causal patterns in environmental issues. You’ll find examples of students’ thinking, activities, assessments, classroom tips, and the rationale and supporting …
