COURSE DESCRIPTION
Instructors:
Rainbow Pharon (Rpharaon@healthyclimatecommunities.org)
Lisa Marten, Lisa@healthyclimatecommunities.org
This course explores climate science-related phenomena such as the albedo effect and greenhouse gases, with lessons that teach learners about climate change in local and global contexts. Place-based climate science resources are provided to help make climate change and climate science concepts more relevant to Hawaiʻi-based learners, encouraging stewardship and real-world solutions that can be unique to each community.
This course uses middle school grade-level lessons to teach foundations in climate science. Participants will use and/or adapt these lessons to fit their grade level standards. All grade-level educators are welcome and encouraged to participate if interested in learning more about climate science and adapting to climate-related lessons in a Hawaiʻi-based classroom setting
Dates: July 23, 2025, through April 17, 2026 (Portfolio Due Date March 24, 2026)
This online course will begin on July 21, 2025, and the payment deadline is July 22, 2025.
Before the start date, participants will receive instructions from the instructors on how to access the course content. The instructions will be sent to the email used with the Learn Soft platform and will most likely end in @k12.hi.us. This is the email address that the DOE system assigns to you, and we cannot change it through the HSTA PD website. It is the participant’s responsibility to check for this email before the course starts. Contacting HSTA after the start date to inform us that you did not get the information will not result in a refund.
THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO HSTA MEMBERS
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
