Distance Learning
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Science
- State Standards:
- Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-5
Overview
Can’t make it to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore? We’ve got you covered with our new distance learning programs! The Climate Change program will introduce your students to the ways in which climate change affects the Great Lakes and Sleeping Bear Dunes and what they can do to make positive changes in their communities. Complete a pre-visit lesson with your students, get a virtual visit from a ranger, and wrap things up with a post-visit lesson. Please contact us at e-mail us and tell us you’d like to schedule a Climate Change distance learning program, and give us a preferred date for a test call and the virtual ranger visit.
Objectives
After completing these lessons, students will be able to:
- Justify the importance of preserving the Great Lakes
- Summarize key principles for Great Lakes Literacy
- Make connections about the importance of the Great Lakes to students lives
- Describe how the Great Lakes and Sleeping Bear Dunes are impacted by climate change
- Use a platform to share information about the impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes
Duration
Pre-visit lesson (1 hour), virtual ranger program (1 hour), post-visit lesson (1 hour)
Required Equipment
Distance Learning programs are being scheduled using various webcam software, often using what teachers are using in their classrooms.
There is also the option to use WebEx. This will require an internet connection and a separate phone line for the audio.
Participants will also need basic school supplies for pre-visit, post-visit, and virtual ranger program such as paper, pencils, markers, etc.
Materials
Last updated: September 2, 2024