Weaving Climate Action Solutions Throughout General Chemistry and Other Core STEM Curricula

Megan Ferguson

SUNY New Paltz

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Weaving Climate Action Solutions Throughout General Chemistry and Other Core STEM Curricula

The PowerPoint presentations Megan Ferguson used throughout her semester teaching General Chemistry 1 and 2 Classes can be found below under "Resources."

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SELF-REFLECTION: INVITATION FOR EDUCATORS:

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1) What possibilities emerge when students encounter climate action as an ongoing thread throughout their learning?

2) How might your discipline help students imagine themselves as contributors to a more sustainable future?

3) What everyday moments in your classroom could become opportunities to cultivate systems thinking, curiosity, and hope?

4) Which sustainability challenges or examples of solutions in your local community could serve as meaningful contexts for the concepts you already teach? 

5) What is one connection between your curriculum and climate action that you had not considered before reading this chapter?

6) Megan Ferguson's chapter demonstrates how a single climate solution can reinforce concepts across multiple disciplines. What opportunities exist for similar cross-disciplinary connections in your own school or classroom? Think about environmental, economic, and societal outcomes.