Extreme Biodiversity on the High Seas

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Beschreibung

The Extreme Biodiversity on the High Seas is an immersive educational tool designed to enhance understanding of environmental changes and their impacts on global biodiversity. Through this interactive platform, users can virtually visit diverse ecosystems, observe the effects of climate change, and examine real-world conservation efforts. The tour offers detailed narratives, geospatial data, and visualizations that illustrate the interconnectedness of climate systems and living organisms. Educators can integrate this resource into science, geography, and environmental studies curricula to promote inquiry-based learning and critical thinking. By engaging with this tool, students gain a comprehensive perspective on sustainability challenges and the importance of proactive environmental stewardship.

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Wie Sie diese Ressource nutzen können

Preparation: Ensure access to Google Earth on classroom devices.

Introduction: Begin with a discussion on climate change and its global impacts.

Exploration: Guide students through the Google Earth tour, highlighting key areas affected by climate change.

Analysis: Encourage students to note observations on biodiversity changes and conservation initiatives.

Discussion: Facilitate a class dialogue on findings and potential solutions to environmental challenges.

Extension: Assign students to research specific regions or species impacted by climate change using Google Earth.

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Die Ressourcen

The resources and tools, can be found here:

• Hope Spot: Costa Rican Thermal Dome – Google Earth
• Mission Blue inspires action to explore and protect the ocean. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is uniting a global coalition to inspire an upwelling of public awareness, access and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots.
• UNEP’s Atlas of our Changing Environment

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Lernergebnisse

• Abfrage des Vorwissens und Weiterentwicklung von Wissen und Verständnis von Schlüsselkonzepten der nachhaltigen Bürgerschaft, wobei etablierte Weltanschauungen und Werte in Frage gestellt werden.
• Anwendung einer Reihe von geeigneten Instrumenten und Rahmenwerken zur Förderung des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements von Studierenden im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit
• das Wissen, die Instrumente und den Rahmen gemeinsam zu synthetisieren, um Bildungsmaterialien und Unterrichtspläne zu erstellen, die an ihren eigenen lokalen Kontext angepasst sind

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Grüne Kompetenzen

• Nachhaltige Werte verkörpern: Förderung der Natur
• Komplexität in der Nachhaltigkeit berücksichtigen: Systemorientiertes Denken
• Visionen für eine nachhaltige Zukunft: Forschendes Denken

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Creative Commons

Climate Change and Biodiversity Exploration via Google Earth is Licensed by CC By 4.0.

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