Description: Guest teach and get an insight into primarily undergraduate institutions at Edgewood College. This introductory environmental studies course includes majors and non-majors and incorporates engaging teaching approaches such as local case studies and current events. Content might include the carbon cycle and climate or the water cycle and related issues.
Semester(s): Fall or Spring
Institution: Edgewood College
Department(s): Biological Sciences; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies
Intern background needed: Ecology or environmental science
Course: BIO/ENVS 250: Intro to Environmental Science
Course info: Intro lecture course; 16-18 students, including majors and non-majors
Course time/day: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 – 10:50 am
Potential guest teaching topics/units: Carbon cycle/climate/climate change; nitrogen cycle; water cycle; agriculture
Challenges a project might address include: Systems thinking; nexus of physics, chemistry, and biology
Teaching strategies of interest: TBD
Teaching strategies currently used: Wisconsin-based case studies including water and agriculture; project about science in the news; collaborative learning; systems thinking and modeling. Blackboard is the CMS, and technology-supported learning includes videos and discussion boards. Assessments include presentations and project write-ups; content integrates cultural ecosystem
Contact: Jake Griffin, jacobgriffin@edgewood.edu