EnvLit - Working Groups

Environmental Literacy

Michigan State University

- Carbon Cycle
- - Teaching Materials
- > 12-13 version
- -- MSP plant unit
- -- Carbon TIME units
- > 11-12 version
- -- MSP unit
- -- Carbon TIME units
- > 10-11 version
- > 09-10 version
- > Older version
- - Assessments
- - Research Reports
- - PD Materials
- Water Cycle
- Biodiversity&Evolution
- Citizenship
- Invoice & Consent form

Carbon cycle

Carbon Cycle Teaching Experiment (2012-13)

we developed three parts of Carbon Cycle Teaching Experiment:

1. MSP plant unit (2012-2013)

2. Carbon TIME teaching materials (2012-2013)

3. Professional Development materials (2012-2013)

Development of these materials was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation: Targeted Partnership: Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy (NSF-0832173). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

News & Latest Papers

Dauer, J. M., Doherty, J. H., Freed, A. L., Anderson, C.W. Connections between student explanations and arguments from evidence about plant growth. Submitted to CBE: Life Sciences Education. (download Paper)

Parker, J., de los Santos, E., and Anderson, C.W. (2013). What learning progressions on carbon-transforming processes tell us about how students learn to use the laws of conservation of matter and energy. Educacion Quimica, 24(4), 399-406. (download Paper)

Dauer, J., Miller, H., & Anderson, C.W. (in press). Conservation of energy: An analytical tool for student accounts of carbon-transforming processes. In R. Chen, A. Eisenkraft, D. Fortus, J. Krajcik, K. Neumann & A. Scheff (Eds.), Teaching and Learning of Energy in K-12 Education. New York: Springer. (download Paper)

Dauer, J., Miller, H., Anderson, C.W. (2013) An inquiry learning progression for carbon-transforming processes. (download PPT, Paper)

Working Groups


Carbon	Biodiversity
Cycle	&Evolution


Water	Citizenship
Cycle

Research Partners

the BEAR Center

Long Term Ecological Research Math-science Partnership (LTER)

the KBS K-12 Partnership

GK-12 Project