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While the National Park Service (NPS) units and other public lands offer us unique opportunities to recognize effects of climates change, Scott Ramsey and Steve Sassaman argue that in order to engage and advocate for solutions, we must first uncover our own relationships with the natural world. [...]Jess Dominick, Lauren Ford-Peterson, Katherine Wright, and Karen Wang tackle the pressing issue of helping youth (middle school and high school ages) in San Mateo County, California (near San Francisco), to understand some critical climate-related issues in their region, including sea level rise, wildfires, and biodiversity loss, through the county's Youth Exploring Climate Science (YECS) programs. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES DEPARTMENT Ana Houseal is a professor at the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center, University of Wyoming. [email protected] Jessica Thompson is Assistant Vice President for Sustainability, Northern Michigan University. [email protected] REFERENCES Kellert, Stephen R., and E.O. Wilson. 1993.
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Public lands;
Students;
Verbal communication;
Field trips;
Sea level rise;
Parks & recreation areas;
Climate effects;
Teachers;
Climate change;
Climate science;
Case studies;
Geology;
Wildfires;
Open spaces;
Biodiversity loss;
Hypotheses;
Science education;
Empowerment;
Earth science;
Biodiversity;
Middle schools;
Climate action;
Learning;
Cultural heritage