Roberta Tevlin
roberta@tevlin.ca

Join us Thursday September 26th from 7:00 to 8:00 PM to learn about the many solutions to climate change, while engaged with other teachers in a role-playing game! By the end of the hour, you will see how climate change is very serious and very complicated — but — it is also something that can be solved. You will leave energized and ready to try out this lesson with your classes the next day. This game would be good for SNC1W, SNC2D, SPH3U, SES4U, many geography courses, or anywhere else you want to discuss climate solutions.

This virtual Physics Hour is run by Roberta Tevlin, Milica Rakic, Iain Braithwaite, Michelle Lee, Tim Langford, Tom Eagan, and Felipe Almeida. Sign up for the event here. Please share this opportunity with others who you think may be interested in joining. The Zoom meeting link will be sent out 48 hours prior to the event.

The Details
You will be placed into one of six different stakeholder groups, where you will be provided with a two-page brief that explains your group’s priorities. You will examine nineteen possible actions and choose your top three. Each group will take turns selecting one of their choices. The effects of each action on greenhouse gas emissions and temperature will be shown using the En-ROADS simulator. The En-ROADS simulator is from MIT Sloan and is free, updated monthly, and is driven by over 20 000 equations. It is not a simple animation, but a powerful tool used by policy makers in business and government. You don’t need to do any preparation before the game, but if you want to you could look at the following files ahead of time. We hope to see you there!

Tags: Climate, Destreamed, Energy, Professional Development