The overall goal of this Google funded project was to present pre-service teachers (10) enrolled in math and science methods courses with an orientation to climate change/sustainability issues to inspire them to consider relevant ways that they could incorporate sustainability threads in their lessons. The pre-service science teachers were assigned to infuse sustainability into at least one lesson as part of their unit plan, the culminating project of the course.  Upon completion, the students presented their sustainability lesson efforts to in-service teachers in the Bay area, SJSU education faculty and graduate students to promote discussion and revision.  Examination of their projects revealed weak applications of sustainability and lead to further study to examine in-service teachers' understanding of three components of sustainability as the components were modeled in short You-Tube videos.  Results from this study will be shared.

Infusing sustainability into science lessons: Challenges and growth

245th National Meeting (2013)

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