Laura Zangori

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University of Missouri

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Enhancing Energy Literacy through Place-based Learning: Using the School Building to Link Energy Use with Earth Systems

University of Missouri-Columbia

09/01/2020

This exploratory project will design, pilot, and evaluate a 10-weeek, energy literacy curriculum unit for a program called Energy and Your Environment (EYE). In the EYE curriculum, students will study energy use and transfer in their own school buildings. They will explore how Earth systems supply renewable and nonrenewable energy, and how these energy sources are transformed and transferred from Earth systems to a school building to meet its daily energy requirements.

Responding to an Emerging Epidemic through Science Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)

03/01/2020

This research project will produce curricular materials designed to help students learn about viral epidemics as both a scientific and social issue. It will engage students in scientific modeling of the epidemic and in critical analyses of media and public health information about the virus. This approach helps students connect their classroom learning experiences with their lives beyond school, a key characteristic of science literacy.