Precipitating Change in Alaskan and Hawaiian Schools: Modeling Mitigation of Coastal Erosion

With partners from Alaskan and Hawaiian Native communities, multiple universities, and the Concord Consortium, we are exploring approaches to designing, testing, and refining multi-perspective, middle school science instruction about coasts and coastal change. Key questions include: How can multiple perspectives be included in ways that demonstrate equity and respect rather than some perspectives being represented more deeply than others? And, what does learning look like when it authentically represents multiple perspectives?