Climate Education
Fishbanks: A Resource Management Simulation
Fishbanks is a multiplayer web-based simulation in which participants play the role of fishers and seek to maximize their net worth as they co-exist with other players and deal with variations in fish stocks and their catch. It gives a simplified sho...
Climate Education
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) Resources
The MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative offers more than 100 free activities in their Educator Guides, each connected to an episode of their podcast, TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate). Activities can be done in sequence or buffet-style, and th...
Education in Emergencies
Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami
A lesson to examine the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami in 2018, which left over 1,700 people dead, over 60,000 displaced from their homes, and thousands more injured or missing. In this lesson, students will review what has happened and explore the...
Education in Emergencies
Climate Change in the South Pacific
Students will consider the humanitarian impacts of climate change, improve their understanding of the effects on people’s lives, be introduced to the term "climate change refugee," and understand ways people can remain resilient and optimistic. Stude...