Climate Change Learning Collaborative Workshop Agendas
9/27-28: Weather | 10/18-19: Ecosystems | 11/15-16: Water | 12/6-7: Food Systems | 3/21-22/2025: Energy Based Solutions
September 27-28, 2024: Climate Change's Impact on Weather
Friday, September 27 (optional early arrival to alleviate the stress of morning travel)
5:00 – 6:00 pm
History Center
Arrival, settle into cabins
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Long House
Dinner (bring your own)
7:00 pm – ?
Piney Point
Campfire, s’mores and stargazing
Saturday, September 28
7:00 – 8:00 am
Early morning hike for overnight guests (optional)
8:00 – 8:30 am
Big Timbers
Breakfast for overnight guests
8:30 – 9:00 am
Kittatinny Hall
Teacher toolkit pick up / Stipend paperwork / Light breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am
Kittatinny Hall
Welcome & Introduction of presenters and attendees
Tanya Sulikowski, Director of Education, NJ School of Conservation
Session Resources/NJ Climate Change Standards and Grade Bands
Activities: Who’s on Your “Team” and Who Do You Love?
Erin Colfax, Climate Change Consultant
9:30 – 10:15 am
Kittatinny Hall
Coffee & Climate Science
Topic: Weather
Bruce Taterka, Mendham High School (Retired)
10:30 – 11:45 am
LB Sharp Library
Climate Change and Literacy
Jill Mills, Library Media Specialist, Summit Public Schools
12:00 – 12:45 pm
Big Timbers
Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 pm
History Center
Weathering the “Storm” of Climate Change
Dr. Christine Fugger – School Psychologist, Lenape Valley High School &
Adjunct Professor Fairleigh Dickinson University
2:30 – 3:45 pm
Lab
Project Learning Tree: Tree Cookies / Project WET: “Weather” to Vacation
Erin Colfax, Science Integrationist, Unity Charter School
3:45 – 4:00 pm
Lab
Reflection and Share Out
Evolution of Teaching Practice
Acknowledgements / Gratitudes
4:00 pm
Departure
