Born from a series of discussions hosted by the OWHL and the Academy Sustainability Office in December 2019, PASC’s initiative for climate curriculum consists of a group of 70+ students and 30+ faculty committed to bringing climate change to the forefront of curriculum development conversations. 

Our Past Climate Courses and Projects

Dec 2019

Mr. Kelman’s ART309 Videography
Videography resources as material for student Canvas responses, in-class discussion, and models for the Winter 2020 final project.

Dec 2019

Mr. El Alam’s INT509PSB and INT509PSC Project-Based Statistics
Campus-driven statistics surveying and analysis on levels of and opinions towards climate education in the PA experience. 

Oct 2020

Now More Than Ever: Climate Justice in the Humanities
A Tang Institute Luncheon that gathered campus administrators, instructors, staff, and students to discuss applications of climate curriculum in the humanities.

Dec 2020

Literary Repository: Climate Curriculum and the Literary Arts  
A PASC collaboration with English Department faculty​. Searchable, crowd-sourced repository of creative writing organized by genre, word count, background knowledge required, grade level, historical period, national traditions, themes, etc.
 

Dec 2020

10th Grade History: HSS200
An ongoing exchange of educational materials and curricular discussions. 

Mar 2020

Climate Curriculum in Maths, A PASC collaboration with Math Department faculty
An ongoing exchange of educational materials, resources, problem sets, and curricular discussions. 

Mar 2020

9th Grade Biology: BIO100
A department-wide program on climate change piloted in Spring 2020 independent of PASC but in communication with Ms. Guerette, PA campus sustainability coordinator. Classroom instruction and a final project on local climate issues.