Educator Workshop – Plastics, Fracking, and Climate Change with Guest Speaker Dr. Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance
Date/Time: Thursday, August 22, 2024, 4 PM – 5 PM PT
During this educator workshop we’ll help you get comfortable with two of our free lessons (grades 6 and up) that engage students in exploring the connections between plastic production and climate change: How and Where are Plastics Made and How is Plastic Connected to Climate Change. These lessons employ interactive digital maps produced by our partners at FracTracker Alliance. The lessons introduce students to GIS, an important analytical tool used in many disciplines especially environmental and social sciences. Guest speaker Ted Auch, Ph.D. ofFracTracker Alliance will explain the fracking industry’s connection to plastics, and talk about how their nonprofit brings together geography, data science, and policy to work towards environmental justice for communities across America and the globe who are impacted by fossil fuel extraction and plastic production buildout.
This online workshop will be held on Zoom. For middle school, high school and college educators in Environmental Science, Social Science, APES, Geography, Political Science and related subjects.