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Teacher / Researcher Collaborative
Bridging science researchers to support teachers in the classroom with learning about climate phenomenon.
About
The Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) is part of the Perspectives on Ocean Sciences Lecture Series at the Birch Aquarium. TRCs will take place monthly and will connect researchers at Scripps Oceanography at UC San Diego with educators to learn about the latest research in science, engineering and education. These events will focus on supporting Climate Science Education.
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Each Teacher / Researcher Collaborative meeting begins with a research presentation on a climate-based phenomenon. Teams of teachers then work collaboratively with the researcher to plan out how to integrate what they learn into instructional practices with students.​
Upcoming TRC Events
Previous Events
See links to resources from previous events below.
Alexander Weyant
In this Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) event, we learned from Alexander Weyant how data from a network of weather stations can directly teach us about local microclimates and weather phenomena.
Morgan Levy, Zhouhan Fang
In this Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) event, UCSD researchers discussed how map data is used in research on urban heat, greening, and water sustainability, and guided participants in the use of their ecohydrology and heat explorer tool to investigate their own local heat-plant-water relationships.
Elsa Cleland
In this Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) event, we learned about the potential for plants. to adapt to climate change from Dr. Elsa Cleland at UC San Diego, Department of Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution.