Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change
As environmental changes become a significant societal issue, elementary science curricula need to develop students’ understanding about the key concepts of energy and climate change. For teachers, developing quality learning experiences involves establishing what their students’ prior understand...
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| description | As environmental changes become a significant societal issue, elementary science curricula
need to develop students’ understanding about the key concepts of energy and climate change.
For teachers, developing quality learning experiences involves establishing what their
students’ prior understanding about energy and climate change are. A survey was developed to
explore what elementary students know and understand about renewable and non-renewable
sources of energy and their relationship to climate change issues. The findings from this
survey are reported in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b91b2c9c0b1847c9814da3087913e71f2023-02-15T16:13:58ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982008-10-0111115Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate changeColin Boylan 0Charles Sturt UniversityAs environmental changes become a significant societal issue, elementary science curricula need to develop students’ understanding about the key concepts of energy and climate change. For teachers, developing quality learning experiences involves establishing what their students’ prior understanding about energy and climate change are. A survey was developed to explore what elementary students know and understand about renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and their relationship to climate change issues. The findings from this survey are reported in this paper.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/3/1Elementary studentsenergyclimate changeIntroductionOne of the current challenges facing people around the world focuses on energy. In particularissues surrounding access to continuing energy sourcesthe rate of usage of known non-renewable energy resourcesthe use of renewable energy sourcesthe impact that society’s use of energy can have on the environment and earth’s climate are regularly reported in the media. For elementary studentsthese are key issues that will have a major impact on their quality of life both in the short term and in the longer term. For elementary teachersthe challenge is to teach about energy and climate change in ways that promote deep knowledge and deep understanding of these concepts. In the New South Wales education systemclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Colin Boylan Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education Elementary students energy climate changeIntroductionOne of the current challenges facing people around the world focuses on energy. In particular issues surrounding access to continuing energy sources the rate of usage of known non-renewable energy resources the use of renewable energy sources the impact that society’s use of energy can have on the environment and earth’s climate are regularly reported in the media. For elementary students these are key issues that will have a major impact on their quality of life both in the short term and in the longer term. For elementary teachers the challenge is to teach about energy and climate change in ways that promote deep knowledge and deep understanding of these concepts. In the New South Wales education system climate change |
| title | Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change |
| title_full | Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change |
| title_fullStr | Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change |
| title_short | Exploring elementary students’ understanding of energy and climate change |
| title_sort | exploring elementary students understanding of energy and climate change |
| topic | Elementary students energy climate changeIntroductionOne of the current challenges facing people around the world focuses on energy. In particular issues surrounding access to continuing energy sources the rate of usage of known non-renewable energy resources the use of renewable energy sources the impact that society’s use of energy can have on the environment and earth’s climate are regularly reported in the media. For elementary students these are key issues that will have a major impact on their quality of life both in the short term and in the longer term. For elementary teachers the challenge is to teach about energy and climate change in ways that promote deep knowledge and deep understanding of these concepts. In the New South Wales education system climate change |
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