Teachers might say that it’s one thing to tell students information in a lecture format. But it's another to expect them to understand and retain that information. Many students can better do this if teachers can show or demonstrate the information to them as well. Some folks call it active learning.
That thinking is what prompted the creation of the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit.
natural disaster
Modeling Your World
Watch researchers at the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center in Asheville use computers and graphics to model future land use and climate.
Rethinking the Unthinkable
Social science has helped to create the Social Vulnerability Index, which provides a new way to plan and respond to natural disasters.
Avalanche Model
Look Out Below!
November 18, 2014