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Teacher / Researcher Collaborative
A Climate Education focused Community of Practice that leverages Understanding Global Change
About
The Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) is an Understanding Global Chance anchored Community of Practice. TRCs are held monthly as hybrid events to connect with researchers at UC San Diego to learn about the latest research in science, engineering, and education. These events are focussed on supporting Climate Education through sharing learning and resources with Understanding Global Change.
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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
Natural variation in California poppy
shows the potential for plants to
adapt to climate change
Elsa Cleland
Professor & Chair (she/her)
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution Department
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California San Diego
California poppy is our State Flower, and is found from cool, wet areas in the north to hot, dry areas in the south. Populations in the north tend to live for many years, produce few but large seeds, and have deep roots to help them survive through dry summers. Populations in the south live for only one year, have many small seeds, and their seeds can lay dormant to "wait" for years with abundant rainfall. Both of these strategies teach us about the potential for plants to adapt to future droughts, and California poppy is an iconic example of how evolution generates variation that the public can see and understand.
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When: Wednesday, November 13, 4:00-5:30pm
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Where: Hybrid
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In-Person at Birch Aquarium South Classroom - Click here for directions.
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Virtual via this Zoom Link
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.