SUMMARY

Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the Arctic).  After a brief synopsis on current management approaches in the Arctic, students will use information based on the stakeholders and interests they’ve identified before class, to organize and present. The net effect on students will be to: (1) understand the complex web of stakeholder interests and scientific issues (2) learn how to devise a strategic plan for a global issue and an area of significant economic, political, and environmental importance.

GOALS

Learning Objective

In this lesson, students will:

• Review and analyze Arctic interests
• Develop strategic adaptation plans for the marine Arctic
• Engage in a discourse around climate change responses based on projections, science, stakeholders

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

Materials:

• SMARTIC (Strategic Management of Resources in Times of Change) PowerPoint
• Copies of stakeholder role play sheets, distribution maps, & crisis scenario
• Large copy of the SMARTIC game play map
• Two large pieces of clear acetate 
• Grease pencils (enough for 6 teams)
• Copies of distributions maps
   

Attached are the lesson plan and role play sheets for the SMARTIC interactive lesson.
/files/226201_226300/226213/smartic-instructions.doc

/files/226001_226100/226086/smartic-role-play.doc

SMARTIC Presentation
A PowerPoint detailing the synopsis for the interactive case study (includes maps).
/files/226001_226100/226008/smartic-presentation.pptx

Arctic Marine Shipping
A reading assignment to be read in advance of the SMARTIC case study.
AMSA_ArcticMarineShipping.pdf

Arctic Impact Assessment
Reading to be conducted in advance of the SMARTIC interactive case study.
ArcticImpacts_Assessment.pdf

USGS Arctic Resource Appraisal
Reading to be conducted in advance of the SMARTIC interactive case study.
Feb1_usgs.pdf

TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

Faculty Preparation Before Class

• Assign reading
• Print maps
• Print stakeholder role play sheets & crisis scenario

For tips on using games in the classroom, see:

Webinar 9: Integrating Games in Teaching and Responding to Climate Change:

http://www.camelclimatechange.org/articles/view/174555/#gen9

Webinar 4: Gaming Dos and Don'ts: Lesson Learned from Inside and Outside the Classroom:

http://www.camelclimatechange.org/articles/view/174555/#gen16

ASSESSMENT

Homework to Collect and Grade

Evaluate responses to the following questions regarding Arctic marine impacts:

• List the key Arctic stakeholders and their interests that would need to be taken into account in developing a management plan for the Arctic marine environment
• List Arctic information questions regarding science, society, etc. that are important to resolve in order to create an Arctic marine management plan
• Evaluate maps of stakeholder interests
• Reference at least two of your readings in your written response (using MLA citation)

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

Visit:

• Arctic Portal Interactive Mapping Tool

        http://portal.inter-map.com/

• Arctic Data Portal

        http://www.arcticdata.is/

Read:

• Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment, highlights

http://www.amap.no/acia/highlights.pdf

• The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment executive summary (p. 2-7) and the Scenario section (p. 92-121):

http://www.pame.is/images/stories/PDF_Files/AMSA_2009_Report_2nd_print.pdf

• Summary of the USGS report (4 pages):

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdf

View:

• Watch the 1st 22 minutes of this press conference on the Last Arctic Sea Ice Refuge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKVXKDoq_I

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the Arctic). After a brief synopsis on current management approaches in the Arctic, students will use information based on the stakeholders and interests they’ve identified before class, to organize and present.