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Rebecca Boger1 Russanne Low2
Amy Potter3
1Brooklyn College, CUNY; Geosciences 2University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Science Education
3Armstrong State University: Cultural Geography
InTeGrate is funded by a 5-year STEP Center grant from the National Science Foundation. The program supports the teaching of geoscience in the context of societal issues both within geoscience courses and across the undergraduate curriculum. Our goal is to develop a citizenry and workforce that can address environmental and resource issues facing our society.
Unit 1: The Basics of Global Food Systems ◦ AGO modified 5x5 ◦ Make a map in AGO that illustrates the spatial dimensions
involved in our global food system as it relates to your favorite chocolate bar.
Unit 2: Systems Thinking to Address Wicked Problems Unit 3: Climate Change and Food Security: The Case
of Chocolate ◦ Map Activity: Climate Change and Cocoa Production in West
Africa ◦ Uses AGO data layer: Köppen-Geiger Observed and
Predicted Climate Shifts (IPCC )
Units 4-6: Food Security Case Studies ◦ AGO based explorations of 3 case studies – New York City,
Caribbean, Nebraska