(B.S. Earth Systems- Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Earth Systems Peer Advisor)

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Some key insights:

• Hands-on, experiential learning like field work and labs is very effective for learning earth systems topics compared to just lectures.
• 3 components — modeling, field work, laboratory hands on work; The Stanford at Sea program provided a unique opportunity to combine field work, lab analysis, and modeling to deeply learn about ocean carbon chemistry.
• When explaining climate topics, it's best to make it personal and relatable by connecting it to the individual and how it may impact them directly.
• VR could be a useful tool for environmental education and source of inspiration by allowing people to experience natural disasters and environments they may not otherwise see, to build empathy and connection to nature.

Some key quotes:

• "Anything that allows you to really use the thing you learn is always very helpful."
• "It's very difficult to talk about climate models, but actually to see the code, to see it press play and run in real time and produce the graphs, always amazingly illustrative."
• "Experience that combines all three components of modeling, field experience, laboratory hands on work, is extremely idea for earth systems, any class that can achieve that wishes pretty hard, is going to be very ideal."
• "Make it personal, make it immediate, and make it relatable. It tends to strike a personal accord much more."
• "People are nowadays are very disconnected to the earth and the land. And that is the one part why it's so easy to support things that encroach or destroy the environment."
• "Seeing things from a different, opposite perspective, or other people's perspective is super invaluable."

Exploratory Interview Questions

Introduction/general background

1. What do you study/what draws you to earth sys
   1. Majoring in Earth Systems with a focus on the ocean-atmosphere climate track, specifically climate science.
   • Drawn to academia and plans to pursue a professorship, government research, and teaching roles.
   • His anchor is his interest in climate science, clouds, oceans, and sustainability, which has also been his hobby.

Educational Tools and Engagement

1. What types of educational tools have you found most engaging and effective during your studies?
   1. Effective tools involve practical applications of learned concepts rather than just theoretical knowledge.
   2. 3 components — modeling, field work, laboratory hands on work.
   3. Appreciates interactive models and simulations that allow students to see the effects of variable changes in real-time, as experienced in his "Polar Climate Dynamics" class.
   4. Values fieldwork and hands-on laboratory activities for their ability to solidify learning and provide real-world context.
   5. Stanford At Sea — going out to the ocean, collecting water samples, taking it back to the lab to analyze — this has stuck with him more than any course he’s done on campus
2. Have you used any digital or interactive technologies in your climate education? What did you like or dislike about them?