Now accepting applications for Spring 2025 Internship!
The Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) Community Engagement Core (CEC) is seeking a student to assist with the Iowa Climate Podcast. Activities include:
- Developing curriculum/resources to accompany the existing podcast episodes
- Promoting and distributing the podcast
- Development of future podcast episodes
- Conducting interviews and possible editing of episodes
This is an unpaid opportunity, but eligible for experiential learning credit for 3-5 hours per week. Begins in February 2025 until end of the Spring semester.
To apply, please email Jackie Curnick (jcurnick@uiowa.edu) with a resume and a short cover letter describing your interest and qualifications for this opportunity. Deadline for applications is end of day on Thursday January 30th
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The Environmental Health Sciences Research Center at the University of Iowa College of Public Health developed the Iowa Climate Podcast and the accompanying curriculum as a way to foster conversations and engagement around the science, activism, and solutions related to climate change.
Listen for free on soundcloud (no sign up required) https://soundcloud.com/ehsrc_uiowa
Listen for free on spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4gaxygAKms2eQlZvfcdwj3
This resource is free! Each episodes is between 10-30 minutes. After listening to the episode, there is an accompanying slide deck and instructional document with teaching notes, activity ideas, and discussion questions (curriculum for season 1 only, which is the first 4 episodes).
Discussion Questions and Notes Season 1 Iowa Climate Podcast(pdf)
Iowa Climate Podcast Teacher guide with Educational Standards (pdf)
If you use the resources we would appreciate if you filled out this short evaluation so we can track where/how the materials are being used (this is not required)
For questions or comments please contact Jackie Curnick, MDP at jcurnick@uiowa.edu