2015

Awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada to recognize exceptional contributions to teaching and learning in Canadian post-secondary education.

3M National Teaching Fellowship

2011

Awarded by the University of British Columbia.

Killam Teaching Prize

2007

Awarded by Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia.

Undergraduate Instructor of the Year Award

2005

Awarded by the Sea Education Association.

Jim Millinger Award for Excellence in Teaching

A New Tool for Measuring Student Behavioral Engagement in Large University Classes

A Massive Open Online Course on climate change: The social construction of a global problem using new tools for connectedness

Measuring student knowledge of landscapes and their formation timespan

Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Multiple Instructors to Teach Single Courses

Transforming the lowest performing students; an intervention that worked

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.

Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice

Sara Harris is a Professor of Teaching in the department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. She has a PhD in oceanography from Oregon State University and a research background in paleoceanography and paleoclimate. During seven years as a chief scientist at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, she studied modern oceans and sailed thousands of miles with undergraduate students. Since 2007, she has been a Departmental Director for the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at UBC, a major effort to improve undergraduate learning in science by implementing evidence-based, student-focused pedagogy.  Sara's current research explores how people learn climate science.  She teaches a MOOC on edx.org called "Climate Change: The Science" and she is a co-author of Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice.

Science Education

 Climate Change

Energy Systems and Public Policy

University Teaching

Public Speaking

Environmental Awareness

Science Policy

Oceanography

Paleoceanography

Climate Change: The Science

A Nobel Laureate's Education Plea: Revolutionize Teaching

Conversations that Matter: Dr. Sara Harris a senior instructor at the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science at UBC

B.C. fire season flares up early forcing province to turn down Alberta request for help

How to build a world-wide classroom

Overcoming the Obstacles to Teaching Reform

Dirty Slates: Student Ideas as Catalysts for Learning

The Change in Climate Change

(Re)Designing Your Course For Improved Student Learning

Online and Hybrid Learning Workshop

Professor of Teaching, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

UBC Professor Sara Harris, from the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, teaches a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on climate change. This is her take on the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Paris. ‪

Professor Sara Harris on the United Nations Climate Change Conference

Dr. Sara Harris from the Earth and Ocean Sciences department at UBC won the 2011 Killam Teaching Award for Science Instructors. Her teaching is student-focused and evidence-based. She teaches courses such as in environmental sciences, climate change or oceanography.

2011 UBC Killam Teaching Award

Episode 14 Dr. Sara Harris
Climate 101 - Part 1

This week’s Conversation that Matters features Dr. Sara Harris a senior instructor at the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science at UBC.

In Part 1 of our two show Conversation, Dr. Harris explains the elements of climate and how they interact. She points out that Co2 has a long life span in the atmosphere and because it is not breaking down it continues to accumulate. The concentration level of Co2 is now over 400 ppm and rising.

Join veteran broadcaster Stuart McNish for this important and engaging Conversation that Matters on The Vancouver Sun website. Each week McNish explores the most important issues shaping the future of B.C.  Please become a subscriber and support the production of the program at www.conversationsthatmatter.tv

Conversations That Matter - Episode 14 - Dr. Sara Harris

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 About this course
Do you want to talk about climate change from an informed perspective? Are you interested in how global warming works? Climate change is the biggest challenge of our time, and climate science is critical to finding solutions. How can we make the best decisions about our present and future? By taking this course, you can be part of the global conversation. 

Climate Change: The Science is an introduction to climate science basics. We’ll discuss flows of energy and carbon in Earth’s climate system, how climate models work, climate history, and future forecasts.

This course will give you the knowledge you need, and practice communicating about climate change. You’ll meet people from around the world with a huge range of local and regional climate change issues. Join us, learn the science, and share your own stories.

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