In 1815, a cataclysmic volcano erupted on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia.
Researchers have found the disaster of Mount Tambora to be the cause of monumental weather conditions across the globe. The weather shift is speculated to have caused a number of surprising consequences, such as food shortages, migration in North America, agricultural ruin leading to Chinese opioid production, and even Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Bragg, Citation2016). While the work we do as teachers is microscopic compared to the effects of Mount Tambora (and also hopefully much more encouraging), the anecdote is useful for recognizing how the effects of teaching stretch beyond our targeted learning objectives. This article presents an example of how to broaden our reach as educators…