ED23F:
Climate Literacy: Strategies for Talking About Controversial Issues Outside of the Classroom / Preparing Climate Literate K-12 Teachers and Students II

Session ID#: 3123

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
102 (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Nick Haddad, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States and Raluca Ellis, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Convener:  Nick Haddad, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-conveners:  Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States, Ingrid Zabel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, United States and Raluca Ellis, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ingrid Zabel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Virtual Option?: Yes
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ED23F-01
Building Capacity: The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (Invited) (4577)
William Spitzer, New England Aquarium, Programs, Exhibits and Planning, Boston, MA, United States and Leadership Team of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation
ED23F-02
Climate Literacy in the Classroom: Supporting Teachers in the Transition to NGSS (22677)
Melissa J. B. Rogers1, Jennifer Merrill2, Patricia Harcourt1, Christopher Petrone2, Nicole Shea3 and Hilary Mead3, (1)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, MADE CLEAR, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)College of Marine and Earth Studies, Newark, DE, United States, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
ED23F-03
Getting Decision Makers to the Table: Digestible Facts, a Few Good Friends and Sharing Recipes for Solutions to Climate Change Impacts. (31317)
Michel Andre Boudrias, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, United States, Mica Estrada, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States, Alexander Gershunov, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States, Nilmini Jeanne Silva-Send, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, Univ of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, Emily Young, University of San Diego, Non-Profit Institute, San Diego, United States and Climate Education Partners
ED23F-04
Lens on Climate Change (LOCC) – Engaging Secondary Students in Climate Science through Videography (Invited) (5934)
Anne U Gold1, David Joseph Oonk2, Lesley K Smith3, Susan M Sullivan2, Max Boykoff4 and Beth Osnes5, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
ED23F-05
The Evolving Risk of Climate Change and National Security: People not Polar Bears (22045)
David Titley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
ED23F-06
Advancing Climate Literacy through Investment in Science Education Faculty, and Future and Current Science Teachers: Providing Professional Learning, Instructional Materials, and a Model for Locally-Relevant and Culturally-Responsive Content (Invited) (8238)
Catherine Halversen1, Jude K Apple2, Janice D McDonnell3 and Emily L Weiss1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Bellingham, WA, United States, (3)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
ED23F-07
Engaging All Americans: Innovative Strategies for Reaching the Public with Climate and Environmental Information (Invited) (6517)
Sara Espinoza, National Environmental Education Foundation, Weather & Environment, Washington, DC, United States
ED23F-08
Preparing This Generation to be the Next Generation: Educator Climate Literacy Practices and Needs, Desirable Attainments, and Exemplar Resources (Invited) (5901)
Susan M Sullivan, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Anne U Gold, University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, Susan E Lynds, CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Tamara S Ledley, Bentley University, Natural and Applied Sciences, Waltham, United States
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