ED13C:
Climate Literacy: Strategies for Talking About Controversial Issues Outside of the Classroom / Preparing Climate Literate K-12 Teachers and Students I Posters

Session ID#: 5045

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States and Ingrid Zabel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 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?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
ED13C-3458
Walk the Talk: Teachers as Leaders in Climate Change Education (13727)
Janet Warburton, Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), Fairbanks, AK, United States, Sarah Bartholow, Consultant, Boise, ID, United States and Angela Larson, Goldstream Group, Fairbanks, AK, United States
 
ED13C-3459
Personal, Informal and Relatable: Engaging Wide Audiences in Climate Science with Nasa's Earth Right Now Blog (5492)
Laura F Tenenbaum, Holly Shaftel and Randal Jackson, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
ED13C-3460
High School Teachers and Students Knowledge and Views about Climate Change, a Nice NASA Example (6258)
Robert E Bleicher, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, United States and Julie Lee Lambert, Florida Atlantic University, Key Biscayne, FL, United States
 
ED13C-3461
Sciencetogo.Org: Using Humor to Engage a Public Audience with the Serious Issue of Climate Change (8627)
David Scott Lustick1, Jill Lohmeier1, Robert F Chen2, David Rabkin3 and Rick Wilson4, (1)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Education, Lowell, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Museum of Science, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Texas State University San Marcos, Communication, San Marcos, TX, United States
 
ED13C-3462
Preparing Teachers to Support the Development of Climate Literate Students (8010)
Nick Haddad1, Tamara S Ledley2, Katherine Kelly Ellins3, Erin Weeks Bardar1, Elizabeth Youngman4, Candace Dunlap1, Jeff Lockwood1, Alison S Mote5, Karen McNeal6, Julie C Libarkin7, Susan E Lynds8 and Anne U Gold9, (1)TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Bentley University, Natural and Applied Sciences, Waltham, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (4)Busy Bee Productions, Sun Valley, ID, United States, (5)The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin, TX, United States, (6)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, (7)Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (8)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
 
ED13C-3463
Fight Swack, Adapt to Climate Change or How to Use Humor to Engage the Public in Climate Issues (13145)
Raluca Ellis1, Karen Elinich1, Richard Johnson1, Jennifer Fink2 and Joey Crawford2, (1)Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)Masterminds Agency, Philadelphia, PA, United States
 
ED13C-3465
Contrasting Controversies: Fracking and Climate Change (29966)
Don Haas, Ingrid H.H. Zabel and Robert M Ross, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
ED13C-3466
Raising Climate Literacy of K-12 Teachers with Datastreme Earth’s Climate System (10332)
James A Brey1, Ira W. Geer2, Robert S Weinbeck3, Elizabeth W. Mills1 and Kira A. Nugnes1, (1)American Meteorological Society, Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (2)American Meteorological Society (retired), Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (3)AMS-Education Program, Washington, DC, United States
 
ED13C-3467
Climate And Sea Level: It’s In Our Hands Now (25983)
Robin Elizabeth Bell1, Margie Turrin1 and William B F Ryan2, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, USA, Palisades, NY, United States
 
ED13C-3468
There's an Elephant in the Room! How Talking Around Climate Can Be More Effective Than Talking About Climate (27398)
Marijke Unger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Alison Rockwell, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
 
ED13C-3469
Developing Climate Literate, Pre-service, Middle- and High-school Teachers (27707)
Dana E Veron1, Gili Ad-Marbach2, Jane Wolfson3, Gulnihal Ozbay4, Hilary Mead5, Jennifer Merrill5, Asli Sezen-Barrie3, Rebecca Fox-Lykens4 and MADE-CLEAR : Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education Assessment and Research, (1)University of Delaware, Dept. of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Towson University, Towson, MD, United States, (4)Delaware State University, Dover, DE, United States, (5)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
 
ED13C-3470
Museums & Mermaids: Bringing Climate Literacy to the Party (18015)
Debra Tillinger, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, United States
 
ED13C-3471
Who Is Learning About Climate Change in American Schools? An Analysis of Climate Change in Curriculum Standards (29634)
Barry W Golden1, T.K. Francis1 and Tennessee Climate Change Education Research Team, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
 
ED13C-3472
Climate Masters of Nebraska: An Action Based Approach to Climate Change Education (20153)
Natalie Umphlett1, Tonya Bernadt1 and Tapan Pathak2, (1)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, (2)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, United States
 
ED13C-3473
Images of Polar Bears and Penguins, Storms, Deforestation and More - Middle School Students Perceptions of Climate Change  (32110)
Sucharita Gopal1, Eli K Melaas2, Michael Malmrose1, Asher Mullokandov1 and GLACIER GK12@BU, (1)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States
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