ED33B:
Climate Literacy: Overcoming Barriers—Research Outcomes and Best Practices for Supporting Education and Informed Decision Making II Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Minda Berbeco, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States, Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States, Julie Lee Lambert, Florida Atlantic University, Key Biscayne, FL, United States and Dana Nuccitelli, Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia
Primary Conveners:  Minda Berbeco, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States, Julie Lee Lambert, Florida Atlantic University, Key Biscayne, FL, United States and Dana Nuccitelli, Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia
OSPA Liaisons:  Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
When, not if: The inescapability of an uncertain future
Stephan Lewandowsky1,2 and Tim Ballard2, (1)University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, (2)University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
 
Strategies for Teaching Regional Climate Modeling: Online Professional Development for Scientists and Decision Makers
Peter Walton1, Morgan Brown Yarker2, Michel dos Santos Mesquita3 and Friederike Elly Luise Otto1, (1)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)Self Employed, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, (3)Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
 
Does Climate Literacy Matter?
Daniel P Bedford, Weber State University, Geography, Ogden, UT, United States
 
Communicating climate science to a suspicious public: How best to explain what we know?
Erik Meade Conway, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Randal Jackson, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Connecting Spatial Literacy and Climate Literacy Using a Place-Based GIS Approach in a Collaborative Online Educational Setting
Russanne Low, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, United States, Rebecca A Boger, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, United States and Carole A Mandryk, 3c2e Climate Change Education Consulting Evaluation, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Does Education Plus Action Lead to Leadership on Climate? Preliminary Results from the ACE Leadership Development Longitudinal Survey Project
Rebecca K Anderson1, Leah Qusba1, Matt Lappe1 and June A. Flora2, (1)Alliance for Climate Education, Oakland, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, H-Star, Stanford, CA, United States
 
The Machinery Of Climate Anti-Science, Its Efforts Against Education, Top To Bottom
John R Mashey, Techviser, Portola Valley, CA, United States
 
Climate Literacy: Climate.gov Follow-Up Evaluation—A Study of the Four NOAA Audiences
Frank Niepold III1, Susan Buhr Sullivan2, Anne U Gold2, Susan E Lynds3 and Karin Kirk4, (1)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (2)CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Freelance Educational Writer, Northfield, MN, United States
 
Climate Change Misconceptions: Can Instruction Help?
John L McCuin, Dallas Baptist University, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Dallas, TX, United States, Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States and Douglas Hayhoe, Tyndale University College & Seminary, Department of Education, Toronto, ON, Canada
 
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