ED13B:
Climate Literacy: Building Bridges between Scientists and Educators Posters


Session ID#: 8536

Session Description:
How can scientists and educators work to speak a common language to foster more cooperation? How can scientists better engage with the climate education community?  What are the relative roles of in-person classroom education, teacher professional development and online and multimedia climate education? How can educators and scientists use these forms of education to best effect? This session will foster a conversation between scientists and educators, both formal and informal, on best practices in climate literacy and communication. We will hear from education experts about the results of programs that work “across the aisle” to bridge the gap between scientists and their research and learners in and out of the classroom. We will also hear from scientists who are passionate about climate communication to discuss their journey to incorporate climate education and outreach into their work.
Primary Convener:  Rebecca K Anderson, Alliance for Climate Education, Oakland, CA, United States
Conveners:  Minda Berbeco, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States and Laura F Tenenbaum, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Burbank, CA, United States
Chairs:  Minda Berbeco, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States and Laura F Tenenbaum, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Rebecca K Anderson, Alliance for Climate Education, Oakland, CA, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The AirWaterGas Teacher Professional Development Program: Lessons Learned by Pairing Scientists and Teachers to Develop Curriculum on Global Climate Change and Regional Unconventional Oil and Gas Development (84609)
Lisa S Gardiner1, Becca Hatheway2, Jessica Dehart Rogers3, Joanna Gordon Casey3, Greg Lackey3, Danny Birdsell3, Kristen Brown3, Madeline Polmear3, Shannon Capps3, James Rosenblum3, Kurban Sitterley3, Katya Anna Hafich4, Michael Hannigan3 and Daniel Knight3, (1)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Learning from each other: results of a decade of close collaboration between scientists and educators at CMMAP (86811)
A Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Melissa A Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Brian Jones, Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Online matchmaking: It’s not just for dating sites anymore! Connecting the Climate Voices Science Speakers Network to Educators (Invited) (60051)
Kristin Wegner, GLOBE Program, The GLOBE Implementation Office, Boulder, CO, United States, Sara Herrin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Climate Voices, Boulder, CO, United States and Cynthia Schmidt, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
From the field to the classroom: Connecting climate research to classroom lessons (63953)
Regina Brinker1, Susan M Steiner1 and Lucy Coleman2, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Twelve Bridges Middle School, Science, Placerville, CA, United States
MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO GEOSCIENCES CURRICULUM OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS IN GHANA (64873)
Benjamin Kofi Nyarko, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Connecting NASA Airborne Scientists, Engineers, and Pilots to K-12 Classrooms (Invited) (81591)
Emily L Schaller, National Suborbital Research Center, Palmdale, CA, United States
#ClimateEdCommunity : Field Workshops Bring Together Teachers and Researchers to Make Meaning of Science and Classroom Integration (82214)
Sarah Bartholow, Consultant, Boise, ID, United States, Janet Warburton, Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), Fairbanks, AK, United States, John H Wood, Talbert Middle School, Huntington Beach, CA, United States and Susan M Steiner, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States

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