ED21F
Climate Literacy: Improving Climate Literacy through Informal Learning and Citizen Science I

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
103 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Robert F Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  John McLaughlin, NOAA, Office of Education, Washington, DC, DC, United States, David Scott Lustick, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Education, Lowell, MA, United States and Amy P. Kaminski, NASA, Office of the Chief Scientist, Washington, DC, DC, United States
Chairs:  Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, Passport to Knowledge, Morristown, NJ, United States and William Spitzer, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos, NM, United States
08:00
Realizing the Value of Citizen Science Data. (Invited) (67029)
Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
08:15
ScienceToGo.org: Using 'Ozzie the Ostrich' to Build Local Partnerships around Climate Change Learning (79076)
David Scott Lustick1, Jill Lohmeier1, Robert F Chen2, Rick Wilson3, David Rabkin4 and Shanna Rose Thompson1, (1)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Education, Lowell, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Texas State University San Marcos, Communication, San Marcos, TX, United States, (4)Museum of Science, Boston, MA, United States
08:30
Citizen Scientists Contribute National-Scale Phenology Data for Science, Conservation and Resource Management (67624)
Alyssa Rosemartin and Jake F Weltzin, USA National Phenology Network, Tucson, AZ, United States
09:15
Approaches to Climate Literacy at the American Museum of Natural History (75992)
Robert V Steiner, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, United States
09:30
CROWDSOURCING SCIENCE TO PROMOTE HUMAN HEALTH: NEW TOOLS TO PROMOTE SAMPLING OF MOSQUITO POPULATIONS BY CITIZEN SCIENTISTS (75029)
Rebecca A Boger1, Russanne Low2, Mullica Jaroensutasinee3, Krisanadej Jaroensutasinee3, Elena B Sparrow4, Jen-I Costosa5, July Medina1 and Gary Randolph6, (1)CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, United States, (2)University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, United States, (3)Walailak University, Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States, (6)The GLOBE Program/UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
09:45
Picture This: The Art of Using Museum and Science Collaborations to Teach about Climate Change (80385)
Francesco Fiondella1,2, Rebecca Fowler3, Nicole K Davi4 and Elisabeth Gawthrop2, (1)Earth Institute, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Foundation for Earth Science, St. Louis, MO, United States, (4)William Paterson University of New Jersey, South River, NJ, United States
 
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