ED32A:
Climate Literacy: Delivering Climate Change Science Content, Process, and Context to K12 Educators, Students, Parents, and the Larger Community I

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Session ID#: 17180

Session Description:
Next Generation Science Standards and many emerging state standards mandate that US students learn about climate change. Although a recent survey indicates that a majority of US secondary science teachers teach at least one hour on climate change annually, most teachers have limited climate science training, and may face resistance from families on this highly politicized issue. This session requests abstracts presenting research and models of approaches, interventions, or professional development that: 1. increase inservice teachers’ knowledge of climate change and improve access to research-based information; or 2. educate inservice teachers in accessing and using appropriate climate data; or 3. incorporate climate change into education programs for preservice teachers, or 4. describe strategies for engaging families and communities in climate change education, or 5. offer a conceptual framework for scaffolding formal and informal inquiry-based instruction and guide the design and implementation of age-appropriate learning materials.
Primary Convener:  Patricia Harcourt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, MADE CLEAR, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Joseph Levine, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States; Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States and Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States
Chairs:  Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States and Patricia Harcourt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, MADE CLEAR, Baltimore, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Joseph Levine, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States; Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0830 Teacher training [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Teaching about Climate and Energy using NGSS-aligned resources from the CLEAN Collection and a new Earth System Investigation framework (138139)
Anne U Gold1, Tamara S Ledley2, Marian Grogan2, Susan M Sullivan3, Jeff Lockwood4, Elizabeth Youngman4, Dr. Cheryl L B Manning, Ph.D.5, Margaret A Holzer, PhD6 and Frank Niepold III7, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, United States, (2)Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States, (5)Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, Washington, United States, (6)Rutgers University, Geography, New Brunswick, United States, (7)NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States
Understanding Global Change: A New Conceptual Framework To Guide Teaching About Planetary Systems And Both The Causes And Effects Of Changes In Those Systems (167823)
Joseph Levine, Organization for Tropical Studies, Boston, MA, United States and Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States
Enhancing climate literacy through the use of an interdisciplinary global change framework and conceptual models (140146)
Jessica Rebecca Bean1, Kathleen Zoehfeld1, Kristen Mitchell1, Joseph Levine2 and Lisa D White1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Offering climate change education to pre-service teachers outside the higher ed classroom (192869)
Dana E Veron1, Melissa Rogers2, Asli Sezen-Barrie3, Jane Wolfson3, Gulnihal Ozbay4 and Rebecca Fox-Lykens4, (1)University of Delaware, Dept. of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Annapolis, MD, United States, (3)Towson University, Towson, MD, United States, (4)Delaware State University, Dover, DE, United States
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center presents Enhancing Standards Based Science Curriculum through NASA Content Relevancy: A Model for Sustainable Teaching-Research Integration Dr. Robert Gabrys, Raquel Marshall, Dr. Evelina Felicite-Maurice, Erin McKinley (179394)
Robert Gabrys, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Raquel H Marshall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Education, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Learning from Our Place, Learning from Each Other (142611)
Corrin Barros and Emerson Odango, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI, United States
It's A Gassy World: Middle School Students Investigate Climate Change (179720)
Christina Romano, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States
Advancing climate literacy in Idaho K-12 schools using STEM education approaches, open source electronics, and Maker culture as vehicles for teacher training (122468)
Alejandro N Flores1, Lucy Gelb2, Katelyn FitzGerald2, Amy Steimke2, Christine Chang2, Cindy Busche3 and Jay Breidenbach4, (1)Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States, (2)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, (3)City of Boise, Boise, ID, United States, (4)National Weather Service Boise, Boise, ID, United States

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