ED31C:
Climate Literacy: Creating Inclusive Pathways Through Informal Science Learning and Higher Education Toward a Climate-Literate Society and Workforce I Posters


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Session ID#: 61675

Session Description:
Climate change is everyone’s business.  In this session we will explore climate change education efforts in informal and higher education contexts as well as through workforce development and community driven climate action plans that engage cross-sector partners.
Primary Convener:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Conveners:  Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States, Tamara S Ledley, STEM Education Consultant, Needham, United States and Kristen L I Poppleton, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Chairs:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Tamara S Ledley, STEM Education Consultant, Needham, United States, Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States and Kristen L I Poppleton, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, Minneapolis, MN, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Tamara S Ledley, STEM Education Consultant, Needham, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
6630 Workforce [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Water Management and Climate Change in the Focus of International Master Programs in Latin America and the Carribian (421286)
Frido Reinstorf1, Petra Schneider1, Henrietta Hampel2, Raul F. Vazquez2, Luis Dominguez-Granda3, Indira Yadria Nolivos Alvarez4, Raymundo Rodriguez Tejeda5, Leslie Santos Roque5, Wilfredo Martinez6, Yaima Filiberto6, Steve W Lyon7 and Peter Goethals8, (1)University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Dept. of Water, Environment, Building and Safety, Magdeburg, Germany, (2)University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, (3)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Centro de Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (4)Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litora, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (5)University of Holguin, Holguin, Cuba, (6)University of Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba, (7)Stockholm University, Physical Geography & Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden, (8)Ghent University, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Gent, Belgium
National Trends in Undergraduate Exposure to Climate Education (466087)
Natalie Nelson, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Raleigh, NC, United States, Cord Anthony, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, Lise Montefiore, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, Laura Merriman, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Bio & Ag Engineering, Raleigh, NC, United States and Garey A Fox, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Raleigh, NC, United States
Leveraging local networks and student outreach to enhance climate change education in the K-16 classroom (451209)
Dana E Veron, University of Delaware, Dept. of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, Margaret Orr, University of Delaware, Newark, United States and Melissa J. B. Rogers, University of Maryland Center (UMCES) for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, United States
Promoting Energy Literacy Among K-12 Teachers as a Strategy for Preparing the Future Climate Workforce (374448)
Dana Brown Haine1, Grant Parkins2 and Megan Elizabeth Rodgers2, (1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Institute for the Environment, Chapel Hill, United States, (2)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Climate Change Education in State Science Standards (401588)
Evan Couzo, Nathan Butcher, Morgan Fuller, Madeline Hendley and Emma Radulovic, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, United States
Incorporation of climate science topics into low-income underrepresented minority communities and students in South Los Angeles (371945)
Dieuwertje Kast, University of Southern California, USC Joint Educational Project, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Expanding Climate Literacy through Earth2Class--Bringing together Researchers, Teachers, and Students (446229)
Michael J Passow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Earth2Class Workshops for Teachers, Palisades, United States
Convening Youth Climate Leaders and Stakeholder Groups for Climate Resilience (425372)
Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States
Inspiring youth to learn about local impacts of climate change through filmmaking- a transformative experience (431219)
Anne U Gold, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, United States, Erin Leckey, Megan Littrell, University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, United States and Susan E Lynds, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Climate Change Negotiations Pack: Simulation a World Climate Change Conference (430805)
Sylvia Knight, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Caroline Coch, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom, Freja Vamborg, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Copernicus, Reading, United Kingdom and Florian Rauser, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Take a Climate Change Field Trip: A Museum Program that Helps Grow Student Understanding of Climate Change and Empowers Them to Contribute to Positive Changes in Their Communities (460298)
Becca Hatheway, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
GLOBE Atmosphere Protocols and Kite Remote Sensing Course Content for a New Geoscience Course at a HBCU (466181)
David Padgett, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States

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