ED33A:
Climate Literacy: Creating Inclusive Pathways Through Informal Science Learning and Higher Education Toward a Climate-Literate Society and Workforce II


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Session ID#: 61677

Session Description:
Climate Literacy: Creating inclusive pathways through informal science learning, higher education towards a climate literate society and workforce
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, Bentley University, Waltham, 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 and Tamara S Ledley, Bentley University, Waltham, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 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:

“Throwing Shade in RVA” – piloting an informal education program for teens to develop green workforce skills by addressing urban heat inequality in public spaces (357224)
Jeremy S Hoffman, PhD1, Kendra H Norrell2 and Giles H Harnsberger2, (1)The Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, United States, (2)Groundwork RVA, Richmond, VA, United States
National Park Adventure: Using a Video Game to Connect Players with Climate Impacts in Public Lands (384455)
Emma Carolyn Kahle1, Andrey Butenko2, Rikki Parent3, Erin Riesland2, Dargan M Frierson4 and Sam Drucker5, (1)University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (4)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)NatureBridge, Seattle, WA, United States
Divide Then Multiply – Piloting the Earth to Sky Regional Network of Informal Climate Educators (441282)
Anita Davis, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jenna Giddens, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Lanham, MD, United States
Tree-Ring Expeditions (TREX) for Undergrads: Online labs that guide students to think like scientists. (439149)
Nicole K Davi, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Environmental Science, Wayne, NJ, United States, Patrick T Pringle, Centralia College, Centralia, WA, United States, Francesco Fiondella, Earth Institute, Palisades, NY, United States and Rose Oelkers, Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Putting Professional Development into Practice: Successful Climate Course Offerings at Two Island-Based Minority-Serving Institutions following AMS Climate Studies Diversity Project Participation (350197)
Elizabeth W. Mills1, Victoria Thorpe2, Richard Marshall Jones3, Sarah Glancy4, Carrie H.M. Tome5, Wendy E Abshire1, Chad Kauffman6, Abigail E. Stimach1, Kira A. Nugnes1 and Scott W. Slough7, (1)American Meteorological Society, Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Universidad Interamericana de PR-Bayamón, Escuela Aeronáutica, San Juan, PR, United States, (3)University of Hawaii - West Oahu, Kaploei, HI, United States, (4)University of Hawaii - West Oahu, Kapolei, HI, United States, (5)University of Hawaii - West Oahu, Math/Science, Kapolei, HI, United States, (6)California University of Pennsylvania, Earth Sciences, California, United States, (7)Stephen F. Austin State University (Retired), Nacogdoches, TX, United States
What do undergraduates really know about the weather, climate and climate change? (419256)
Jennifer D. Small Griswold, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Atmospheric Sciences, Honolulu, HI, United States
Building a Resilient Watershed Through Community Collaboration (374573)
Betsy Wilkening, University of Arizona, AZ Project WET, Tucson, United States and Catlow Shipek, Watershed Management Group, Tucson, AZ, United States

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