CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Paper No. 6
Presentation Time: 3:00 PM

STAYING OUT OF THE HOT SEAT: SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN CLIMATE EDUCATION


SULLIVAN, Susan B.1, KELLAGHER, Emily1, LYNDS, Susan2, MCCAFFREY, Mark S.3 and MOIN, Laura4, (1)CIRES Education and Outreach, University of Colorado, Research Laboratory 2, UCB 449, 1540 30th St, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, (2)CIRES Education & Outreach Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, 449 UCB - 30th Street, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309-0449, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 216, Boulder, CO 80309-0216, (4)UCAR/National Science Digital Library, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, susan.buhr@colorado.edu

Teachers cite barriers to implementing climate education, including lack of confidence in climate science knowledge, difficulty aligning climate topics within curriculum and standards, difficulty finding high quality learning resources, and concerns about controversy in the classroom. The Inspiring Climate Education Excellence (ICEE) project is a NASA-funded project to help meet some of these needs. Evaluation data describes some of the barriers teachers face, and strategies are described for providing climate instruction that is sensitive to the learner’s social context, while remaining true to the scientific understanding of climate science. Strategies to forestall controversy are deployed before instruction while developing teaching plans, and during instruction. ICEE resources include videos and high quality learning resources, an online discussion forum focused on current science and pedagogy, and support from a community of scientists and educators.

ICEE resources are being developed in partnership with GLOBE,and the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). The project will help meet the professional development needs of teachers, including those participating in the upcoming GLOBE Climate Campaigns.

URL:

cires.colorado.edu/education/k12/,

iceeonline.org

iceeonline.org/forum

Session No. 266

Geoscience Education X: Overcoming Threats to Earth and Space Science at K–12 Levels
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 208CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 43, No. 5, p.639
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