EdGCM: A Realistic Global Climate Modeling Experience for Educational Institutions
Many studies show that climate change has already begun to affect natural and societal systems, and even the most optimistic international agreements allow for continued greenhouse gas increases and significant ...

Summer Research Program for Science Teachers
This project that will increase the knowledge and research skills of middle and high school earth science and environmental science teachers. By doing so, these teachers will be better able to elevate their ...

National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation
An award has been made to the New England Aquarium to develop the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI). The overall goal of the CCEP Phase I project is to establish a coordinated ...

Ocean Sciences Curriculum Sequence for Grades 6-8
The Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the Rutgers University Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, and the Curriculum Division of Carolina ...

Climate Literacy Ambassadors
The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) proposes a three-tiered program to train G6-12 teachers to be Ambassadors of Climate Literacy in their local schools and communities. The ...

Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability (Teen ACES)
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) will develop museum-based education resources to engage high school age youth in the exploration of climate literacy and Earth systems science through its Teen ACES ...

Living Landscapes: Culture, Climate Science, and Education in Tribal Communities
The SKC project, "Living Landscapes," focuses on development of a college-level climate change course specifically centered on remote sensing, a similar high school learning unit and companion social ...

Exploring Global Climate Change Through Problem-based Learning
The leading geoscientists 200 years ago were confident that Earth's climate could not dramatically change in less than a 1,000-year cycle. Today's geoscientists tell a different story. Today we are in a ...

Carbon Connections - Earth, Communities, and You: Three Web-based Modules for Improving High School Students' Understanding of Key Concepts in Global Cliimate Change
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) proposes a project, Carbon Connections, a sequence of free, internet-based modules to enhance high school students' understanding of global climate change. The three ...

Empowering Climate Change Resiliency through Education in an Underserved Community
Understanding climate change and its exacerbating effects on local environmental phenomena (e.g., increase in frequency and/or intensity of drought, ocean acidification, water shortages, degraded fisheries) and how ...