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 ...

POlar Learning And Responding: POLAR Climate Partnership
An award has been made to Columbia University to establish a Phase I Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) in collaboration with Teachers College, Barnard College, the University of New Hampshire, the ...

Earth System Science: A Key to Climate Literacy
TERC proposes to create an Earth Systems Climate EarthLabs module comprised of nine sequential, inquiry-based lab activities that introduce students to Earth system science and climate change which are based on the ...

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 ...

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 Change Education: Science, Solutions, and Education in an Age of Media
Climate change offers one of the greatest challenges yet faced by society and scientists. The scientific consensus is clear that climate change is occurring, its pace is accelerating, its impacts on human society ...

Hurricanes and Climate Change: Local Impacts and Global Systems
The Miami Science Museum, in collaboration with Ideum and the Institute for Learning Innovation, is designing and developing an interactive multi-user exhibit that allows visitors to explore the global dimensions ...

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 ...

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 ...