Transcript The Climate Literacy Essential Principles: Improving Climate

Climate Literacy Network
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Climate Literacy and
Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
National Science Digital Library
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CLEAN Regional Networks
Tamara Shapiro Ledley
TERC, Cambridge, MA
Essential Principles of Climate Science
• Diverse group of >100 stakeholders
• Meets virtually weekly since January 2008
• Listserv:
[email protected]
• Web site: www.climateliteracynow.org
CLN – Climate Literacy Network
National Science Digital Library’s
Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
CLEAN Pathway: Collection
• Resources selected to address
Climate Literacy: Essential Principles
of Climate Science (CLEP)
• Resources to be reviewed both scientifically and
pedagogically
• Resources aligned with
– National Science Education Standards
– AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science
Literacy
– NAAEE Excellence in Environmental Education
Guidelines for Learning
– Latest science
CLEAN Pathway:
Community & Professional
Development
• Virtual / Online workshops
– Two-hour teleconference-online workshops on
the use of specific activities
– Multi-day events for faculty on teaching aspects
of Climate and Energy
• Building and facilitating online communities using
Web 2.0 social networking tools
• Facilitate and expand the Climate Literacy Network
Climate Literacy Network
Climate Literacy: Essential
Principles of Climate Science
Climate Literacy and
Energy Awareness Network
(CLEAN) Pathway
Climate Literacy Network
Climate Literacy: Essential
Principles of Climate Science
Climate Literacy and
Energy Awareness Network
(CLEAN) Pathway
CLEAN
New England
Climate Literacy Network
Climate Literacy: Essential
Principles of Climate Science
Climate Literacy and
Energy Awareness Network
(CLEAN) Pathway
CLEAN
Northwest
CLEAN
Rocky Mtns
CLEAN
Midwest
CLEAN
New York
CLEAN
Texas
CLEAN
New England
CLEAN
Southwest
CLEAN
Southeast
CLEAN-New England
[email protected]
• States
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
• Audience
• High-School to College/University Connection
• Universities are nodes of the network
• High school and college students reach out to
and serve their larger communities
CLEAN-New England
Programming Activities
• Annual Regional Meeting
– University nodes hold face-to-face meetings with
all their partners/participants
– Simultaneous virtual meetings across all nodes
– Share successes and challenges to
implementation of programming components
CLEAN-New England
Volunteer and Workgroup Set-up
Climate Literacy
Network
Donors and
Friends
Programming
Working Group
CLEAN
Pathway
CLEAN-NE
Coordinating Group
Fundraising
Working Group
Implementation
Partners
Working Group
Examples of Federally Funded Activities
• Developing Coordinated Programs
– National Academy of Science: Roundtable on
Climate Change Education
• Informal Science Education
– Conference on Promoting Climate Literacy in
Informal Science Learning Settings
– Enabling TV Meteorologists to Provide Viewers
with Climate Change-related Science Education
– Earth – The Operators Manual
Examples of Federally Funded Activities
• Formal Science Education
– Climate, Adaptation & Mitigation e-Learning
Community
– Earth System Science: A Key to Climate Literacy
– Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
– Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
• Teacher Professional Development
– Inspiring Climate Education Excellence (ICEE)
– Climate Change Educator Professional Development
Network