Education

The Center For Climate Change Communication develops and applies social science insights to help society make informed decisions that will stabilize the earth’s life-sustaining climate, and prevent further harm from climate change. We partner with the center on the Climate Matters program which has been helping TV weathercasters and journalists report local climate change stories since 2009.

Climate Central is an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public. We partner with the center on the Climate Matters program which has been helping TV weathercasters and journalists report local climate change stories since 2009.

Research Foundation of CUNY / Brooklyn College
Working with NWF Eco-Schools USA, will create The Resilient Schools Consortium (RiSC) Program, which increases environmental literacy while engaging high school and middle school students in climate resilience planning and practice in New York City. The City's long-term planning document, OneNYC, sets forth a vision for a resilient city without specifying a role for students or including specific plans for their schools. This project addresses this gap by developing resilience plans for NYC schools and including student voices in the process.

New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) · Boston, Massachusetts
The New England Aquarium will work with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to establish Community Partnerships for Resilience (CPR), which will create community partnerships in three Boston-area communities that face severe risk from a changing climate – Chelsea, Hull, and Lynn, Massachusetts. CPR will facilitate “Community Teams” of local professionals with diverse and relevant expertise in climate science, engineering, community planning and community action, and representatives from local schools or school-based educational programs serving youth in grades 4 through 8.

American Meteorological Society (AMS) · Boston, Massachusetts
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work together to share knowledge and information about weather and climate, ocean, and coasts with educators and students across the country. The goal of this effort is to build a scientifically informed and engaged society and a diverse STEM workforce prepared to respond to environmental hazards.

Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks / The Wild Center · Tupper Lake, New York
Empowering Rural Youth for Community Climate Resilience in New York State is a three-year project led by The Wild Center in partnership with the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith College and the Alliance for Climate Education, which builds on the achievements of Convening Young Leaders for Climate Resilience, a project previously funded by NOAA. Today’s youth are deeply concerned about the impacts of climate change in their communities and increasingly demand positive action and a role in decision-making.

Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks / The Wild Center · Tupper Lake, New York
The Wild Center’s Convening Young Leaders for Climate Resilience in New York State project will increase climate literacy among high school students and teachers in New York City, the Catskill, and the Adirondacks, and give students the leadership skills to help their communities respond to the impacts of climate change.

Science Museum of Virginia Foundation / Science Museum of Virginia · Richmond, Virginia

The Science Museum of Virginia will build upon its community science experience and its role as a trusted source of climate science information to lead “Climate Resilience and Community-Driven Action with a Hyperlocalized Public Forum in Richmond, VA” in partnership with Virginia Community Voice, Groundwork RVA, Happily Natural Day, and Southside ReLeaf -- local nonprofits with proven track records of effecting change through community engagement and urban greening initiatives.

Museum of Science Boston · Boston, Massachusetts
The "Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities" education project, led by the Museum of Science, Boston in partnership with Arizona State University and Northeastern University, will increase resilience to extreme weather and environmental hazards through citizen-created data, local knowledge, and community values.

University of Colorado Boulder / Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) · Boulder, Colorado
Communities in Colorado are increasingly experiencing major disruptions from environmental hazards, such as fire, flood, drought and extreme heat. With this rise in hazardous events, there is a pressing need for communities to build resilience. An interdisciplinary team from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Education & Outreach Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder is developing and implementing an innovative, action-oriented youth engagement project targeting rural Colorado students, teachers and communities.

The Officeof Education works to advance education both within NOAA and with the public we both serve. They provide scholarships and collaborate with universities to prepare the brightest minds from diverse backgrounds in NOAA-related fields. They offer competitive grants and establish partnerships to integrate NOAA science into schools and organizations. Lastly, they help coordinate educational activities across NOAA and with external partners to ensure that these efforts are effective and continually improved.

University of Colorado Boulder / Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) · Boulder, Colorado
The Education and Outreach program at CIRES is the go-between that helps to make cutting-edge research accessible to students, teachers, and the public. CIRES stands for the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. CIRES Education & Outreach promotes and strengthens scientific and environmental literacy by engaging communities in our project work, and inspires and prepares the next generation of STEM researchers in careers towards building a sustainable future. CIRES Education and Outreach are the leads for the CLEAN Portal, the CLEAN Collection and teacher support pages.

Science Education Resource Center is a grant-funded office at Carleton College, founded to improve education in the Earth sciences and beyond. Today they are a team of 14 educators, researchers and technical specialists who have worked with over 100 award winning education projects across the STEM disciplines and allied fields. Engaging participants from more than 1,000 institutions of higher education, as well as K-12 curriculum developers and teachers, they have created one of the world's largest collections of pedagogic resources.  SERC provides the educational infrastructure for the CLEAN Portal, the CLEAN Collection and teacher support pages.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a federal program mandated by Congress to coordinate federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society. USGCRP facilitates collaboration and cooperation across its 13 federal member agencies to advance understanding of the changing Earth system and maximize efficiencies in federal global change research. The Climate Education Interagency Working Group is led by NOAA in partnership with USGCRP.

The CLEAN Network is professionally diverse and includes educators and learners, resource developers, project partners, and the CLEAN Network. The CLEAN Network includes individuals that represent a wide range of professionals and citizens who are stakeholders in improving climate and energy literacy.  Announcements of CLEAN activities are made through the CLEAN Facebook page, the CLEAN Network listserv and teleconferences, and the CLEAN announcements listserv for educators.

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy empowers individuals and their communities to engage in solutions to climate change. They believe educating is a tool of empowerment and that empowering educators as critical messengers of climate and energy literacy is part of the solution to climate change. We partner with them on the Summer Institute for Climate Change Education , new curriculum, professional development opportunities, and strategic initiatives of the CLEAN Network.

Alliance for Climate Education, or ACE, is a 5013 nonprofit that provides educational resources on climate science and justice, as well training for young climate leaders. Since 2008, ACE has reached more than 2,000,000 students nationwide. We partner with them on the Our Climate Our Future program, an award-winning, interactive climate education resource that brings climate change and solutionsto life and strategic initiatives of the CLEAN Network.

The Wild Center, in the Adirondack Park of New York State, is science-based, and its experiences, exhibits and programs are designed to open new ways to look into our relationship with nature. We partner with the Wild Center on their Youth Climate Program to convene, engage, connect and empower young people around the world for action on climate change and strategic initiatives of the CLEAN Network.

AMS offers a wide variety of resources, materials, and programs for K–12 educators as well as faculty at undergraduate institutions. AMS provides course materials, in-classroom resources, educator instruction, and specialized training for educators in weather, water, and climate sciences.We partner with AMS Education on the DataStreme Program, Climate Studies program, and strategic initiatives of the CLEAN Network.

Since 2008, the University of Washington Institute for Science and Mathematics Education has created partnerships to envision, cultivate, and study equity-focused educational models and practices in STEM education. They do this work across the K- 12 grade span and in formal and informal learning environments. We partner with the institute on the ClimeTime initiative, a Washington State grant funded program supporting science teacher training linking Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science. We also partner on and strategic initiatives of the CLEAN Network.