Mark S. McCaffrey

Climate Smart & Energy Wise

Advancing Science Literacy, Knowledge, and Know-How

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Produktbeschreibung

Today's answers to our most urgent climate issues The twenty-first century ushered in a set of unmistakably urgent global challenges that are too important to be an afterthought in today's classrooms. Climate Smart & Energy Wise offers a virtual blueprint to climate and energy education, packed with resources and strategies, including: A high-level overview of where climate and energy topics fit (or don't fit) into your current curriculum with connections to the NGSS Proven methods to teach climate change and related topics in a grade-appropriate way Sample learning activities and high-quality online resources

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781483304472
• ISBN-10: 1483304477
• Artikelnr.: 40814536

Autorenporträt

Currently serving as Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies at the National University for Public Service in Budapest, Hungary, Mark S. McCaffrey served as Programs and Policy Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) and was co-author of "Climate Confusion Among U.S. Science Teachers" in the journal Science in February of 2016. He was an Associate Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2001 to 2011 and played a catalytic role in initiating and deploying the Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy frameworks. He was a co-founder of the Climate Literacy & Energy Literacy Network (CLEAN), and member of the International Polar Year Education, Outreach and Communications Committee. He holds a graduate degree in education from the University of Northern Colorado where he focused on water as an interdisciplinary and integrating theme for teaching. McCaffrey helped establish an education affinity group with the National Climate Assessment Network, which is a public private partnership organized under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Eugenie C. Scott and Jay B. Labov
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1. Climate and Energy 101
Chapter 2. Teaching (and Learning) About Climate Challenges and Energy
Solutions
Chapter 3. Syncing With the Standards
Chapter 4. Teaching Climate Literacy
Chapter 5. Teaching Energy Literacy
Chapter 6. Programs That Work
Chapter 7. Countering Skepticism, Denial, and Despair
Chapter 8. Knowledge, Know-How, and Informed Action
Appendix I. Voices for Climate Education
Appendix II. Excerpts From Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of
Climate Science
Appendix III. Excerpts From Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and
Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education
References
Index