Workshop on Atmospheric Science and Climate Literacy

大气科学与气候素养研讨会

• 批准号: 0747461
• 负责人: Roberta Johnson
• 金额: $ 11.13万
• 依托单位: University Corporation For Atmospheric Res
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0747461&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Atmospheric; Science; Climate; Literacy

Project funds are being used to convene a Workshop on Atmospheric Science and Climate Literacy in order to develop a consensus framework for enhancing atmospheric science and climate literacy in our nation. Approximately 60 teachers, scientists, informal educators, and policy makers are being invited to attend the workshop, which will be held in late November at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). The workshop agenda is being designed with assistance from an Organizing Committee composed of atmospheric and climate scientists representing universities, public agencies, and professional societies that are stakeholders in conveying accurate, cutting edge atmospheric and climate research outcomes to students and the public. The workshop will build on the foundational efforts already completed in developing science content standards, benchmarks, and concept maps that relate basic principles to the fields of atmospheric and climate sciences for K-12 audiences. Participants will also draw from results of recent collaborations in defining science literacy for the ocean and climate sciences, revising and expanding them to encompass and concisely present a framework for student and public science literacy in the atmospheric and climate sciences. The framework emerging from the workshop will provide an important next step in preparing Americans to live in and positively contribute to a dynamic and changing world. It will be useful to curriculum specialists, science centers and museums, state and federal agencies, and educators at all levels who develop resources and programs that enhance scientific knowledge and understanding for their target audiences. The intended outcome is to enhance the overall scientific literacy of the populous, as well as to inspire and educate a new generation of scientists who are prepared for research in the atmospheric and climate sciences.

项目资金正用于举办一个大气科学和气候知识讲习班，以便为加强我国的大气科学和气候知识制定一个共识框架。大约60名教师、科学家、非正式教育工作者和政策制定者被邀请参加将于11月下旬在大学大气研究公司（UCAR）举行的讲习班。研讨会的议程是在组织委员会的协助下设计的，该委员会由代表大学，公共机构和专业协会的大气和气候科学家组成，他们是向学生和公众传达准确，尖端大气和气候研究成果的利益相关者。研讨会将建立在已经完成的基础工作上，制定科学内容标准，基准和概念图，将基本原则与K-12受众的大气和气候科学领域联系起来。与会者还将借鉴最近合作的结果，定义海洋和气候科学的科学素养，修订和扩展它们，以涵盖并简要介绍大气和气候科学的学生和公众科学素养框架。 研讨会产生的框架将为美国人准备生活在一个充满活力和不断变化的世界并为之作出积极贡献提供重要的下一步。它将对课程专家、科学中心和博物馆、州和联邦机构以及各级教育工作者有用，他们开发资源和计划，增强目标受众的科学知识和理解。预期的成果是提高人口的整体科学素养，并激励和教育新一代准备从事大气和气候科学研究的科学家。