Climate Change Awareness for all Educators

这笔规划补助金被用来评估K-12语言和社会研究教师在交流气候变化科学及其影响方面的需求和误解。威斯康星大学麦迪逊大学气象卫星合作研究所(CIMSS)将召集25名小学和非理科教师参加气候教育教师峰会，以确定有助于在这类教育工作者中促进气候扫盲的适当资源和交付机制。特别令人感兴趣的是如何利用2007年政府间气候变化专门委员会(气专委)《供决策者参考的政府间气候变化专门委员会(气专委)摘要》报告中提供的信息，并使这一级别的受众更容易获得这些信息。通过向广泛的教育工作者解释这项研究背后的科学，更多的教师将能够准确地回答学生的问题，这将提高科学素养。

This planning grant is being used to assess the needs and misconceptions of K-12 language and social studies teachers with respect to communicating about climate change science and its impacts. The University of Wisconsin Madison's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) will convene a group of 25 elementary and non-science teachers in a Teacher Summit on Climate Education to identify appropriate resources and delivery mechanisms that help promote climate literacy among such educators. Of particular interest is how to use, and make more accessible to audiences at this level, information provided in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policy Makers report. By explaining the science behind the study to a wide range of educators, more teachers will be able to accurately answer student queries, which will raise science literacy.