Tri-Agency Conference on Climate Change Education; April 17-20, 2012 at the Sheraton National Hotel; Arlington, VA

这笔拨款将为2012年4月17日至20日在喜来登国家酒店举行的2012年三方气候变化教育首席调查员会议提供后勤支持。由NSF、NASA和NOAA气候教育相关项目资助的120多个独立项目的代表参加了会议。赠款资金正用于开发会议注册网站和租用会议议程所需的视听设备和其他材料。会议非常关注气候科学和学习科学研究的整合，以加强正式和非正式学习环境中的教育实践，并改善各年龄段学习者对气候这一复杂的跨学科主题的知识获取。这次联合主办的会议的一个主要目标是改善受资助者之间的协调、凝聚力和协同作用，以促进更大的效率和影响。会议的另一个目标是制定一个与气候变化教育相关的项目评估的共同框架，直接解决2012年NSTC Co-STEM报告《协调联邦科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育投资：进展报告》中所阐述的优先事项。

This grant is providing logistical support for the 2012 Tri-Agency Climate Change Education Principal Investigators Meeting, held April 17-20,2012 at the Sheraton National Hotel. The meeting is attended by representatives of more than 120 separate projects funded by NSF, NASA, and NOAA climate education-related programs. Grant funds are being used to develop the meeting registration web site and rent audio-visual equipment and other materials as required by the meeting agenda. The conference has a strong focus on integration of research in the climate sciences and the learning sciences, in order to strengthen educational practices in formal and informal learning environments, as well as improve the acquisition of knowledge about the complex, interdisciplinary topic of climate by learners of all ages. A major goal of this jointly sponsored conference is to improve coordination, cohesion, and synergy among the grantees, in order to foster greater efficiency and impact. Development of a common framework for program evaluation related to climate change education, which directly addresses priorities articulated in the 2012 NSTC Co-STEM report "Coordinating Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Investments: Progress Report", is another goal of the conference.