CCE: Conference on Promoting Climate Literacy in Informal Science Learning Settings

为了加强和发展由nsf资助的非正式科学教育界已经开展的工作，该提案要求资助：(1)将在非正式科学环境中工作的教育工作者聚集在一起，举行为期两天的专业发展会议，该会议将专门关注气候素养的所有维度；(2)为非正式科学教育工作者提供机会，与即将参加AAAS年会的科学家和科学媒体就气候变化主题进行互动。气候素养专业发展会议将于2010年2月17日至18日在圣地亚哥举行。美国科学促进会将与斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的公共探索中心伯奇水族馆合作组织这次会议。除了介绍气候素养的各个方面及其对教育工作者和公众的要求外，本次专业发展会议还将为参与者提供各种实践机会，让他们将新知识和技能应用到自己的计划和项目中。一个专家咨询小组将指导会议计划的制定以及演讲者和与会者的选择，特别侧重于包括和满足来自不同规模和类型的机构的非正式科学教育者的需求，并为不同的公众受众服务。

To enhance and build on NSF-funded efforts already underway in the informal science education community, this proposal requests funding to: (1) bring together educators working in informal science environments for a two-day professional development conference that will focus exclusively on climate literacy in all of its dimensions, and (2) provide opportunities for informal science educators to interact on the topic of climate change with scientists and science media who will be participating in the AAAS annual meeting that immediately follows. This Climate Literacy professional development conference will take place on February 17-18, 2010 in San Diego.AAAS will organize the conference in partnership with the Birch Aquarium, the public exploration center for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In addition to presentations on all aspects of climate literacy and what it entails for educators and for the public, this professional development conference will also provide a variety of hands-on opportunities for participants to apply their new knowledge and skills to their own programs and projects. An expert advisory group will guide the development of the conference program and the selection of speakers and participants, focusing especially on including and serving the needs of informal science educators from institutions of varying sizes and types and serving diverse public audiences.