CCEP-I: MADE-CLEAR: Maryland Delaware Climate Change Education, Assessment, and Research

马里兰大学系统已获奖，与马里兰大学环境科学中心(UMCES)、特拉华大学(UDELL)和马里兰大学(UMD)合作，建立第一阶段气候变化教育伙伴关系(CCEP)。CCEP第一阶段项目的总体目标是建立一个区域或主题伙伴关系的协调全国网络，致力于更多地采用与气候变化科学及其影响有关的有效、高质量的教育方案和资源。马里兰州和特拉华州气候变化教育、评估和研究(Make-Clear)项目是马里兰州和特拉华州共享的区域气候变化和教育环境的自然产物。它的主要目标是在这两个州的研究和教学大学、公立学校、联邦机构以及公共和私营部门之间建立伙伴关系，以实现三个有针对性的目标：1)开发跨学科P-20气候变化课程的创新，2)为师范教育和专业发展创造新的途径，从而获得气候变化内容和教学方面的专门知识，3)利用采用新技术和非正规教育机制的创新社区外联战略，促进更好的科学交流，促进公众理解。该项目的目标受众包括气候科学家、科学教育工作者和更广泛的社区利益相关者团体。到该项目结束时，私人投资机构希望通过确定和编目该地区气候变化方面的科学和实践的广度和深度，完成目前与气候变化有关的教育和科学资源的清点。除环境扫描和清点外，PIS还将评估通过气候变化科学家、教育工作者和学习科学学者的互动来加强教学和社区参与的机会。最后，私人投资机构希望在马里兰州和特拉华州围绕气候变化制定一项战略计划，并在当地建立重要的学习社区，这将有助于促进该项目进入下一阶段的可持续性。有关该项目的更多信息，请访问www.usmd.edu或联系私人投资机构Don Boesch：dboesch@umces.edu或Nancy Shapiro：nshapiro@usmd.edu。

An award has been made to the University System of Maryland to establish a Phase I Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) in collaboration with University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), University of Delaware (UDEL), and the University of Maryland (UMD). The overall goal of the CCEP Phase I project is to establish a coordinated national network of regionally- or thematically-based partnerships devoted to increasing the adoption of effective, high quality educational programs and resources related to the science of climate change and its impacts. The Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education, Assessment and Research (MADE-CLEAR) project is a natural outgrowth of Maryland's and Delaware's shared regional climate change and education environments. Its primary goal is to build the partnerships among these two States' research and teaching universities, public schools, federal agencies, and public and private sectors required to implement three targeted objectives: 1) to develop innovations in interdisciplinary P-20 climate change curriculum, 2) to create new pathways for teacher education and professional development leading to expertise in climate change content and pedagogy, and 3) to promote better scientific communication for public understanding using innovative community outreach strategies that employ new technologies and informal education mechanisms. The audiences targeted by this project include climate scientists, science educators, and broader community stakeholder groups. By the end of this project, the PIs expect to complete an inventory of current education and scientific resources related to climate change by identifying and cataloguing the breadth and depth of science and practice in climate change in the region. In addition to the environmental scan and inventory, the PIs will assess opportunities to enhance instruction and community engagement through the interaction of climate change scientists, educators and learning sciences scholars. Finally, the PIs expect to develop a strategic plan and build significant local learning communities around climate change in Maryland and Delaware which will serve to promote sustainability of the project into the next phase.More information on this project is available by visiting www.usmd.edu or contacting PIs Don Boesch at dboesch@umces.edu or Nancy Shapiro at nshapiro@usmd.edu.