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Climate Program Office News Flash: Register for the Stay-In-stitute for Climate Change Education

Hello,

 

Due to the pandemic and for the safety of our communities, the Climate Program Office are partnering with Climate Generation and the Wild Center's Youth Climate Program on the next annual Summer Institute for Climate Change Education as a virtual conference!

Educators from all backgrounds and subjects are invited to attend our Stay-In-stitute for Climate Change Education July 22 - 24, and learn new tools, skills, and resources to teach climate change!  

 

The details are below. Please share with your networks, and add to your calendars and newsletters! 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you!



Frank

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Stay-In-stitute for Climate Change Education

July 22-24, 2020

Register by July 13th

Registration $150

Scholarships available. Apply now.

20 hours of Continuing Education 

2 Graduate Credits (optional)

 

This three-day experience will take you beyond your computer screen, and into your backyard and neighborhood to do authentic scientific and social data collection, move your body, and make observations of the world around you.

 

Join a network of teachers from across the country dedicated to teaching climate change as an interdisciplinary issue! 

·         Prepare your students to be global citizens

·         Use phenomena and place-based learning to ignite curiosity

·         Support student engagement in climate solutions 

·         Network with educators in climate change education

 

Announcing the Stay-In-stitute for Climate Change Education

 

 

July 22-24, 2020

Our team is coming to your screens this summer

 

For the safety of our communities, the Summer Institute will be held as a virtual conference. The Climate Program Office is joining two great partners--Climate Generation and The Wild Center's Youth Climate Program--to organize the Stay-In-stitute.

 

Join together with educators from around the country for a virtual training on climate change education! Gain the skills, tools, and resources to teach climate change concepts and empower students in all subject areas, and receive ongoing support throughout the year.

 

 

 

 

 

Registration $150

Deadline to Register: July 13

 

Scholarships Available • 20 Hours of Continuing Education • 2 Graduate Credits

 

 

The Stay-In-stitute is a collaboration between Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, The Wild Center's Youth Climate Program, and NOAA Climate Program Office. Made possible by the following sponsors:

 

 

NOAA Climate.gov | 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20878


 

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Frank Niepold

 

Climate Education Coordinator

Senior Climate Education Program Manager

Climate.gov Teaching Climate section lead

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit education lead

  

Communication, Education and Engagement Division

Climate Program Office

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Fourth National Climate Assessment Federal Steering Committee  

U.S. Global Change Research Program 


Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) 

Co-Chair

 

1315 East West Hwy, SSMC III

Silver Spring, MD 20910

 

240-429-0699

 

 

www.climate.gov/ (NOAA's Climate Portal)

climate.noaa.gov (Climate Program Office)

http://cleanet.org/ (A reviewed collection of educational resources)

http://www.globalchange.gov/nca4 (Fourth National Climate Assessment)

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