What on Earth? Climate Change Partnership Show & Tell

What on Earth? Climate Change Partnership Show & Tell

Laura Hunter, Utah Education Network

Fiona McIntyre, CPB

Debbie Vickers, MPT

Terry Dugas, NET Nebraska

CPB

Goal of the project is to increase the inventory of resources for stations about climate change. The project is all online and digital with no broadcast component.

They also wanted to figure out what it takes to produce this content versus a 30 or 60 minute program.

MPT

changingthebalance.thinkport.org

Partnered with NOAA

The site is designed to give the user access to the resources and providing a instructional assets. Focused on the changing climate in Kenya and how it is increasing the mosquitoes.

They created a fictional blogger to have educational adventures. With each blog post there are linked in videos and interactive resources. Vary the type of assets that teachers could use in the classroom. 

Carbon footprint counter

Podcast about how fossil fuels impact the environment

Tool to manipulate carbon dioxide and show the effects on the environment.

Video that shows what happens when a mosquito bites someone

All resources are aligned with national and local standards. They provide teachers with tips and techniques on how to introduce the subject and how to finish out the project. It also provides details for all assets that are provided.

All resources are provided in two formats so that teachers can customize the assets for their classes.

When putting together the site, they make sure to involve teachers so that it fulfills their needs. It is important to continue to cultivate these relationships that they teachers provide this important feedback.

Utah Education Network

UEN Climate Science – uen.org/climate

This is a safe place to learn about climate change.

Partnered with Mountain West Digital Library (contributed 500 resources), Earthsky.org (contributed 500 resources) and UEN and Planet Nutshell Videos.

Mountain West Digital Library records sound of nature like glaciers melting and cracking

Earth Sky has videos discussing scientific concepts and issues in a way that lay people understand.

Planet Nutshell produced videos to explain complex climate change concepts in a simple way.

Having no paper assets added to the credibility of the site with teachers.

Stations are strongly encouraged to partner with other organizations because there other people who probably want to do the same thing. This will help you best use the time and funds that you have.

NET Nebraska

All universities have scientists that are trying to get federal grants. All of these grants include a dissemination clause. Instead of traveling to conferences to disseminate their information they use public media. Public broadcasting can also provide promotion for this research.

University of Nebraska is leading research in arctic climate studies. NET has created a program and learning objects around the research that can be shared with teachers.

All stations need to be in touch with their local universities science to get a piece of grants that they are awarded.

With the CPB grant allowed NET to create resources for teachers. They were able to go to the Antarctic three times for drilling expeditions. All of this is now available for use in the classroom.

These assets have been added to the DLL.

WPT

Climatewisconsin.org

How climate change affects our lifestyle. Stories are photography and a little video.

The site was released in cooperation with Consortium on Climate Impact.

Within 18 hours of website launch with no promotion, a video was picked up by Orvis and posted on their homepage. Within a week the LA Times talked about it in an article as being an example of excellence in educating about climate change