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The 2019 Climate Summit was another great success. As we receive presentations and learning sequences, we will be promptly posting them here. Please check back often.
California adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013. These standards prominently feature climate science in K-12 with foundational concepts beginning in the primary grades and increasing in depth and sophistication throughout the grade bands. In 2018, the California Association of Science Educators, teamed up with several partners to develop and deliver the 2018 California Science Education Conference Climate Summit. The Summit was intended to enrich the experience and expertise of teachers by providing opportunities for teachers to strengthen their content knowledge and receive support for teaching climate science as envisioned at their grade-level. The Summit included information on how classroom teachers can use resources from informal (out of the classroom) settings to enhance their climate instruction.
The Climate Summit consisted of several components and the resources developed as a part of the project are shared here with the intent of helping educators support and implement climate science education consistent with the California Next Generation Science Standards. Here you will find:
- Pre-Conference Day Event Videos and Slide Presentations
- K-12 Learning Sequences Developed by Classroom Teachers and Climate Scientists
- Climate Education Resources
- 2018 Conference Website - Climate Summit
- California Journal of Science Education - Climate Edition (Fall 2019)
The 2018 Climate Summit and associated resources were made possible with support from the following individuals and organizations. Individuals are identified below, organizations are listed on the right:
Individuals
Planners and Organizers
- Jill Grace, President, CSTA (2017-2019) and Regional Director, K-12 Alliance @ WestEd
- Cheryl Peach, Director of Scripps Educational Alliances, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- David Seidel, Deputy Education Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cadre Scientists and Teachers
- Olivia
Allison, Science Teacher, San Diego Unified School District, CA NGSS K-8
Early Implementation Initiative Core Leadership Team
- Katherine
Altmann, Teacher, San Diego Unified School District, CA NGSS K-8 Early
Implementation Initiative Core Leadership Team
- Tera
Black, High School Science TOSA, Torrance Unified
- Phil
Bresnahan, Chemical Oceanography Researcher, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
- Tyler
Cyronak, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Yassir
Eddebbar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Ian
Eisenman, Associate Professor, University California San Diego
- Kate
Gallagher, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District, CA NGSS K-8 Early
Implementation Initiative Core Leadership Team
- Keegan
Gillette, Teacher, Aspire Public Schools, CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation
Initiative Core Leadership Team
- Wendy
Hagan, Biology and Environmental Science Teacher, Granada Hill Charter
High School
- Alex
Hangsterfer, Geological Collections Manager, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
- Carolyn
Hernandez, Teacher, San Diego Unified School District, CA NGSS K-8 Early
Implementation Initiative Teacher Leader
- Jenny
Hofmeister, Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and
Wildlife (CDFW)
- Debra
Jenkins, Teacher, Lakeside USD, CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation
Initiative Teacher Leader
- Dan
Lubin, Research Physicist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Melissa
Marcucci, Science Teacher, Physics of Universe, Ceres Unified School
District
- Rachel
Meisner, Chemistry Teacher, Sweetwater Union High School District
- Rachael
Tarshes Mehmel, Euclid Elementary, San Diego Unified School District
- Alyssa
Nemeckova-Fairfield, Teacher, Palm Springs Unified School District, CA
NGSS K-8 Early Implementation Initiative Core Leadership Team
- Dean
Reese, Science Teacher, Physics and Maker Space, Tracy Unified School
District
- Stephanie
Sanchez, Science Teacher, Vista Unified School District, CA NGSS K-8 Early
Implementation Initiative Teacher Leader
- Darcy Taniguchi, Biology Professor at CSU, San Marco
- Till Wagner, Assistant Professor, UNC, Wilmington
- Leah Wheeler, Teacher, Galt Joint Unified Elementary School, CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation Initiative Core Leadership Team
Presenters and Speakers
- Erik
Conway, Historian and Author, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Heather Doyle, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Josh
Fisher, Science Lead, ECOSTRESS Mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Shanon Forrey, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Sixtine
Foucaut, 2018 and 2017 CASM Climate Corps
- Margaret
(Maggi) Glasscoe, Geophysicist in the Earth Surface and Interior Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Mike
Gunson, Global Change & Energy Program Manager & OCO-2 Project
Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Cris
Gutierrez, Co-Chair, Climate Action Santa Monica
- Brad
Hoge, Director of Teacher Support, National Center for Science Education
- Kurt
Holland, Environmental Literacy Specialist and Lecturer, Department of
Science Education, CSU, Long Beach
- Crystal
Howe, Science Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education and CREEC
Region 9 Coordinator
- Julie
Kalansky, Program Manager and Post-Doctoral Researcher, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
- Ralph
Keeling, Professor, Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
- Felix
Landerer, Dep. Project Scientist, GRACE Follow-On, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
- Ota Lutz, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Naomi
Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
- Kim Orr, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Paula Partida, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Marty
Ralph, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
- V. Ram
Ramanathan, Professor, Climate Sciences, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, UC San Diego
- Annie Richardson, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Becky
Rittenberg, Chino Basin Water Conservation District
- Joey Scott, Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Jeff
Severinghaus, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
- Lyle Tavernier, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- Jane
Teranes, Teaching Professor, Geosciences Research Division, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
- Anne
Marie Tipton, Tijuana Estuary
- Lori
Walsh, Education/Operations Supervisor at SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND
California Resort
- Alex Warneke, Climate Science Alliance, Climate Kids
- Josh Willis, Project Scientist, Jason-3, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Reviewers and Facilitators
- Kathleen
Blair, San Diego Unified School District
- Jenny
Chien, Vista Unified School District
- Elizabeth
Cooke, Oakland Unified School District
- Neika
Estey, River Oaks Elementary School, Galt Joint Union Elementary School
District
- Erika
Gragg, Aspire Rosa Parks Academy
- Kaycee
Makalintal, Aspire Rosa Parks Academy
- DeAnna
Mino, Galt Join Union Elementary School District
- Anya
Pierre, Galt Join Union Elementary School District
- Kimberly
Pllagenza, Acorn Woodland, Oakland Unified School District
- Felicia
Ryder, Wangenheim Middle School, San Diego Unified School District
- Rosario
Sandoval Soreque, Aspire Rosa Parks Academy
- Sam
Stavis, Vista Magnet Middle School, Vista Unified School District
- David
Tupper, Lakeside Union School District
- Denise
Tayco, Pershing Middle School, San Diego Unified School District
- Anny Vang, Aspire Rosa Parks Academy
- Destiny Westbrooks, Lake Canyon Elementary, Galt Join Union Elementary School District
- Susan Gomez Zwiep, California State University, Long Beach
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2018 Climate Summit Sponsors and PartnersCSTA thanks the following organizations for their support of and partnership in producing the 2018 Climate Summit:
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