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| Paper: |
NASA Innovations in Climate Education (NICE): Maximizing and Measuring Impact |
| Volume: |
473, Communicating Science |
| Page: |
365 |
| Authors: |
Martin, A. M.; Chambers, L. H.; Pippin, M. R.; Spruill, K. |
| Abstract: |
NASA Innovations in Climate Education (NICE) at Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, has funded 71 climate education initiatives over the period from 2008 to 2012. These initiatives span across the nation and contribute to the development of a climate-literate public and a climate-related STEM workforce through research experiences professional development opportunities, development of data access and modeling tools, and educational opportunities in both K–12 and higher education. A key component of NICE's program model is our commitment to fostering communication and partnerships among our awardees, and our facilitation of the development of this community through integration activities, including regular webinars and an annual principal investigator (PI) meeting. Additionally, NICE has worked in collaboration with NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants (ELG) and NSF's Climate Change Education Partnerships (CCEP) programs to foster synergy, leverage resources, and facilitate communication. This strategic collaboration has contributed to the building of a community of practice of climate change educators. Further work is underway to coordinate a common evaluation framework across the tri-agency portfolio, and to become more responsive to calls for cross-agency interaction and common evaluation (e.g., the recommendations of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on STEM Education). In this poster we will describe how the activities of the NICE project and our participation in the tri-agency collaboration contribute to our goals, and we will discuss the ongoing evaluation of this process and its outcomes. |
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