NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2014/09/26
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2014-09-26 17:30.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Exciting news: a new book on climate change education from NCSE's Mark McCaffrey is published!
CLIMATE SMART & ENERGY WISE NCSE is pleased to announce the publication of Climate Smart & Energy Wise (Corwin Press, 2014), written by NCSE's Mark McCaffrey. In their foreword, Eugenie C. Scott and Jay Labov write, "Climate Smart & Energy Wise provides a roadmap to teachers to assist them in acquiring the background and resources to bring climate and energy education into their classrooms ... It provides a wealth of information to help teachers find resources, including the very useful Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy frameworks, developed by scientists and master teachers. This book is packed with suggestions for where a teacher can find more information and classroom guidance for the teaching of global climate change." Describing Climate Smart & Energy Wise, The publisher writes: *** The twenty-first century ushered in a set of unmistakably urgent global challenges that are too important to be an afterthought in today's classrooms. Just in time, here's a resource to improve your students' understanding of the intersection of science and social policy by making climate and energy literacy the centerpiece of your curriculum. What recommends Climate Smart & Energy Change in particular? That there's no more informed expert on the subject than Mark McCaffrey. His book offers a virtual blueprint to climate and energy education, packed with resources and strategies, including: * A high-level overview of where climate and energy topics fit (or don't fit) in to your current curriculum * A discussion of the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and how you can meet them with well-planned pedagogical strategies * Proven methods to teach climate change and related topics in a grade-appropriate way * Sample learning activities and high-quality online resources from the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Students, educators, and parents must pool their diverse skills and abilities to ensure our schools produce graduates that are able to respond to the global imperative facing us all. Climate Smart & Energy Wise is the key to making a better future our reality. *** A sample (chapter 7: "Countering Skepticism, Denial, and Despair") is available on NCSE's website, and McCaffrey contributed a series of blog posts describing the chapters of the book to NCSE's blog. For the publisher's description of the book, visit: http://www.corwin.com/books/Book241767 For the sample chapter (PDF), visit: http://ncse.com/book-excerpt And for McCaffrey's series of blog posts about the book, visit: http://ncse.com/users/mccaffrey WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Stephanie Keep pondering the inapplicability of proof in science: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/09/misconception-monday-prove-it-0015888 * Ann Reid reviewing the evolution of antibiotic resistance: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/09/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-youand-your-neighbor-0015883 * Steve Newton discussing creationist ideas about the Coconino Sandstone: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/09/top-5-creationism-claims-grand-canyon-2-coconino-sandstone-0015881 http://ncse.com/blog/2014/09/top-5-creationism-claims-grand-canyon-2-coconino-sandstone-0015882 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 420 40th Street, Suite 2 Oakland, CA 94609-2509 510-601-7203 x303 fax: 510-601-7204 800-290-6006 bra...@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's new blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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