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The Science Booster Club Project:Building Grassroots Support forScience EducationEmily Schoerning, PhD1
Climate Change Education in AmericaEducation is a critical part of our response to climate changeWhat is the current state of climate change education?2
NCSE’s Survey Highlights3
Survey Highlights Continued4
Factors that Contribute toInadequate TeachingA lack of community support-Survey work shows that teachers feel supported by-peers-their studentsLess so: by parentsLeast so: by community members5
Building Community Support:The SBC ProjectUnmet need:-no national or regional organization currently exists to organize communities around the cause of scienceeducationLack of awareness:-of budget cuts to science education-of the degree of unmet needs in science classroomsLack of access to science in public venues:-Science only comes up in context of conflict-Few participatory science events6
The Vision-Normalize science – frequent, positive science events make scienceaccessible and “real”-Provide a means for local science teachers to be heard-Empower teachers with evident, local support for scienceGive teachers a place where it is “safe to ask”-Community-appropriate funding models to meet local teacherneeds7
Current Progress-4 clubs started-546 members-about 3 public events/month-hundreds of volunteer hours-5,300 event participants-7 teacher grants distributed-Impact: 1400 students/year8
Program Highlights9
Unexpected Findings-Community response to climate change education varies by topic-Sea level rise-Species extinction-Ocean acidification-The LESS informed about a topic, the LESS pushback occurs10
Sea Level Rise-Population size: 1,200-Hands on activity & video-Reaction Breakdown:-less than 20% had heard of phenomenon-70% positive response-3 complaints-15% of participants, active denial behaviors11
Species Extinction-Population size: 800-Hands on activity and poster display-Reaction breakdown-More than 60% had heard of phenomenon-50% positive response-30%, disengagement-20%, active denial behaviors12
Ocean Acidification-Population size: 1000-Hands on activity and poster display-Reaction breakdown-less than 5% had heard of phenomenon-90 % positive response-skeptics engaged with display-no complaints13
Preliminary Conclusions forEducation:-Focus on areas that have not been addressed by denialist outlets-Focus on topics that allow for hands-on data collection-Positivity is not as important as novelty-Ocean acidification unexpectedly rich topic-Easy to bring in animals-Easy to show that CO2 lowers pH14
A Note About Teacher Grants-Teacher funding requests are unbelievably basic-Goggles-Tables-Wood-Teachers are unable to get these basic, inexpensive needs met byadministration-Microgrant funding opportunities: an important source ofinformation15
Next Steps: Spring and Summer-Very large events-4-5k at county fairs-10-15k at state fairs-allow access to unusually diverse audiences-a chance to collect data on rare populations16
Next Steps: Fall and WinterStatewide expansion:-Fall 2016-Wide range of pop size-Politically & socially diverse17
National Expansion-Iowa field testing is a good model for national expansion-political and social diversity, economic diversity-not in fact entirely composed of white people-National rollout will require-fully tested, standardized field manual-online and financial infrastructure-ideally, additional funding18
Questions?-Can you help me develop funding models?-Can you think of other climate change angles that are rarelydiscussed by denialist outlets?19
The SBC Project Unmet need: -no national or regional organization currently exists to organize communities around the cause of science education Lack of awareness:-of budget cuts to science education-of the degree of unmet needs in science classrooms Lack of access to science in public venues:-Science only comes up in context of conflict
Social movements and the state 2 Old and new social movements 4 Demand making and the language of rights 5 Institutional engagement 6 Democratic Transition 7 Cycles of protest 7 The projection of grassroots movements into political society 8 Transition, neoliberalism and the decline of grassroots movements 8 The Democratic Regimes 9
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FIFA World Cup and the Under-20 finals which kick off in July 2010. Some 80 projects at local grassroots level have been targeted for DFB support, schools and clubs have been involved in the Team 2011 project, and a wide variety of events are being organised under the Chi
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Introduction to Science Section 2 The Branches of Science, continued The branches of science work together. -biological science: the science of living things botany, ecology -physical science: the science of matter and energy chemistry: the science of matter and its changes physics: the science of forces and energy -earth science: the science of the Earth, the
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NuClear News No. 42 July 2012 2 projects director Jeremy Western says there are still three areas where the government needs to do more work: creating a “tangible counterparty” to sign contract for difference feed in tariffs (CFD Fits); ensuring the transitional agreements are legally robust and ensuring EMR reaches Royal Assent in spring .
