Why a Special Issue on Climate Change?
Observing the world around us, we are noticing changes that contrast with our memories of earlier days both of us experienced in California. Frequent and prolonged Santa Ana wind conditions. Extended fire “season”. King tides just a little bit bigger each year. Heavier one-time rain dumps breaking up months and months of drought. Our respective jobs put us in direct contact with scientists who keep us on the edge of our seats, giving us the play-by-play of what it all means. Climate change is inevitable – and as evidence from the Earth reveals, recent changes are unprecedented.
Forward: PK-12 Education as a pillar of the solution for bending the global warming curve
Author: V. Ram Ramanathan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Climate change is an urgent problem. Because it is causing new weather extremes and fatal catastrophes, climate change is better termed climate disruption. Bending the curve to flatten the upward trajectory of pollution emissions responsible for climate disruption is essential for protecting billions of people from this global threat. Education must become a pillar and an integral part of the solution.
Journal Articles
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Teaching climate change by leveraging scientific consensus to dispel social controversy
Alan Colburn
Professor
Science Education Department
California State, University, Long Beach
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Thanks to Ann Reid for her comments and to John Cook, Brad Hoge, and all the teachers and scientists who helped to develop NCSE’s misconceptionbased lesson plans for teaching climate change effectively
On Climate Justice
Claudio Vargas
Educational Consultant
Sci-Lingual Education
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Forward: PK-12 Education as a pillar of the solution for bending the global warming curve
Cheryl Peach
Director, Scripps Educational Alliances
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
How we Know Human CO2 Emissions are Causing Climate Change
Neal Driscoll, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Mike Gunson
Manager of the Global Change & Energy Program and the Project Scientist for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Cheryl Peach
Director, Scripps Educational Alliances
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Lesson Series Companion to How we Know Human CO2 Emissions are Causing Climate Change
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Paleoclimatology: How We Know Earth’s Climate History
Mathieu Richaud
Associate Professor
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
California State University, Fresno
Cheryl Peach
Director, Scripps Educational Alliances
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Equity in a Time of Socio-Environmental Justice
Jill Grace
Statewide Director WestEd’s K-12 Alliance
Grace, J. & Peach, C. (Eds.). (2021). Climate Science [Special Edition]. California Journal of Science Education, 11(1). Retrieved from: https://journal.cascience.org/index.php