Climate Education Resources from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

Margaret Mooney

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

About CIMSS About CIMSS

• CIMSSCIMSS is a is a Cooperative Institute Cooperative Institute between:between:– University of Wisconsin-Madison, NOAA and NASAUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, NOAA and NASA

• CIMSSCIMSS operates within the UW-Madison operates within the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Space Science and Engineering Center (Center (SSECSSEC))

• CIMSS & SSEC CIMSS & SSEC are renown world-wide for are renown world-wide for satellite remote sensing data & imagery satellite remote sensing data & imagery

• CIMSS Education and Outreach CIMSS Education and Outreach efforts efforts prioritizes weather and climate literacy prioritizes weather and climate literacy – http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/educationhttp://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education

Advancing Climate Literacy is a

priority at CIMSS Climate Literacy at CIMSS

• Teacher Workshops (dedicated climate strand since 2007 IPCC report)

• On-line climate course for G6-12 science teachers (2008 debut, Spanish language version added in 2010)

• 2011 launch of the EarthNow Blog (includes monthly Climate Digest Product)

• 2013 on-line climate course for undergraduates(in collaboration with UW-Madison AOS department)

•2014 – Changing Weather & Climate MOOC (4 weeks with focus on the Great Lakes Region)

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Applets – updated to HTML5

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/

Sun Angle Applet

Milankovitch Applet (Past Climates)An activity to explore how changes in Earth’s Eccentricty, Precession and Tilt over the last 400,000 years corresponds to past climates and proxy data from the Vostok Ice Cores

Make a Planet

Seasons Applet

• Based on 2007 IPCC report (incorporating 2013 data)

• Can print out Certificate

• Lesson plans by teachers

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/climatechange/

On-line Climate Change Curriculum

Modern Water Cycle Diagram (shows human impact)with feedback from NOAA & UW-Madison hydrologists

Our water cycle diagram was included in the 2011 report issued by the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts(WICCI)

CIMSS EarthNow Project CIMSS EarthNow Project • A blog-style website for NOAA Science On a Sphere A blog-style website for NOAA Science On a Sphere

(SOS) presenters to find timely weather and climate (SOS) presenters to find timely weather and climate stories with SOS visualizations.stories with SOS visualizations.

• Allows SOS institutions to develop meaningful visitor Allows SOS institutions to develop meaningful visitor experiences about weather and climate using NOAA experiences about weather and climate using NOAA weather, ocean, and climate data.weather, ocean, and climate data.

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http://sphere.ssec.wisc.edu/

Feature Stories – 5 to date Feature Stories – 5 to date

Climate Digest for mobile devices Climate Digest for mobile devices

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Along with producing large animations for SOS exhibits, CIMSS creates small videos viewable on desktops, laptops and all mobile devices.

By watching a Climate Digest video, whether on a 6-foot SOS exhibit or a hand-held mobile device, viewers get a global climate brief in ~ 3 minutes.

Climate Digest - Global Climate Brief

http://sphere.ssec.wisc.edu/20140625/