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Online Tools and Energy Resources. Susan Buhr Sullivan CIRES Education and Outreach Group, CU Boulder cires.colorado.edu. Colorado’s Changing Energy Portfolio November 15, 2015. Needs. What kind of energy resources are you looking for? Some repositories and resources
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Online Tools and Energy Resources Susan Buhr Sullivan CIRES Education and Outreach Group, CU Boulder cires.colorado.edu Colorado’s Changing Energy Portfolio November 15, 2015
Needs • What kind of energy resources are you looking for? • Some repositories and resources • Next steps plan if they aren’t here
What’s here? • CLEAN Peer-reviewed collection of teaching resources • CLEAN Teaching About Energy pages • Learn More About Climate (and energy) • InTeGrate college level modules and courses • CLEAN Network questions answered 24/7
Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Guided Tutorial • Log on to cleanet.org • Follow along for an interactive tour of the CLEAN website, which contains over 600 climate & energy resources that are free, ready-to-use, and rigorously reviewed by educators & scientists!
What you’ll find • Why is it important? • What makes it challenging • What are some strategies for different age groups? • What are some example teaching activities?
http://cleanet.org Additional search options: Benchmarks of Science Literacy, Energy Awareness Principles and more!
http://cleanet.org Additional search options: Benchmarks of Science Literacy, Energy Awareness Principles and more!
http://cleanet.org Additional search options: Benchmarks of Science Literacy, Energy Awareness Principles and more!
“The data have been updated since then (2009) so the teacher should edit this question.” http://cleanet.org
Another example • design solutions to reduce human impacts • evaluate possible solutions • use scientific evidence to support an oral & written argument • identify cause & effect relationships • Common Core Connections • cite textual evidence • write arguments focused on content • conduct research using multiple sources & construct new questions based on the research • evaluate & verify text • use ratios to determine relationships • understand the use of variables in solving problems • use variables to represent quantities Source 15
InTeGrate Upcoming Resources • Carbon, Climate, and Energy Resources – module in post-pilot revision • Gateway to Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability (GREENS) Course - in post-pilot revision • Energy and the Environmentcourse
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