Overcoming “ecophobia”: fostering environmental empathy through narrative in children’s science literature
Diane M. McKnight from Frontiers in Ecology
Efforts to communicate with children about ecological themes often emphasize environmental threats. For some children, however, this approach can backfire, as they try to avoid continued exposure to problems they cannot solve.
Workshop on Elementary science
education and outreach in the NSF LTER network: the Schoolyard Children’s Book
Series and next steps for Spanish editions and curriculum development,
including climate change education.
Date and Time: Monday,
Feb 28th & Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Location: INSTAAR,
University of Colorado
at Boulder
Final report for working group.
Final report for working group.
Featured Story: LTER engages Arts and Humanities; Network News: The shooting of Gail Osherenko’s “Our Marine World Heritage” video clips, Moorea and Santa Barbara LTER scientists tour Chinese marine ILTER sites; Editorial: “Network News” going all digital; News Briefs: SGS LTER’s Jack Morgan awarded for work on climate science; Comings and Goings: Jeremiah Wright, Nancy Grimm; NSF News: LTER management team at NSF sees changes, makes changes; Site News: ARC, NWT study: Clim
Toward a synthesis of LTER studies of small mammal populations and communities in arid and semiarid ecosystems Final Report
Final Report for working group.
RT Request #8937: Names of congressional delegations
