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Register TODAY! http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/index.php/climate-lessons-blog/item/... The Will Steger Foundation is proud to announce:
The 5th annual Summer Institute for Climate Change Education on Thursday August 12th, 8:30-4:30 pm at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education & Conference Center. Featuring renowned climate science historian and author Dr. Naomi Oreskes, and Minnesota’s own climatologist Dr. Mark Seeley.

This year we will look back on our last five years of climate change education outreach and curriculum development and take time to “Go Back to the Basics.”

A January 2007 Pew Research Center poll found that 77% of Americans thought there was solid evidence that the world was warming. Just two years later only 57% of Americans think that this is the case. This year’s Institute will provide educators with an understanding of why this misinformation persists and the tools to respond to those in doubt, by getting back to the basics of climate science and climate change education methods. Breakout sessions will provide time to explore the curriculum resources developed through Will Steger Foundation’s first five years, and gain a solid understanding of climate science and the current state of climate policy. In addition participants will get a special sneak preview of the Foundation’s new curriculum (pending funding approval) using Wills lifelong archives to highlight Minnesota’s changing climate. Educators will leave the Institute with the tools necessary to empower student learning and leadership on the topic of climate change.