Global Climate Change Education Project
[Educators Grades K-Higher Education]
[Available: Nationally]
Project Description:
The Global Climate Change Education project focuses on improving global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary and undergraduate levels. NASA's GCCE project is motivated by recommendations made in the National Research Council report
Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond. This Earth decadal study identifies responding to our changing planet as one of the greatest and most important intellectual challenges facing humanity. The study specifies that both the acquisition of new knowledge about the Earth system and the use of Earth observation data are equally important in meeting the complex challenges of global change.
The GCCE project also considers the recommendations put forth in the National Academies report,
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Rising Above the Gathering Storm proposes four broad recommendations to enhance the science and technology enterprise so that the United States can successfully compete, prosper and be secure in the global community of the 21st century.
- Increase America's talent pool by vastly improving K-12 science and mathematics.
- Sustain and strengthen the Nation's traditional commitment to long-term basic research.
- Make the United States the most attractive setting in which to study and perform research.
- Ensure that the United States is the premiere place in the world to innovate.
The GCCE project is designed to strengthen the skills of teachers and to provide innovative science research and learning opportunities for students, two of the actions recommended in the report. The GCCE project annually solicits proposals for innovative education activities that support the goals of the project. NASA is taking a leading role to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, as few other organizations can through its unique mission, workforce, facilities, research and innovations. The agency is also taking a leading role to make significant impacts in engaging underserved and underrepresented communities in STEM.
For information regarding open opportunities, please visit the NSPIRES Web site. Go to
http://nspires.nasaprs.com → and click on Solicitations and then on Open Solicitations.
Who to Contact at NASA
Lin Chambers, GCCE Project Scientist
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 420
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Phone: 757-864-4371
Fax: 757-864-7996
E-mail:
lin.h.chambers@nasa.gov
Sharon Welch, GCCE Project Manager
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 400
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Phone: 757-864-6611
Fax: 757-876-9178
E-mail:
Sharon.S.Welch@nasa.gov
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