EarthLabs: Supporting teacher professional development to facilitate effective teaching of climate science

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 330-342

  Ellins, Katherine K ^a   Ledley, Tamara Shapiro ^b   Haddad, Nick ^b   McNeal, Karen ^c   Gold, Anne ^d   Lynds, Susan ^d   Libarkin, Julie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TERC   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate science; Curriculum design; Secondary education; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908115774     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 21581428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/13-059.1     Document Type: Note

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