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Collaborate With Us

It is a priority at UCAR to support the broader impacts requirements for university departments' science research proposals. One of the services that we provide is expertise and national reach in the area of science education. The UCAR Center for Science Education (SciEd) is committed to partnering with principal investigators in order to provide high quality support to meet these requirements.

This E-Flyer describes several ways in which UCAR SciEd can partner with university departments to develop and carry out compelling and impactful science education projects that connect directly with the research objectives.

Explore a sampling of UCAR SciEd's current and past education projects below.

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Reach Underserved Audiences

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to ensure your science reaches a wide, national audience through a well-established website and extensive networks, including minority serving institutions and national and state-wide partnerships such as Smithsonian Affiliations and the Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists.

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Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)

SOARS is an undergraduate-to-graduate bridge program designed to broaden participation in the atmospheric and related sciences through building a strong and supportive learning community, strong scientific and career mentoring, and providing hands-on experiences in research.

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STEM Career Connections

Innovative career readiness model that will increase the knowledge of and interest in STEM and computing careers for middle school youth in rural, economically disadvantaged mountain state communities.

Student working with drones for the Engineering Experiences project

Engineering Experiences

Engaging middle school students from low-income families in engineering after school to complement STEM learning during the normal school day.

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Hurricane Resilience

A high school environmental science curriculum for use in coastal locations where hurricanes are common. 

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Develop Instructional Materials

Our instructional designers build and test learning materials that bring your science to classrooms and informal education venues such as museums. We use research-based instructional strategies to maximize learning opportunities for diverse audiences.

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GLOBE Weather: an NGSS-driven Middle School Curriculum

With GLOBE Weather, middle school students explore phenomena related to weather and storms during a five-week unit to help them understand weather at local, regional, and global scales.

Project Resilience students working on their projects

Project Resilience

High school students examine the environmental challenges facing communities along the Gulf of Mexico and learn about resilience planning using a resilience planning toolkit. 

Cumulus Clouds

CMMAP

Created educational simulations, activities, and articles about clouds and climate for K-12 teachers and students.

GLOBE Data Explorations book cover

GLOBE Data Explorations

Classroom activities that help students learn how to analyze GLOBE environmental data while also learning atmospheric science concepts and geography.

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Connect with Teachers and Faculty

From online learning to summer workshops, we provide professional development for educators to learn about teaching Earth system science, including how weather, climate, space weather, and atmospheric science can be included in their classrooms.

Students working on a project

Hurricane Resilience

A high school environmental science curriculum for use in coastal locations where hurricanes are common. 

Graphic showing how different types of clouds affect solar and infrared radiation

Clouds, Weather, and Climate Teaching Box

Collaboration with University of Virginia professor Kevin Grise to develop the Clouds, Weather, and Climate Teaching Box. 

Elementary GLOBE Books

Elementary GLOBE

Introduces students in grades K-4 to the study of Earth system science through storybooks and hands-on learning activities.

Natural gas drilling

AirWaterGas

NSF Sustainability Research Network Middle and High School Curriculum

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Tell Science Stories: Exhibits and Online Resources

Storytelling reveals the excitement of scientific research, discovery, and careers while building understanding of your science. We share science stories through engaging traveling, temporary, and permanent exhibits at NCAR and other sites and through online educational resources that reach national and international audiences.

A map of the world showing the different concentrations of dust circulating in the atmosphere. The brighter colors indicate higher levels are can be seen across and off the coast of northern African, India, and China.

DUST PIRE: Exploring Atmospheric Dust and Climate

UCAR Center for Science Education collaborated with scientists from several U.S. universities, led by a team from the University of Rochester, to develop educational resources for science centers, museums, and science festivals that tell the story of atmospheric dust and how it influences climate change. 

People walking in a flooded street in Mumbai, India in the rain

Monsoon Learning Resources

Collaboration to develop monsoon science educational resources, including web-based articles, illustrations, and a data-driven visualization of global monsoon patterns.

Zika Zine cover (English)

Zika Zine

The Zika Zine is an outreach effort of the GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention Project. This informal education resource was translated into ten languages and disseminated to librarians and teachers in the GLOBE Mission Mosquito network. 

Illustrations of the animals in the "Using Satellites to Learn About Animals" activities.

Argos: Using Satellites to Learn About Animals

The Using Satellites to Learn About Animals educational resources were developed in collaboration with Argos, a system of instruments aboard satellites used to track tagged animals around the world and help understand other aspects of our planet. 

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