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f you have a College of Exploration userid please begin now by logging in. You will be asked to complete some additoinal information about yourself. Next, by following the links please add an item describing your activity, project or organization.

If you do not have a userid PLEASE CREATE A USERID TO REGISTER YOURSELF ON THE COLLEGE OF EXPLORATION ONLINE CAMPUS.

After you have created your userid and profile you can proceed to enter yor activity, project and organization.

We invite you to put your activity, project or organization on the map of Great Lakes Climate Change education and science activities.  

The map is designed to help everyone engaged in some activity related to climate change in the Great Lakes,especially science and education, to learn about other people, organizations and activities relating to Great Lakes climate change.

The Climate Change Science and Education Systemic Network project is funded by the National Science Foundation. 

The current partners include Eastern Michigan University, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, the University of Michigan,  Michigan State University, Ashland University, the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum, and the College of Exploration which is facilitating the map building co-creation

The goal of the NSF funded project is to take a comprehensive, regional focus linking the education, learning science, and climate science communities. We’ll be developing a plan that is responsive to Great Lakes stakeholder needs and which takes advantage of educational efforts going on within the Great Lakes region. As part of this project over the next two years (Phase 1), we’ll be developing a map, conducting community focus groups, writing white papers for both science and education, and developing a strategic plan to guide collaboration among numerous partners for a Phase 2 implementation of educational and climate change science efforts.

Please put yourself on the map by registering here and entering your information. The map will grow over time and you are welcome to check back to view the map as it grows. All entries will be accepted and displayed as they are entered but will be reviewed before being posted on the map.

Previous College of Exploration participants login above.

If you have attended a workshop or course or other program on the College of Exploration campus your userid and password will enable you to log in to the Great Lakes Cliamte Change PUT YOURSELF ON THE MAP project.

We are asking you to fill some more information that will help us build a network and support the objecttives of the National Science Foundations overall Climate Change Education Partnerships program.

If you are new to the College of Exploration please create a new useriid and password and complete the registration process and then go on to PUT YOURSELF ON THE MAP.

REGISTER NOW and PUT YOURSELF ON THE GREAT LAKES CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES MAP

CCEP Phase 1

The overall goal of the CCEP Phase I project is to establish a coordinated national network of regionally- or thematically-based partnerships devoted to increasing the adoption of effective, high quality educational programs and resources related to the science of climate change and its impacts. This project will integrate the institutions and individuals engaged in climate science research, climate literacy research, and climate education activities within the Great Lakes region. The audience targeted by this project includes STEM educators, pre-service teachers, public and business stakeholders, as well as the public.

The proposed systemic network will 1) advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training and learning through explicit partnering of educators, climate scientists and learning scientists; 2) broaden the participation of underrepresented groups by enhancing opportunities for populations within the Great Lakes region, many of whom have been significantly affected by both recent and long-standing economic downturns, and in terms of educational opportunities; 3) enhance the infrastructure for research and education through development and implementation of a Virtual Great Lakes Community platform; 4) broadly disseminate Great Lakes climate science through partnership with formal and informal education institutions; and 5) benefit society by partnering with academic, non-profit, and governmental bodies to influence climate change education and policy in the Great Lakes region.

By the end of this two year, Phase I project, the PIs will have identified and activated a regional network of climate scientists, learning scientists, and educational researchers and practitioners. This network will develop a regional strategic framework to guide future practices in education and to inform the broader impacts of climate scientists and learning scientists regionally and nationally