In this April 25, 2019, photo, science teacher Sarah Ott speaks to her class about climate literacy in Dalton, Ga. Teachers across the country describe struggles finding trustworthy materials to help them teach their students about climate change.
There are materials produced by climate change doubters, lesson plans developed by the oil industry, and countless other sites with misleading or outdated information. The, funded by federal grants, reviewed more than 30,000 free online resources and found only 700 acceptable for use in schools. “Our history is full of examples where ‘common knowledge’ was discarded in favor of more correct hypotheses,” the lesson plans say. Among them, it lists, “Are diseases caused by evil spirits? Are natural disasters caused by angry gods?”Also vying for educators’ attention are classroom-ready materials made available by the oil companies. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and other companies have invested heavily in promoting science, technology, engineering and math education in K-12 schools.
A spokeswoman for the industry group, Dara McBee, said their materials align with Oklahoma standards, which do not reference climate change, and they are intended to supplement what students learn in school. Climate change education varies across states, and often from one classroom to the next. The Next Generation Science Standards, which emphasize climate change and how humans are altering the planet, have been adopted by or served as a model for most states. But many teachers report that they shy away from the topic not only because of issues with materials but also the political sensitivities, and uncertainty over where to introduce an issue that crosses so many disciplines.
“I have a Ph.D. from Stanford in biochemistry, and it’s still hard for me to source stuff that works in my classroom right,” said Kirstin Milks, an Earth science teacher at Bloomington High School South in Indiana.
More Propaganda, they do not want you to know LENR is coming
These are the targets for the co-opted phrase 'Climate Change'. Global Warming wasn't working because of the bad Press and in some places it wasn't warming. The uneducated see the climate 'change' almost daily and therefore easy to convince!
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This is the reason control of the education process is so important. Once you control what people are taught you can influence how they vote.
Don't they learn about the four seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall) in school? There's your climate change. The earth orbits around the sun, producing the seasons. The sun has surface variations, which result in variation in radiation and resulting earth surface temperature.
Not worried. I’m sure you liars will figure out a way.
Take the pledge, 'never fly in an airplane, never drive a car) truth of what we are told is necessary to end human augmented climate change.
The media with their propaslander agenda
yeah, kids are stupid
Johnny can’t read, but let’s at least teach climate change and transgenderism. Better start in kindergarten.
Climate change is an art not a science.
If it's an 'art' to teach it then it's not a science. But then we all know this issue is politically driven.
How about sticking to the basics and save the indoctrination for college
More like, the art of indoctrination.
It's ok, according to Trump and his minions it's not happening anyway.
It's an educational quagmire because public debate has been outlawed and open minds have been ostracized.
no it's not the earth is on fire come to CA in the summer watch us burn. 🔥
Republicans are so stupid the temp could reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit and they'd blame something else for it like illegal immigration.
But I read on a blog it was all fake and scientists around the world are conspiring together because...um, lizard people?
When they change the theories every month, it's hard to keep up.
It's the Apocalypse now?
Give me my barometer
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