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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 4d

Our free virtual workshop series #MidweekMomentum continues this week with a webinar collaboration from the Colorado Department of Transportation and CEEE! You won't want to miss out💡📖

To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Climate Literacy in K-12 with the Colorado Department of Education.” Scheduled for October 29, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/CDEWebinarCEEE. Text explains the session asks participants to bring a classroom or assessment challenge, and we’ll co-design climate literacy solutions together! CEEE will be participating in the session as content experts. Includes logos for the Colorado Department of Education and “#Research to Resources.” Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 4d

Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa.

Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 10d

#CIRES #CEEE #Education #Science #ScienceEducation #TeacherResources #EduResources #FreeResourcesForTeachers #EarthScience #STEMEducation #ScienceTeachers #TeachingIdeas #EnvironmentalEducation #FutureScientists #STEMLearning #ScienceIsCool #TeachSTEM #NGSS #Edutok #TeachTheFuture #LearningIsFun

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Using Place-Based Teaching for Impact: The HEART Force Wildfire Unit.” Scheduled for November 12, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/HFWebinarCEEE2. Text explains the session will teach real-world relevance into your classroom. This workshop features classroom-ready curriculum from HEART Force aimed at helping students understand and strengthen their community’s resilience to wildfire. Includes logos for CEEE, the Hazard Education Awareness & Resilience Taskforce, and “#Research to Resources.” A circular photo shows speaker Katya Schloesser smiling. Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Data Lens: Exploring Earth’s Visual Stories (NOAA SOS).” Scheduled for November 18, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/DLWebinarCEEE. Text explains that in this session, teachers will participate as students in a full (20-minutes) Data Lens activity - which highlights a captivating observation technique - and learn how to use other excellent visual and data literacy resources. Includes logos for CEEE, Science on a Sphere, and “#Research to Resources.” A circular photo shows curriculum developers Hilary Peddicord smiling. Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Practicing Decision Making in the Science Classroom: Introducing the Avista Fire Resilience Challenge.” Scheduled for December 3, 2025, 4:00–5:00 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/HFWebinarCEEE3. Text explains the session will teach the Avista Fire Resilience Challenge, a role-play game about wildfire preparedness and recovery. Includes logos for CEEE, the Hazard Education Awareness & Resilience Taskforce, and “#Research to Resources.” A circular photo shows speaker Katya Schloesser smiling. Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 10d

Our free virtual workshop series #MidweekMomentum continues with just two more events left in October! Swipe ➡️ to take a sneak peek at our upcoming November webinars. You won't want to miss out💡📖

To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum

Graphic reads “REMINDER! Midweek Momentum — October Webinars + Sneak Peek for November.” Includes logos for CEEE, CIRES, and the University of Colorado Boulder. A circular icon shows a lightbulb and open book with the text “#Research to Resources.” Background features notebook paper and light blue rays.

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Using Scenario-Based Role Play Games in the Classroom: Introducing the Hourglass Lake Fire Challenge.” Scheduled for October 22, 2025 , 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/HFWebinarCEEE1. Text explains the session will teach how to create a place-based scenario using HEART Force’s redesigned wildfire response game, the Hourglass Lake Fire Challenge, to engage students with a fun, competitive lesson to launch your unit on wildfire and natural hazard resilience. Includes logos for CEEE, the Hazard Education Awareness & Resilience Taskforce, and “#Research to Resources.” A circular photo shows speaker Katya Schloesser smiling. Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

Graphic for a CEEE webinar titled “Data Sensemaking Strategies w/ Scientists Zoom In to explore the Megadrought.” Scheduled for November 5, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT, with a registration link at tinyurl.com/HFWebinarCEEE2. Text explains the session will teach innovative data sense-making strategies in this free Data Puzzles workshop for middle and high school science teachers, featuring real-world datasets and classroom-ready approaches! Includes logos for “#Research to Resources.” One circular photo shows CEEE curriculum developer Jon Griffith and another shows Hydrologist Seth Arena. Background features blue and yellow geometric shapes.

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Eos @eos.org · 14d

Big changes like earthquakes and melting glaciers can affect tiny communities of microbes. New research investigates this phenomenon in the Copper River Delta.

Tectonics and Climate Are Shaping an Alaskan Ecosystem - Eos

Biogeochemical research reveals the web of forces acting on a high-latitude microbe community in the Copper River Delta.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds

Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide The world’s oceans are losing their greenness owing to global heating, according to a study that suggests our planet’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide could be weakening. The change in the palette of the seas is caused by a decline of phytoplankton, the tiny marine creatures that are responsible for nearly half of the biosphere’s productivity. Continue reading...

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in attending an international Arctic conference and learning from Indigenous and Western knowledge holders? Alaska students are invited to apply to NNA’s research experience program!

Learn more at tinyurl.com/NNA-REU-2026-Application

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 17d

Don't forget to sign up for our October Midweek Momentum webinar series!

CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 23d

The first of CEEE’s free monthly virtual webinar series #MidweekMomentum starts today! Here is the rest of our October line-up.

Our events are designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience.

CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 18d

In this #FreeResourceMonday, students will learn about megafires and their frequency over time. They will then be challenged to construct conceptual models for a changing climate and land management in this three-part lesson. 🌲🔥
Find this resource and more here: ceee.colorado.edu/lesson/data-...

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18d

In celebration of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, read a new blog post by James Rattling Leaf, Sr., the CIRES Tribal Advisor who stands at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and Western science. "An Indigenous vision for #sustainability at CU." cires.colorado.edu/spotlights/i...

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Orange and yellow dots in the shape of sun rays surround a circle that represents the sun

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 21d

Are you or someone you know interested in Arctic research? Undergraduate students in Alaska communities are encouraged to apply to Navigating the New Arctic’s short research experience program. Use this link to learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/nna-reu-2026

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Desert Research Institute @driscience.bsky.social · 23d

In 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. These wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather, and climate. bit.ly/firethunder #ScienceThatMattersNow #Wildfire

Scientists Successfully Recreate Wildfire-Induced Thunderstorms in Earth System Models for the First Time

The breakthrough enhances scientific understanding of the dangerous storms and their long-term impacts on the climate. The research, published September 25th in Geophysical Research Letters, represents the first successful simulation of these wildfire-i...

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Navigating the New Arctic Community Office @arctictogether.bsky.social · 23d

ICYMI: save the date for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting! September 15-17, 2026 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Navigating the New Arctic Community Office @arctictogether.bsky.social · Sep 5

Save the date! The NNA-CO is excited to announce that the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska during September 15–17, 2026. Keep an eye out for more details in the coming months.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 23d

#ResearchToResources

To learn more about each event and to see all our different resources, check out lnkd.in/geUVWic8

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 23d

The first of CEEE’s free monthly virtual webinar series #MidweekMomentum starts today! Here is the rest of our October line-up.

Our events are designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience.

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 25d

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog is a PBS American Experience film that tells the story of L.A.'s noxious smog problem and the creation of the #EPA and Clean Air Act. Our Ellie Browne was the Science Advisor! Watch here: www.pbs.org/video/cleari...

American Experience | Clearing the Air: The War on Smog | Season 37 | Episode 4

The story of L.A.’s noxious smog problem and the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act.

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Polar Science Early Career Community Office @polarsecco.bsky.social · 29d

PECWS synthesized thousands of ideas from all career stages, but now we need YOU to help make that effort count. Please share the PECWS report widely with your networks to endorse the awesome ideas that came from PECWS! cires.colorado.edu/news/early-c...

Promo for a reminder to endorse and share the PECWS synthesis report. Text overlaid on photo states “Check out the latest article by CIRES showcasing this early career focused event!” . An orange and red sunset sets behind large glaciers and a body of water, photo credits courtesy of Pixabay.

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UCAR Center for Science Education @ucarscied.bsky.social · Sep 30

From making clouds in a jar to safely investigating how cars lose control on ice, these activities are designed to inspire curiosity, build problem-solving skills, and make learning exciting beyond the classroom. Check out our full collection and see what discoveries you can make today!

STEM at Home | Center for Science EducationSTEM at Home | Center for Science Education

Are you looking for fun, informal STEM activities that you can do at home with some simple materials? Explore our resources below to discover how to make an atmosphere lantern, how cars lose control o...

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · Sep 24

Here are the rest of our fall events, keep an eye out for the spring schedule later this year!

To follow the campaign, make sure to follow our social media platforms and use #ResearchtoResources.

Promotional flyer for a free webinar hosted by the Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE). Title: “Data Sensemaking Strategies with Scientists - Zoom In to explore the Megadrought.” Date and time: November 5, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM MT. Registration link: tinyurl.com/DPWebinarCEEE2. Explore innovative data sense-making strategies in this free Data Puzzles workshop for middle and high school science teachers, featuring real-world datasets and classroom-ready approaches! Speakers shown with headshots: CEEE Jon Griffith (left) and Seth Arena (right). A central graphic reads “#Research to Resources” with icons of a lightbulb and open book. Logos included for CEEE and Data Puzzles (“Making Sense with Science”).

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · Sep 24

Here our October events! Featuring educators from Data Puzzles, Data Lens, HEART Force, and more who will talk about teaching strategies educators can implement immediately into their curriculum with an emphasis on instructional moves and access to a resource that exemplifies the practice.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · Sep 24

Join CEEE’s free monthly virtual webinar series #MidweekMomentum designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience. See these events and more at tinyurl.com/MidweekMomentum

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · Sep 12

CIRES Research Affiliate Carrie McDougall has been awarded the ASTC Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award for her outstanding accomplishments as a NOAA civil servant. We congratulate Carrie on this well-deserved recognition and thank her for her lasting contributions!

#CIRES #CEEE #Awards #NOAA

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

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