CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation
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CEEE, a trusted partner in connecting CIRES science with educators, learners, and communities, makes research data accessible, inspires environmental action, and fosters scientific curiosity. https://ceee.colorado.edu/
Happy holiday season! Your generosity helps expand access to earth and environmental science education, strengthen partnerships with schools and communities across Colorado, and evaluate programs that make a real difference in people’s lives. Donate today: tinyurl.com/donateCEEE
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy holiday season! Your generosity helps expand access to earth and environmental science education, strengthen partnerships with schools and communities across Colorado, and evaluate programs that make a real difference in people’s lives. Donate today: tinyurl.com/donateCEEE
Congratulations to CEEE’s own Hilary Peddicord 🎉 She has been selected as the Graduate Student Board Member for the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)!
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Congratulations to CEEE’s own Hilary Peddicord 🎉 She has been selected as the Graduate Student Board Member for the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)!
📣 Save the Date! The Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop returns July 28–30, 2026 in Boulder, CO! 🌄
Middle & high school educators are invited to a 3-day, hands-on workshop exploring climate science, natural hazards, water resources, mental health, data literacy & more.
Middle & high school educators are invited to a 3-day, hands-on workshop exploring climate science, natural hazards, water resources, mental health, data literacy & more.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📣 Save the Date! The Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop returns July 28–30, 2026 in Boulder, CO! 🌄
Middle & high school educators are invited to a 3-day, hands-on workshop exploring climate science, natural hazards, water resources, mental health, data literacy & more.
Middle & high school educators are invited to a 3-day, hands-on workshop exploring climate science, natural hazards, water resources, mental health, data literacy & more.
🚨 We’re recruiting full field teams for a research study on the impact of the AFS training!
Teams will complete short surveys and join an interview or focus group. Incentives are available!
Ready to level up your next field season? 🌄✨
Teams will complete short surveys and join an interview or focus group. Incentives are available!
Ready to level up your next field season? 🌄✨
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 We’re recruiting full field teams for a research study on the impact of the AFS training!
Teams will complete short surveys and join an interview or focus group. Incentives are available!
Ready to level up your next field season? 🌄✨
Teams will complete short surveys and join an interview or focus group. Incentives are available!
Ready to level up your next field season? 🌄✨
Join us for a weekend of community, creativity, and connection as we celebrate the We Are Water Alamosa Community Exhibit, part of Ripples of Resilience: Stories and Strategies for a Thriving Future 💧✨
Bring family and friends, everyone is welcome! 🌱💫
Bring family and friends, everyone is welcome! 🌱💫
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Join us for a weekend of community, creativity, and connection as we celebrate the We Are Water Alamosa Community Exhibit, part of Ripples of Resilience: Stories and Strategies for a Thriving Future 💧✨
Bring family and friends, everyone is welcome! 🌱💫
Bring family and friends, everyone is welcome! 🌱💫
We are thrilled to announce that the contributions of CEEE's own Hilary Peddicord to the Building Insights Through Observation project and work done by Data Puzzles (led by Jon Griffith) have been recognized in a NSF spotlight by the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE). 🌟
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We are thrilled to announce that the contributions of CEEE's own Hilary Peddicord to the Building Insights Through Observation project and work done by Data Puzzles (led by Jon Griffith) have been recognized in a NSF spotlight by the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE). 🌟
Data Puzzles will be at the NSTA (National Science Teaching Association) Conference in Minneapolis November 12th to 15th! You can find CEEE Curriculum Developer Jon Griffith at either of the following presentations:
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Data Puzzles will be at the NSTA (National Science Teaching Association) Conference in Minneapolis November 12th to 15th! You can find CEEE Curriculum Developer Jon Griffith at either of the following presentations:
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October research highlights from our journals! From Arctic food webs to beaver-powered fire resilience, biodiversity maintenance & sea star recovery — explore the latest ecological science in our new tip sheet📰
Find it here: esa.org/blog/2025/10...
📷 by Sean Johnson-Bice
Find it here: esa.org/blog/2025/10...
📷 by Sean Johnson-Bice
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
October research highlights from our journals! From Arctic food webs to beaver-powered fire resilience, biodiversity maintenance & sea star recovery — explore the latest ecological science in our new tip sheet📰
Find it here: esa.org/blog/2025/10...
📷 by Sean Johnson-Bice
Find it here: esa.org/blog/2025/10...
📷 by Sean Johnson-Bice
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Local videographer Shelley Schlender joined Tim Seastedt for a walk through the new Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve recently.
Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...
Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...
CU Students Explore Alpine Ecologies at New Spruce Gulch Wildlife Reserve
University of Colorado students research alpine and arctic ecosystems on 500 acres of Boulder County wilderness donated to the school. The Local Colorado’s Shelley Schlender took a walk through the…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Local videographer Shelley Schlender joined Tim Seastedt for a walk through the new Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve recently.
Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...
Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...
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
To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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
To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum
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Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
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
To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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
To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum
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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.
eos.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Big changes like earthquakes and melting glaciers can affect tiny communities of microbes. New research investigates this phenomenon in the Copper River Delta.
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World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds
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...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds
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
Learn more at tinyurl.com/NNA-REU-2026-Application
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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
Learn more at tinyurl.com/NNA-REU-2026-Application
Don't forget to sign up for our October Midweek Momentum webinar series!
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.
Our events are designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience.
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don't forget to sign up for our October Midweek Momentum webinar series!
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-...
Find this resource and more here: ceee.colorado.edu/lesson/data-...
October 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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-...
Find this resource and more here: ceee.colorado.edu/lesson/data-...
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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...
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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...
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
October 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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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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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October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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
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ICYMI: save the date for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting! September 15-17, 2026 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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.
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ICYMI: save the date for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting! September 15-17, 2026 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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.
Our events are designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience.
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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.
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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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.
www.pbs.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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...
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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...
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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...
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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...
scied.ucar.edu
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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!