Programs

These programs are the result of partnerships between CIRES, research scientists, and educators. Each project offers engaging ways for people to get involved with science topics and recent research.

Programs

Antarctica
  • Educators
Antarctica: Connecting Climate Change, Melting Ice Shelves, and Pooping Penguins

This is a five-part curriculum about Antarctic environmental processes and building connections between ice shelves, surface melt, climate change - and penguins!

Braided River
  • Scientists
Braiding your River: CIRES Career Development Series

The CIRES Career Development Series supports personal learning and provides inclusive opportunities for CIRES researchers to connect and grow together by offering a monthly 1 hour workshop focused on developing diverse professional skills.

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  • Educators
Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)

A collection of nearly 700 free peer-reviewed climate and energy educational resources.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
Data Puzzles

Data Puzzles combine classroom-friendly scientific datasets with the research-backed pedagogical practices of Ambitious Science Teaching to give your students the ultimate inquiry-based learning experience.

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  • Scientists
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Environmental Data Science Innovation & Inclusion Lab (ESIIL)

Enabling an inclusive community of practice to leverage the wealth of environmental data for challenges in the environmental sciences.

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  • Scientists
FieldSafe

A facilitated virtual workshop to mitigate environmental and inter-personal risks in remote field environments.

Geomagnetic Storm
  • Educators
  • Students
GeoMag

Explore the power of community/citizen science, Earth's magnetic field, space weather, and data collection with a series of lessons, vide

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  • Students
Girls* on Rock

Girls* on Rock is a unique, FREE wilderness science education program for high school girls*. *We welcome all girls* to apply, including cisgender girls and transgender, agender, Two Spirit, intersex, nonbinary, and genderqueer youth.

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  • Educators
  • Students
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HEART Force

Engage youth and teachers to raise awareness of natural hazards and inspire action for resilience in Colorado communities.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Public
MOSAiC

Education and outreach efforts around the international Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition to the Arctic, beginning in September 2019.

Walkers on the Arctic
  • Scientists
  • Public
Navigating the New Arctic (NNA)

Supporting highly collaborative research toward a more resilient, healthy, and equitable Arctic that is understood and stewarded for its role in global systems. 

Ice Birds
  • Scientists
Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO)

 The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) is a community-building and community-support organization for polar early career scientists.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
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QGreenland

QGreenland is a free and open-source GIS mapping tool to support interdisciplinary Greenland-focused research, teaching, decision making, and collaboration.

RECCS 2019 Cohort
  • Scientists
  • Students
Research Experience for Community College Students

A summer research internship program for Colorado community college students.

Learn Solutions Still
  • Educators
  • Students
  • Public
Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit

The RHRN Educator’s Guide strives to support educators working to connect formal and informal learning spaces to the conference content

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Public
Science On a Sphere (SOS)

Science On a Sphere® (SOS) is a room-sized, global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Public
Science Show & Share

This webinar series connects scientists from around the world to engage students and learners of all ages. Each webinar includes a 15-20 minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. Explore our recommended learning materials on the event page.

Lake Dillon Colorado
  • Students
  • Public
Water in the Western US

University of Colorado Boulder just launched a free, online course exploring water and climate in the western United States.

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  • Educators
  • Students
  • Public
We are Water

We are Water partners with libraries in the Four Corners Region to bring programs and a traveling exhibit about the importance of water to rural, Latinx, and Indigenous communities in the Southwest.


Recent Programs

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  • Educators
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Arctic Climate Connections

The Broader Impacts portion of the NSF proposal studying analysis of existing data from Arctic terrestrial stations with multi-year measurements of the surface energy budget, clouds, soil temperature profiles, and basic meteorological measurements.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Public
CIRES/NOAA Science@Home

This webinar series features 10-15 minute presentations followed by 10-15 minutes of Q&A and are all paired with recommended learning materials.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Public
CIRES/NOAA Serie La Ciencia-en-Casa

¿Eres un maestro/a buscando oportunidades de aprendizaje a distancia para tus alumnos/as?

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  • Educators
  • Students
Climate and Resiliency Education

Building capacity and resources in climate and resiliency education with secondary science educators.

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  • Educators
DISCOVER-AQ: Know Your Air Quality

Accurate air pollution data can help us develop solutions to our region’s persistent air pollution problems.

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  • Scientists
  • Students
Engaged Scientist Series

Free public lectures and workshops for graduate students & postdocs on engaging with communities.

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  • Educators
  • Students
Improv and Environmental Science Workshops

Improvisational theater workshops that engage students and teachers in applying improv to science communication and collaboration.

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  • Educators
  • Students
Lens on Climate Change (LOCC)

Documenting the effects of climatic and environmental changes on students' lives and in their communities through short films.

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  • Educators
  • Students
Lentes en Cambio Climático (LECC)

Los estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria exploran temas locales sobre el cambio climático mediante la producción de cortometrajes.

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  • Educators
  • Scientists
  • Students
The GLOBE Program

The GLOBE Program is a network of worldwide students, teachers, scientists, and partners who work together. CIRES E&O is a GLOBE partner.

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  • Students
  • Public
Tribes Eye

Engaging Navajo tribal college students to learn about climate and the local environment through photography.

Keep up to date on opportunities and news from CIRES Education & Outreach