ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principles Breakout session: 2F Recorder: Tamara Ledley

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Initial Comments – People & Process ► Facilitator is Carol Knight of NOAA. OPL: Cherilynn Morrow ► Dilling (U. Colo. Center for Sci & Tech Policy) Tuddenham (College of Exploration), ► Pandya (UCAR - SOARS - minority ugrad research), Ledley (TERC, research-education interface), McCaffrey (U. Colo. CIRES), Geary (Director of GLOBE), ► Meeson (NASA - Ocean science education)Pitman (K-12 educator, evaluator, Miami), Henson (UCAR Office of Communication), LaDue (NSF). ► The Essential Principles of the Climate Literacy Draft and those published for Ocean Literacy were written on the walls. We built on and referred to these in our introductory discussion. ► Opening discussions have centered on the ideas of a. the Sun as an essential source of energy, b. the interconnectivity of all the spheres, and c. the interplay with humans and their impacts. ► Opening discussions have centered on the ideas of a. the Sun as an essential source of energy, b. the interconnectivity of all the spheres, and c. the interplay with humans and their impacts. ► We're focusing on science content but it is felt that the content we choose should be considered in light of how it can be related to society and what people might do as result of being literate about the atmosphere and climate. ► We brainstormed ideas for Essential Principles (EP's) that will be revisited, filtered, and prioritized later on. They numbered 26. We then binned those 26 into 9 themes that seemed to capture our ideas.

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #1 ► The atmosphere is a single, integrated system… everyone interacts with it… We all live in an ocean of air: 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 20

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #2 ► The atmosphere is a fluid that transports heat and matter: water, particles… 10, 11, 18, 21

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #3 ► The atmosphere is unique and makes Earth habitable: 4, 5, 6, 12, 17, 26

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #4 ► Humans change the atmosphere, The atmosphere changes over time: 5, 9, 13, 14

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #5 ► The atmosphere is dynamic – it changes at different rates, the composition changes, it varies from location to location, small changes can have transformational effects: 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #6 ► Plants use content in the atmosphere to build life: 17

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #7 ► There is exchange between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, and biosphere, The atmosphere is constantly exchanging energy and matter with other spheres: 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 21, 25

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #8 ► There is one atmosphere that varies depending on location and at different timescales. Weather and Climate are different but inextricably connected. 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Essential Principle #9 ► The Sun is the source of all energy in the atmosphere: 5

ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO Concluding Remarks ► Our sub-points can help refine the Essential Principles and also inform the discussions about Fundamental Concepts. These sub-points are documented completely on the BLOG. ► In developing these Essential Principles we used technical terms as a shorthand. This will need additional care and revision. ► The final articulation of these Essential Principles should use terminology carefully and be sensitive to clarifying common misunderstandings (e.g. the differences between “atmosphere”, “weather”, “climate”)

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