Education & Outreach
Overview of MetEd
MetEd is a free collection of hundreds of training resources intended for the geoscience community. Whether you're an experienced meteorologist honing existing skills or a student looking for new geoscience topics of interest, we have something for you. Learn more about MetEd in this short video, and sign up for a free account.
Featured MetEd Resources
- CESM Distance Learning Course:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1363 - Communicating Climate Change Scenarios With Decision Makers: Lecture by Dr. Holly Hartmann, Research Hydrologist:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1283 - What’s Coming in Hydrologic Impacts Studies?:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1390 - Sea Level Change: Basics:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1281 - Climate and Water Resources Management, Part 1: Climate Variability and Change:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1184 - Climate and Water Resources Management, Part 2: General Principles in Integrating Climate Change:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1245 - Ocean Acidification Video:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1195 - Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=522
You can explore these and many more climate-related lessons by choosing 'climate' from the topics menu on the MetEd education & training page.
Overview of SciEd
The UCAR Center for Science Education (UCAR SciEd) serves the geoscience community by amplifying and complementing the work of the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) member universities by reaching our audiences: K-12 educators, university faculty, students, and the public through excellence in educational programs and experiences.
Featured SciEd Resources
- How Climate Works
https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works - Impacts of Climate Change
https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/climate-change-impacts - Solving Climate Change
https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/climate-solutions - Classroom Activities
https://scied.ucar.edu/activities - The very simple climate model:
https://scied.ucar.edu/interactive/simple-climate-model