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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Connect with data science leaders and introduce FREE, engaging, ready-to-use resources to your classroom. Participants may earn professional development hours that can be applied toward educator relicensure requirements 💡

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📣 Another Human of CIRES spotlight 📣 This time, for Aida Rasoli. She studied the impact of aerosols on the reflectivity of Arctic Clouds and is working toward an Associate of Engineering Science at Arapahoe Community College 🌨️

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Read about the work she conducted in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU Boulder, studying the meteorological characteristics and societal impact of the storms in her #HumansofCIRES spotlight 🌬️ cires.colorado.edu/news/humans-...

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Alejandro Garcia, an intern at RECCS program, is researching the atmospheric boundary layer ☁️ Read about his story as a first-generation college student from Guatemala—who also happens to be an internationally-competitive badminton player— in the latest #HumansofCIRES spotlight 🏸

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Educators who attended last month's Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop toured @climate.noaa.gov and had the chance to engage with experts in a Climate Policy Panel! 👩‍🏫 What questions would you ask our featured panelists? Let us know in the comments below 👇

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Topics covered: climate science, natural hazards, water resources, climate mental health, data literacy, and more. 🧠

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Last week, we wrapped up our Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop, where middle school and high school educators attended educational resource sessions, seminars by scientists, lab tours, and networking events. 👨‍🏫

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This summer, interns at our Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) program are thinking critically about wildfires 🔥

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Could you see yourself or someone you know researching the Arctic using Indigenous and Western sciences in a collaborative and curiosity-encouraged environment? 🏔️❄️ Undergraduate students in Alaska communities are encouraged to apply to Navigating the New Arctic’s short research experience program.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Calling all K-12 educators! 🌸 The USA National Phenology Network wants your input as we develop new K-12 resources focused on student phenology data collection. Complete our short survey to share your experience and interest in bringing phenology into the classroom.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This week, we're highlighting our resources on climate mental health, providing strategies to support students in navigating the emotional impacts of a changing climate while staying informed, resilient, and hopeful.

Promotional graphic titled “Earth Month Featured Resource” highlighting CEEE’s Climate Mental Health Program. Text explains that the program offers strategies to help students process climate-related emotions, build resilience, and inspire positive action. A small photo shows a hand-painted sign reading “The seas are rising, but so are we!” Bullet points list learning goals: incorporating a trauma‑informed approach and cultivating hope and resilience. A link at the bottom reads tinyurl.com/CEEE‑EarthDay1.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A new version of SOS Explorer® (SOSx) is here! 🌎🚀 This update brings a highly requested search feature plus the ability to tag and save your favorite datasets for quick access. Ready to explore? Download it today ✨ 🔗 lnkd.in/eJZ5svmt #ScienceOnASphere #ScienceEducation #CEEE #CIRES #NOAA

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop 📚🌱 This is a three-day professional development opportunity for middle and high school science teachers at the University of Colorado Boulder University Memorial Center on July 28–30th, 2026.

Promotional graphic for the Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop, held July 28–30, 2026 at the University Memorial Center in Boulder, Colorado. The workshop invites middle and high school educators to a three-day, in-person program covering climate science, natural hazards, water resources, climate mental health, and data literacy. The graphic includes photos of educators participating in hands-on activities, a QR code for registration, and text noting a 20‑hour professional development certificate or 1–2 CU Boulder continuing education credits, with a registration link to tinyurl.com/RFTW26.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our last featured team member: Grace 🧠 Her work also examines how caregivers’ beliefs influence children’s challenge-seeking and how flexible spatial skills support STEM and arts learning, with a focus on gendered experiences in spatial development.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our next featured team member: Alicia 🌱 She manages the Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) program and several other research initiatives, while also supporting lifelong learning opportunities.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our next featured team member: Hilary 🌐 She organizes professional development for educators, creates scientific storytelling content for SOS and SOSx, and leads a global network of SOS users in sharing best practices.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our next featured team member: Bridget Walsh 📚 In her short time with us, she’s already making a big impact—designing innovative, phenomenon-based science learning experiences and leading hands-on workshops for educators.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our next featured team member: Dr. Moon ❄️🌊 A leader in climate science, Dr. Moon studies how ice, oceans, and ecosystems are interconnected and translates these insights for decision-makers and business leaders tackling climate challenges.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet our next featured team member: Katya 🌎 She is a passionate educator who supports K–12 teachers in bringing research-based, hands-on, and engaging climate science curriculum into their classrooms.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We’re proud to spotlight Carrie's contributions and celebrate the leadership and dedication she brings to our team. We’re proud that she was recently featured in the Women in Energy installation at Chicago’s Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, highlighting women shaping the future of energy 🌎

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We’re excited to introduce the first featured member of our team: Carrie McDougall 🌟 Carrie’s work has helped connect people everywhere with science, empowering communities with knowledge they need to understand and respond to our changing world. We're proud to have her as CEEE's acting director!

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Happy Women's History Month! 💐✨ In this thread, we'll feature a few groundbreaking women making the world a better place here at CEEE. We’re grateful for our entire team who make it all possible!

Blue poster with the title, "The Women Who Inspire" and subtitle, "Join us in celebrating a few of the women in CEEE making an impact". Features a collage of paper and floral elements with images of women who work at CEEE.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

CEEE’s own Katya Schloesser was interviewed by KVNF Community Radio for a HEART Force Drought Game event last week 🌡🏜 Read more: 🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/news-awards/... #CEEE #CIRES #Colorado #Drought

Blue background with header, "Katya Schloesser and HEART Force Drought Game Featured". Underneath is description, "In the HEART Force Drought Game, students work in groups to solve community challenges during the course of an extreme drought event by using available individual and community resources. Last week, students at North Fork High, along with community members, met to play the Drought Game together. Katya was interviewed about her experiences with the game and the event." At the bottom is a link to the article.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The latest findings show a 14% decline in global media coverage of climate change in 2025 — a shift with major implications for public awareness and engagement. Read more: ceee.colorado.edu/news-awards/ami-mecco-highlight #CEEE #CIRES #MeCCO #Climate

Background features the snow covered CU Boulder's campus with a blue filter on top. The header reads, "CEEE's Ami Nacu-Schmidt's work on the MeCCO Project Highlighted in CU Boulder Today". An image of Ami is underneath with a link to the article on the CEEE website on the bottom.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🎉 Leadership update at CIRES CEEE 🎉 We’re excited to share that Carrie McDougall has stepped into the role of Acting Director of CEEE. We’re thrilled to have Carrie guiding CEEE during this transition and look forward to the insight, continuity, and leadership she brings to the role! 🌍✨

Poster featuring two images of Carrie with the headline, "Introducing CEEE Acting Direction Carie McDougall". Underneath is a paragraph describing her 20 years of leadership experience in science and environmental education.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Tracking Our Impact: Our Events 📌✨ At CEEE, we host and sponsor professional development sessions, hands-on workshops, networking events, and informational webinars — creating spaces where educators, students, and scientists can connect and learn from one another.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Tracking Our Impact: Our Educational Resources 📚✨ We create and share environmental and Earth science materials that help educators and learners engage with science shaping our world. From classroom-ready resources to professional learning tools, we make science education accessible and actionable.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tracking Our Impact: Engagement & Awards 🏆✨ Through community events, educator partnerships, student programs, and collaborative research engagement, we connected science to the people and places where it matters most 🌎

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tracking Our Impact: Resource Engagement 📊✨ This year, our classroom-ready resources reached educators, students, scientists, and lifelong learners across the country — bringing timely, data-driven Earth system science into classrooms, communities, and conversations 🌎

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Behind every program, partnership, and resource is a team of 31 dedicated scientists, data specialists, educators, evaluators, media experts, graphic designers, filmmakers, and outreach specialists, working together to make environmental and Earth system science accessible, relevant, and impactful.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The CEEE Data Puzzles Team just published a paper in The Science Teacher as part of NSTA’s special issue on Data Science for Science Education! 🔍💡 Their work explores how real-world data puzzles help students build critical data sensemaking skills and engage in authentic scientific investigations.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎉 Big news 🎉 After 16 incredible years with CIRES (eight of them leading CEEE), Anne Gold stepped away last month to begin an exciting new chapter as Head of School for the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences and tenured professor at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

White square with the title, "Celebrating Anne Gold's Next Adventure". Text under describes how she has stepped down from being CIRES Fellow and Director of CEEE to take on a role as the Head for the School of Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences at Victoria University in New Zealand. Bottom text describes CEEE's heartfelt thanks. Images in Anne lies on the right.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

CEEE’s Dr. Twila Moon is featured in a recent CU Boulder Today article examining the fragile state of scientific partnerships between the United States and Greenland. 👉 Read the full story on CU Boulder Today. www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...

In bold white text at the top, "CEEE's Dr. Twila Moon Highlights the importance of the US-Greenland Scientific Collaboration". Underneath says, "Read more about her interview with the University of Colorado At Boulder's newspaper, CU Today." Circle image of Dr. Moon lies to the right. Underneath is a scenic city view of Greenland.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A huge thank you to our amazing community and supporters for the donations we’ve received so far 💫 Because of you, we’re one step closer to our goal. If you’re able to help us go even further, donations are still open. Every contribution counts. Thank you for supporting CEEE!

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

📢 Calling all Colorado Middle School Science Teachers! Bring real-world data puzzles into your classroom. Join the Data Puzzles PLC to explore engaging datasets and modern data sensemaking strategies! #DataPuzzles #CEEE #CIRES #MiddleSchoolTeachers

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Curious about what type of research you could do with RECCS? Check out these past projects our participants have been a part of! 🌟 Ready to dive into hands-on research? Apply for RECCS today! ✨ 🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/programs/reccs

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

At the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, CIRES scientist Michael MacFerrin & CEEE Director Anne Gold pushed for real change in extreme field research. Their panels focused on making fieldwork more inclusive for marginalized researchers & creating safer environments in the most remote places 🌍

Tan textured background with a bolded title at the top that says, "ADVANCEing Field Safety" and a subtitle, "Build a safe and supportive field team". A few rectangular shapes in varying shades of blue are on the left, with an image of the researchers exploring the polar tundra on top. The words, "CEEE's ADVANCEing FieldSafety Program has been featured on the main CIRES website for our panels at the 2025 AGU Conference! Read more about it below.". A light blue box lies under this section with a link to the feature article. At the bottom are the logos for AFS and CEEE.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 The 2026 Corden Pharma Science Fair in Boulder, CO is almost here! 🌟 We’re celebrating student excellence in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, & Math) from middle and high schools across Boulder, Longmont, and beyond! 🔬

Blue poster with organic blue shapes in the background. The words, "Save the date!" at the very top with the bolded title, "2026 Corden Pharma BVSD Regional Science Fair". Underneath, the poster describes the showcase of young talent and the need for judges and volunteers. Bolded at the bottom is, "Monday, February 23rd, 2026 at the Boulder Valley Education Center". On the right is a set of three pictures showcasing student education and teaching.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🌟 Meet Our Expert Research Mentors! 🌟 Our mentors are leaders in their fields and eager to work with the next generation of scientists. Check out some of our previous mentors and the amazing work they specialize in! Ready to dive into hands-on research?

Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) Applications now open for 2026 - introduction post.

Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) Applications now open for 2026 - mentors. Dr. Gijis de Boer and Dr. Aditi Bhaskar.

Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) Applications now open for 2026 - mentors. Dr. Karen Bailey and Dr. Nicholas Dragone.

Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) Applications now open for 2026 - mentors. Advyth Ramachandran and Dr. Alexandra Jahn.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

🚨 Attention Community College Students! 🚨 Looking for hands-on research experience? The RECCS application is OPEN! ✨ Learn more and apply here: 🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/programs/reccs Attend the information session: 🔗 tinyurl.com/RECCS26-Info-Session #ResearchOpportunity #CommunityCollege #RECCS

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Help us keep science opportunities accessible! The Research Experience for Community College Students program empowers students with research skills and career exploration. View the program testimonial quotes below and, if you can, please consider donating: lnkd.in/gTayc_EJ

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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)!

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

📣 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.

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🚨 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? 🌄✨

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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! 🌱💫

“Flyer titled ‘Ripples of Resilience: Stories and Strategies for a Thriving Future.’ The top half shows a circular photo of three people playing a board game together. Below it, text reads:

Headwaters Drought Resilience Game Night & Dinner
When: Thursday, November 20, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: Adams State University, Student Union Banquet

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The next section reads:
Public Opening of the We Are Water Exhibit
When: Saturday, November 22, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
Where: Alamosa Public Library

On the right side is another circular photo showing two young people smiling while working on a hands-on water model activity.

Along the bottom are logos for Sanford Mustangs, Alamosa Public Library, We Are Water, Colorado Water Conservation Board, CEEE, and Adams State University.”

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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). 🌟

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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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