Climate Science WEST: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

L-R: Robin Trayler, Hope Ianiri, Mercedes Pozo Buil, and Gemma Carroll

Venue: Workshops for Engineer & Science Transfers, Climate Science Strand (WEST)

Team Members:

Mercedes Pozo Buil (Design Team Lead): Graduate Student, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Robin Trayler: Postdoc, Life & Environmental Sciences, UC Merced

Gemma Carroll: Postdoc, Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC/NOAA

Hope Ianiri: Graduate Student, Ocean Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Audience: 28 UCSC Transfer students (undergraduates)

Activity name: Disentangling Climate Change

Learning Goal: Learners will use the concept of climate variability to analyze and evaluate global and regional climate differences at different timescales in the present and in future climate. 

Sponsor: UCSC Student Fees Advisory Committee & ISEE/UCSC, UC Merced