Climate Change Belongs In Classrooms, Say New National Science Education Guidelines
Disko Bay, Greenland The midnight sun casts a golden glow on an iceberg and its reflection in Disko Bay, Greenland. Much of Greenland's annual mass loss occurs through calving of icebergs such as this. Courtesy of Ian JoughinOnly 1 in 5 students currently say they understand climate change from what they learned in school. New nationwide science-education standards are coming soon, and they'll include a lesson plan that should help the next generation of youngsters understand the world they will grow up in. These new standards will recommend that American students learn about climate change. Some states already have climate change education plans, and national science literacy groups also publish lesson plans including climate change and what can be done to address it. But the new national guideline, under the purview of the Next Generation Science Standards, sets a course for schools across the country. It's the first major change to national...