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American Music Research Center
The American Music Research Center is a joint venture of the University Libraries and College of Music devoted to the discovery of new information about American music and to the sharing of those discoveries with the wider community. The AMRC sponsors concerts and scholarly activities related to American music of...
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Biological Sciences Initiative
The Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) envisions scientific literacy among all citizens, increasing their understanding of the relevance of science to their lives and empowering them to make informed health, environmental and political choices. To promote diversity and inclusiveness in the sciences and scientific literacy, BSI provides research, classroom and professional...
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Center for Asian Studies K-12 Outreach
The Center for Asian Studies (CAS) on the Boulder campus of the University of Colorado brings together faculty, students, and community members to encourage and support Asian scholarship across disciplinary and college boundaries.
Through its three principal K-12 outreach programs, CAS annually offers opportunities for teachers ranging from Saturday workshops to...
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Center for Energy and Environmental Security
An interdisciplinary research and policy center at CU-Boulder Law School, Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) works to develop practical strategies and solutions for moving international society toward a global sustainable energy future. CEES addresses issues of energy security and climate change by anticipating emerging concerns, establishing new lines...
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CIRES - Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
To provide students with accurate information about climate and energy science, educators require scientifically and pedagogically robust teaching materials. To address this need, the Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) assembles a new peer-reviewed digital collection as part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) featuring teaching materials centered...
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CIRES - Education and Outreach
CIRES researchers explore all aspects of the earth system and search for ways to better understand how natural and human-made disturbances impact our dynamic planet. CIRES strongly supports and encourages education outreach. Programs exist for K-12 school districts, teachers and students, undergraduates at CU and elsewhere, and other community groups....
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CIRES - Inspiring Climate Education Excellence
The Inspiring Climate Education Excellence: Teacher Professional Development for Effective Instruction in Climate Science Literacy. The ICEE project provides a face to face workshop, an online course and self-directed learning modules to help teachers learn to be Climate Literate. ICEE addresses important climate science content and the pedagogical skills necessary...
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Clinical Research, Education, Services, and Treatment (CREST) Program
Under the direction of Sona Dimidjian, Ph.D., the Clinical Research, Education, Services, and Treatment (CREST) program at CU-Boulder focuses on developing, investigating, and providing evidence based treatments to reduce problems that cause suffering in people's lives and to promote sustained well-being.
The program focuses on the problem of depression generally and...
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Colorado Bioneers
Colorado Bioneers Conference is a regional event for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community to connect with visionary and practical solutions for restoring people and the planet. Focusing on successful and innovative models, examples, stories, and research, Bioneers celebrates, networks, and inspires.
Since 2002, Colorado Bioneers has...
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Colorado Water and Energy Research Center
Colorado's water and energy resources are inextricably linked. Whether you're talking about the rivers that power hydroelectricity, the steam that spins turbines at coal- or nuclear-fired power plants, or the aquifers that neighbor natural gas deposits underground, it's nearly impossible to mention one resource category without implicating the other. ...
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Communication And Social Engagement (CASE) for Sustainability
Communication And Social Engagement (CASE) identifies and provides students at the University of Colorado opportunities to serve their communities in the interest of environmental sustainability and Communication scholarship.
CASE brings together scholars, practitioners, and students to work to understand and implement communication strategies for a more sustainable world. Together with...
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Digital Library for Earth System Education
Researchers at the Institute of Cognitive Science and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research are working with 124 middle and high schools in the Denver Public School system to provide a new online resource system. The system, called the Curriculum Customization Service, offers teachers access to about 13,500 resources, including...
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Energy Justice: Combating Poverty and Global Warming in Ayaviri Peru (Stage Two)
A full one third of the world's population, typically living on less than a dollar or two per day, has no access to modern energy resources. The majority of these people rely on burning biomass (such as cow manure, crop residues, or collected wood) to meet all of their energy...
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Fine Print Foils
In Fine Print is a 15-20 minute educational video project that provides consumers with tips for surviving scams and financial pitfalls. The user-friendly format of the short film gives the ability to engage consumers who may be unaware of the dangers that we all face in our daily purchases. The...
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Freudenthal Institute USA
The mission of FI-US is to establish a comprehensive network of collaborating researchers, teachers and developers. The activities of FI-US focus on:
* Supporting development of teachers' classroom assessment practices.
* Design of comparative achievement studies.
* Developing curricula at several levels of detail, from teaching, learning and assessment trajectories to classroom materials...
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Intermountain Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Project
The Intermountain Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Project database and website are maintained as a project of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado Law School. Best Management Practices (BMPs) are mitigation measures applied to areas being developed for oil and gas to promote energy...
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K-12 Engineering Education Initiatives
The ITL Program, within CU-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science, offers an extensive number of K-12 engineering education initiatives to help students and teachers become aware of the possibilities of an engineering career. Through the various offerings, K-12 students learn that engineering is about creating things to improve society;...
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Learn More About Climate
A collaboration among climate scientists at CU-Boulder, the Learn More About Climate website localizes climate change for Coloradans and offers resources for informed decision making, whether you are a teacher, student, policy maker, or concerned citizen.
LearnMoreAboutClimate.colorado.edu leads viewers through the science of climate change, how it is affecting the state's...
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Ozone and Snow
Scientists and graduate students from INSTAAR and Michigan Tech are working at Summit, Greenland, a scientific research station in one of the world's most pristine environments. They are looking for answers about how ozone is created and destroyed in snow.
In snow-covered landscapes, ozone in the atmosphere can be both destroyed...
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PhET Interactive Simulations
PhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free for middle school through the university level. PhET believes that their research-based approach, incorporating findings from prior research and its own testing, enables students to make connections between real-life phenomena and the underlying science, deepening their understanding and appreciation...
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