Teachers Face Challenges In Teaching Science Of Climate Change

PBS NewsHour (5/3) reports on "the challenges of teaching about climate science," reporting that many students "enter the classroom with preconceived notions about climate change." The piece features a teacher discussing the various sources students have for their conceptions about climate change, and their craving for "clarification," and notes that "in a recent survey by the National Science Teachers Association, teachers say they're facing skepticism about climate science; 82 percent of science teachers say they faced it from students, and 54 percent say they faced it from parents." The piece continues to profile the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, quoting the group's outreach director, Susan Buhr, saying, "Teachers in science classes are always going to want to talk about the science. And, increasingly, it's difficult for them to do so because of resistance from parents or from students to hearing about the evidence of climate science and climate change."