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This course is an online, asynchronous course, designed to take about 3-hours/week for 12 weeks to complete. Each week covers a single topic and includes interactives, activities, and a brief quiz. The final project involves developing a new lesson for your students about what you have learned in the course. The AMS staff and mentors will provide personal feedback throughout the course. The course runs in Google Classroom, so a Google account will be required. We also use Slack to engage in discussion and maintain connections after the course has ended.
Upon completion, you will receive official AMS certificates. We are also happy to provide custom certificates and transcripts to those who need them for professional advancement. Please note that this program is not officially affiliated with any university, so official course credit is not available.
Please send any questions to [email protected]
Applications will open in March 2027 for the next course that will run August - October 2027
Participants who complete the course are eligible to apply for the two-day Project Ice residency in June 2027 in Baltimore, MD.
Project Ice is a comprehensive teacher professional development course based on studies of Earth's climate system, with an emphasis on ice cores. It aims to improve teacher effectiveness in sparking interest in, and understanding of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics among pre-college students.
Sessions will focus on sharing classroom challenges and success stories, learning how polar scientists collect data, and hands-on climate data analysis activities.
We aim to make these courses free for educators and provide stipends for food, hotel, and travel.
Applications will open in January 2027 for those who have completed the Online Climate Science course
Project Ice is an initiative of the American Meteorological Society as part of the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX), made possible by long-term funding from the U.S. NSF Science and Technology Center Program and support from the NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP 2019719).
Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of COLDEX members or the NSF.