Majority of Science Teachers Are Teaching Climate Change, but Not Always Correctly

Most public middle and high school science teachers in the United States are devoting two hours or less per course to the topic of climate change —and they are often getting the facts wrong, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science.

While three out of four teachers are teaching the issue, only half of those instructors are correctly explaining that humans are driving climate change.  An even smaller number of teachers are aware of how overwhelming the scientific consensus on the issue is.

These findings appear in a landmark study that involved a comprehensive national survey of public school science teachers for the first time.  It asked if and how they are talking to students about climate change.  The results come as at least 16 states are adopting a new science curriculum (the Next Generation Science Standards) that tackles climate change more directly and in greater depth.

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