Course enrollment opens Wednesday, January 21
Course dates are February 17 –March 14
Have you ever wanted to include weather and climate topics in your environmental education work but weren’t sure how to start? Then consider joining us for an online course focused on these dynamic topics.
Improving Weather and Climate Understanding for Ohio’s Environmental Professionals and Volunteers is an online course that seeks to empower environmental professionals and volunteers to understand Ohio’s weather and climate and create ways to teach and share information with confidence, additional resources, and support. The on-line course grew out of the desire to address barriers to accessing this content and was offered online for the first time in spring 2025. This course will help you integrate weather, climate, and climate change into your work through a final project planning assignment. The course is self-paced and fully online with 3 optional lunch time Zooms to help you build connections and network. Cost is $25.00 and includes readings, videos, a certificate of completion from The Ohio State University, and access to the course for one year.
Register for the Course. Registration size is limited. We estimate the five course modules, quizzes, and final project completion time to be 8 hours.
Full details to complete the course, which includes 5 modules and to earn your certificate are available on the Course Registration page. Students who complete the course will be able to distinguish between weather and climate and explain their impacts on people and the natural world, describe how Ohio’s geographic location shapes its weather and climate, and illustrate the connections among geography, weather patterns, and global climate zones and more!
Sponsors
The course is offered by Geddy Davis, Program Coordinator for weather and climate services with the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) and Anne Baird, Program Director for the Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program, School of Environment and Natural Resources. Both are part of The Ohio State University.
Support for building the Improving Weather and Climate Understanding course was originally provided by Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP).
by Molly Bean
CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources
bean.21@osu.edu