Kelley Lê recognized as Friend of the Planet

August 30, 2022

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) honored Kelley Lê with a 2022 Friend of the Planet Award. Lê is the director of the UCI Science Project and author of 2021’s Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6-12.

"The Friends of the Planet for 2022 have tirelessly promoted the cause of climate change education," said NCSE Executive Director Ann Reid. “Lê has championed the cause of climate change education through her important guide aimed at helping middle and high school teachers teach climate change effectively. … Through her outreach activities, she has been tirelessly helping to equip her fellow educators across the country.”

The Friend of the Planet awards are presented annually to a select few whose efforts to support NCSE and advance its goal of defending and supporting the teaching of climate science have been truly outstanding. The non-profit NCSE supports and defends the accurate teaching of climate change, evolution, and the nature of science. 

Kelley Lê

​The non-profit National Center for Science Education supports and defends the accurate teaching of climate change, evolution, and the nature of science.