Climate Change Curriculum
Curriculum resources for faculty in different disciplines
- Climate change curriculum
- PCC Pathways Curriculum
- Affective resources
- Climate justice
- Humanities
- K-12 resources
- Pedagogy
- Science
- Solutions
- Video resources
About this guide
These resources were compiled by librarian Roberta Richards as part of a professional development project, Spring 2021. Contact Roberta with questions, updates or corrections to this guide.
See also the guide Teaching Climate Change at the Community College for additional pedagogical resources.
Roberta Richards
rrichard@pcc.edu
Southeast Library 206
971-722-4962
Science
Extensive resources are available for teaching the science of climate change, only a few of which are listed here. Additional compilations of resources are available on the K-12 resources tab.
For non-scientists who would like a basic overview of the key points, see Climate Change 101 on the guide Teaching Climate Change in the Community College
Science curriculum
- Climate and Energy Educational Resource Collection - College 13 - 14The CLEAN Collection is a high-quality and rigorously reviewed collection of climate and energy educational resources aligned with the Climate Literacy and the Energy Literacy frameworks, and the Next Generation Science Standards .Through the peer-review process scientists and educators ensure scientific accuracy, pedagogic effectiveness, and classroom readiness for each resource.
- Climate Change in Practice: topics for discussion with group exercisesPCC Library ebook, published in 2017. "Derived from an undergraduate course taught by the author, this accessible book seeks to challenge and provoke readers by posing a series of topical questions concerning climate change and society.... With a focus on applying climate science in practice, this book is ideal for students of geography, natural science, engineering and economics, as well as practitioners involved in the climate service industry."
- Climate Literacy - Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate ChangeA guide for educators, communicators, and decision-makers, from the U.S. Global Change Research Program. 3rd ed., Sept. 2024
- Climate Science - UC-CSU NXTerraClimate Science resources for the classroom, from the University of California/California State University system.
- Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and ActionAn OER resource from Frank Granshaw at Portland State University. "The Climate Toolkit is a resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science." Designed for undergraduate non-science majors. Includes editable files. 2020.
- National Association of Biology Teachers - Resource LinksAnnotated list of links to government and public sites and environmental topics for the teaching of biology.
- National Center for Science EducationClimate Change Lesson Sets, designed for high school students.
- Toolbox for Teaching Climate & Energy"NOAA Climate.gov and a community of educational and science partners have developed and organized supporting resources and programs for those who want to teach climate and energy science." Includes a toolbox of resources from teaching professionals and science partners.
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