Climate Change Curriculum

From Common Sense Education, 2021

From NPR, 2019

The CLEAN Network is a professionally diverse community of over 630 members committed to improving climate and energy literacy locally, regionally, nationally, and globally, to enable responsible decisions and actions. Funded by grants from NOAA, NSF and others. Includes educators toolkit.

From CoolCalifornia.org. Links to resources.

From the NSTA (National Science Teaching Association), 2021.

From the National Education Association. Links to curriculum resources.

"The primary goal of this project is to help and encourage K-12 teachers to incorporate information about climate change in classrooms outside STEM disciplines." From an interdisciplinary team at Smith College.

Links to curriculum resources, from the Southern Oregon Climate Alliance Now (SOCAN)

From Green Teacher: Education for Planet Earth, 2019

Based in Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping educators, both inside and outside of schools, promote environmental awareness among young people aged 6-19.

A work in progress from The Paleontological Research Institution.
Compiled by Don Haas, Director of Teacher Programming

The Watch is a twice monthly educator e-newsletter containing curated opportunities from NOAA and NOAA partners for educators and students including webinars, workshops, and contests. There are links to educational resources and activities, conferences and reports, as well as education and science news items and information on grants, internships and jobs.

Our Climate Our Future is an award-winning video experience that educates young people on the science of climate change and empowers them to take action.

A collection of articles, role plays, simulations, stories, poems, and graphics to help breathe life into teaching about the environmental crisis, from the K-12 Rethinking School magazine. Available as PCC Library ebook

From National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)

"Students will be able to identify the relevance of studying climate change and differentiate between elements of weather and climate." Includes documents, presentations and videos. Middle School curriculum also available.

Database of lesson plans and resources for K-12 classes in many different subjects. From a nonprofit team of educators.

From the Zinn Education Project. Includes classroom-tested lessons, workshops for educators, and a sample school board climate justice resolution.

Collection of essays, many locally focused

The UCAR Center for Science Education (UCAR SciEd) serves the geoscience community by amplifying and complementing the work of the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) member universities by reaching our audiences: K-12 educators, university faculty, students, and the public through excellence in educational programs and experiences.