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  • In this resource, students will learn about snags or dead trees still standing and the ecosystem services they provide.
  • Students will learn about the birds, mammals, and insects that use snags for food, shelter, and protection.
Grade 3-5 | 6-8
Subject Science,Biology
Resource Type Articles/Websites

  • This engaging, interactive, and colorful site takes students on an environmental journey from mountaintops to the ocean floor, with climate sustainability information provided along the way.
  • Students will learn about a wide variety of climate solutions, both in nature and in cities, with clear evidence of hope for the future embedded in the attached informative links.
Grade 6-8 | 9-12 | 3-5
Subject Science,Biology,Earth and Space Sciences
Resource Type Interactive Media

  • This activity explores upcycling, environmental stewardship, and how human beings are connected to their surrounding environment.
  • Students will complete a project where they create an artistic object that reduces waste, and they will engage in a classroom discussion about the objects they just created.
Grade k-2 | 3-5 | 6-8
Subject Science,Visual and Performing Arts,Engineering
Resource Type Projects

  • This lesson explores the historical roots of music, the "eco rhythms" that can be found in nature, and how living beings are connected to the environment they live in.
  • Students will complete an outdoor activity that involves musical improvisation and engage in multiple classroom discussions about the sounds of nature.
Grade k-2 | 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12
Subject Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Activity - Outdoors

  • In this lesson, students will watch a video to understand the importance of salmon in Indigenous cultures, ecosystem services that help the salmon, and how human activities impact salmon populations.
  • This lesson is the fourth in the "Honoring the Salmon" unit and includes some materials for the entire unit, such as a traditions worksheet, family letter, and book list for previous lessons.
Grade k-2 | 3-5
Subject Science,Social Studies
Resource Type Lesson Plans

  • This website provides a number of videos about watersheds, maps of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and a brief description of that watershed.
  • Students will learn about the waterways leading into the Chesapeake Bay, including those in Cooperstown, NY, Suffolk and Blacksburg, VA, and Berlin, MA.
Grade 3-5 | 6-8
Subject Science,Social Studies
Resource Type Articles/Websites

  • This webpage includes several resources to teach elementary students about New Jersey's agriculture, including a fact sheet, a video introducing students to three New Jersey Farms, two websites from the Department of Agriculture for education, and an E-book detailing the popular crops grown in New Jersey.
  • Students will see farms in Sussex, Tabernacle, and Pedrickstown, learn about sweet corn from Salem, Burlington, and Gloucester counties, and become familiar with various New Jersey-grown foods.
  • The K-6 resources are in the upper right of the page.
Grade k-2 | 3-5 | 6-8
Subject Science,Social Studies
Resource Type Articles/Websites

  • This reading comprehension worksheet discusses various turtles that are native to Connecticut, the ecosystems they inhabit, and how humans can help turtles thrive.
  • Students will be able to test their reading comprehension by completing the "Turtle Test" matching activity on the worksheet.


Grade 3-5
Subject Science,English Language Arts
Resource Type Activity - Classroom

  • This collection of seven lesson plans will introduce elementary students to the effects of climate change on New Jersey, farms in NJ, and how they can help.
  • Students will create models to illustrate the greenhouse effect, sea level rise, and the impact of droughts and floods on plants, then make compost with plant matter from home, learn about adaptations in New Jersey's agriculture, and learn things they can do to stop global warming.
Grade k-2 | 3-5
Subject Science,Social Studies
Resource Type Lesson Plans

  • This coloring page and activity sheet gives information about the top speed of peregrine falcons, the areas they inhabit in Connecticut, and the formerly used pesticide that almost caused their extinction.
  • Students will learn that peregrine falcons are the fastest animal on Earth, they can live in various high-altitude areas, and they are skilled hunters.
Grade k-2 | 3-5
Subject Science,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Worksheets

  • This article tells readers what to do if they spot a bat in Connecticut and provides additional information about bats.
  • Students will learn about white-nose syndrome and its impacts on the bat population, bat migratory and hibernation patterns, and bat habitats.
Grade 6-8 | 3-5
Subject Science
Resource Type Articles/Websites

  • In this lesson, students will use maps, graphs, and data from California to investigate the connection between air quality, wildfires, and location.
  • Students will develop questions about the causes of poor air quality, use fire and smoke maps to determine the impact of wildfires on air quality, analyze the increase in droughts and wildfires due to anthropogenic climate change, and analyze box plots to compare the air quality in different communities.
Grade 6-8
Subject Science,Mathematics
Resource Type Lesson Plans

Climate Change Lessons By Teachers

Explore climate change lessons created by teachers for the subjects you teach.

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Students consider the impacts of biking on their community and how to encourage people to bike more through a school survey. 

Inquire: Students view a short video of students biking to school and discuss their experiences with biking.

Investigate: Students create and analyze graphs and survey results about biking.

Inspire: Based on their findings, students generate suggestions to encourage biking in their school community.
Grade 3-5
Subject Mathematics
Resource Type Lesson Plan

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  • This fun and inspiring activity lets students color in various Captain Climate images, print off and color bookmarks, and make a cutout of their ideas to help the Earth.
  • The images in the activity encourage students to be kind, read books, and protect the planet.


Grade k-2 | 3-5
Subject Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • These online vocabulary cards go over useful terms about air pollution, environmental justice, and climate change.
  • The vocabulary terms are defined and accompanied by an illustrative image.


Grade 3-5
Subject Science,Health
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This bundle of writing prompts, calendar planning pages, goal planning sheets, a student survey, and coloring pages will be sure to get your students back into the swing of things this fall.
  • The materials can be customized, downloaded, or printed for use in the classroom or as homework assignments.


Grade 9-12
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This collection of short writing prompts, bell ringers, planner pages, monthly calendars, goal-setting sheets, a student survey, and coloring pages will help get middle school students ready to start the school year by reflecting on their summer and thinking about what they’d like to accomplish.
  • The slides can be customized, downloaded, shared, or printed.


Grade 6-8
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • Get your students excited for the new school year with this collection of Captain Climate coloring pages, bell ringers, writing prompts, classroom signs, class schedule cards, goal planning sheets, a student survey, and an "all about me" page.
  • There are a number of customizable and printable signs, labels, and worksheets that can be used for a variety of purposes.


Grade 3-5
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • Use these classroom signs, songs, poems, coloring sheets, and writing prompts to get your students excited about the new school year.
  • There are a number of printable, downloadable, and customizable worksheets, signs, and labels to get your classroom ready and the activities will get your students excited to learn!





Grade k-2
Subject Science,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This engaging summer learning activity sheet will keep your high school kids learning all summer long with experiments, podcasts, graphic novels, educational videos, and career path discussions.
  • The activities can be completed randomly, as a game, or they can complete the entire sheet.


Grade 9-12
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts,Health
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This fun summer learning activity sheet is full of hands-on activities and experiments, interactive games, reading and writing activities, educational videos, and podcasts.
  • Keep your kids learning all summer long as they get outdoors and continue to practice their reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.



Grade 6-8
Subject Science,Social Studies,Chemistry,Biology,Earth and Space Sciences,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This engaging group of activities will keep your kids active and learning all summer long with hands-on activities and experiments, interactive games, reading and writing activities, educational videos, and podcasts.
  • Play it as a game or encourage your kids to complete one row or column each week to get them ready for the next school year.



Grade 3-5
Subject Social Studies,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This fun summer learning activity sheet will keep your kids engaged all summer long with hands-on activities, art projects, reading and writing activities, educational videos, and games.
  • Play it like Bingo or Tiddlywinks to select an activity, or simply challenge them to complete the whole card by the end of the summer.



Grade k-2
Subject Science,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

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  • This group of Earth Day resources provides writing prompts that stimulate social and emotional connections to nature, vocabulary cards with images, and art activities.
  • All resources are adjustable, downloadable, and easy to share online, making them a great choice for Earth Day or any other time of the year.



Grade 9-12
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts,Visual and Performing Arts
Resource Type Bundle

News for Students

News articles that can be adjusted to your students' grade levels and enrich their climate learning experience.

News
Oct 15

Study: Botanical 'Dark Spots' Hide More Than 100,000 New Species

Experts have worked in recent years to find global hotspots where plants and animals are at risk of&...

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Oct 14

Report: Wildlife Populations Experience 'Catastrophic' Drop Over Past 50 Years

The human population has more than doubled over the past 50 years. But wildlife has seen a “catastrophic...

News
Oct 11

Endangered Giant Pandas Might Be Saved by Science

Experts have been working for decades to try to save a number of animal species from extinction...

News
Oct 11

Biden Administration Seeks to Do Away With Lead Pipes For Good

The Biden administration announced this week an aggressive plan to remove all remaining lead pipe&nb...

News
Oct 11

Milton Inflicts Death and Destruction, But Florida Avoids 'Worst-Case Scenario'

Hurricane Milton roared across central Florida early Thursday. It left at least 10 people dead as the sto...

News
Oct 10

The Queen Expands Her Reign: Grazer Wins Back-to-Back Fat Bear Championships

Thrones are not surrendered lightly, it seems. Grazer, the massive mama bear who took home...

News
Oct 10

'Storm of the Century' Hurricane Milton Strikes Florida

Hurricane Milton, dubbed the “storm of the century,” slammed into west central...

News
Oct 9

Atlanta Weatherman Interrupts Live Broadcast to Save Woman from Helene Flooding

It is journalistic canon that reporters should never become part of a news story, but sometimes in l...

News
Oct 9

Florida Braces for Hurricane Milton, Set to Make Landfall Today

Thousands of Floridians have fled their homes for the second time in two weeks. That's because a second major...

News
Oct 8

Climate Change Forces Redraw of Swiss, Italian Borders

Think of Switzerland, and you might picture snow-covered mountains and trails perfect for cross-country skiing...

News
Oct 7

Helene Victims Swamped By Social Media Disinformation Flood

In North Carolina, the US government is bulldozing homes ruined by Hurricane Helene to steal people’s la...

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Oct 4

Hurricane Helene Death Toll Surpasses 200; Effects Likely to Linger For Years

At least 202 people across six states have died in the wake of Hurricane Helene. It barreled across the U...

News
Oct 4

Race is On Between China and US for Nuclear Fusion

For decades, the notion of nuclear fusion seemed like something from a science fiction nov...

News
Oct 2

Salmon Beware: It's Fat Bear Week 2024

The moment that fans of chubby cubbies across the world have waited for with fish-baited breath is finally her...

News
Oct 1

Parts of Sahara Turn a Shade of Green, Puzzling Scientists

Northern Africa’s Sahara Desert measures a vast 3,000 square miles. It's known as the largest “hot...

News
Oct 1

Rescue Teams Look for Hurricane Helene's Many Victims

Rescue teams are still searching for victims of Hurricane Helene. The storm cut a destructive p...

News
Sep 30

Scientists Discover Marine Mafias Led by Eight-Armed Dons

Octopuses are well known as loners of the sea. They’ve got plenty of reasons to live alone, after all. I...

News
Sep 30

Flooding, Devastation Left in Hurricane Helene's Wake

At least 64 people are dead and thousands more displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane&nbs...

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Professional Learning

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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America

What to Do When Climate Change Scares You: Strategies for Supporting Children ages 6-12

This event will showcase the new book What To Do Wh...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Wisconsin Energy Institute, andWisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP)

KidWind Educator Workshop - Menomonie, WI

In this workshop, teachers will review energy and electricity basics, design and test blades in a...

Format: In Person
Date(s) Offered: October 24, 2024, 8:00am CDT
Climate Psychology Alliance of North America

How to Teach, Learn, & Process Climate Anxiety and Climate Injustice with College-Aged Students

Join the Climate Psychology Alliance of Nor...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: Saturday, October 26
Sustainable Jersey

EmPowered Schools 2024-2025

Apply to be an EmPowered School!  The Empowered Schools program provides free support and resources to edu...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
Date(s) Offered: September 2024- June 2025
New Jersey Agriculture in the Classroom

NJ Ag in a Box Series

New Jersey Agriculture in the Classroom (NJAITC) is seeking teachers in grades 3, 4, or 5 from 12 schools to particip...

Date(s) Offered: September 2024-June 2025
Stockton University

Climate Change Learning Collaborative

Professional Learning in Climate Change for K-12 EducatorsThis project is designed to prepare educato...

Format: In Person, Online: Asynchronous, Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: September 2024-June 2025
CLEAN

Controversy in the Classroom: Strategies for Managing Climate Change Discourse (Spanish)

This article provides techniques for educators to...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
SubjectToClimate

New Jersey Mentorship Program

Gain confidence in teaching climate change by building a relationship with an educator who can help you integ...

Format: Online: Asynchronous, Online: Synchronous
National Center for Science Education

1.5°C May Not Seem Like Much, But It's a Really Big Deal. Here's Why.

This article explains the importance of limiting global heating to th...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
CLEAN

Teaching Climate

This guide is designed to help middle and high school science teachers incorporate climate topics into their classrooms. K...

Format: Online: Asynchronous

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