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Discover credible learning opportunities designed to deepen your climate change knowledge and equip you with best practices for teaching about climate change.

Climate Interactive

En-ROADS Climate Ambassador Camp

This eight-week course equips teachers to become expert facilitators of the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator.

Format: Online: Synchronous

Region: Global

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Level: 9-12

Date(s) Offered: October 19 - December 7, 2023

Topics: Teaching Methods - Climate Literacy, Climate Action

Opportunity Type: Course

Climate Generation

Teach Climate Network Cohort Coalition — 2024 Listening Call

Teachers will learn more about the 2024 Teach Climate Network Cohort Coalition on this listening call.

Format: Online: Synchronous

Region: Global

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Date(s) Offered: October 5, 1:00pm CST

Length of Time: 1.5 hours

Opportunity Type: Webinar

Climate Generation

#TeachClimate Network: Engaging Youth Through Storytelling

In this interactive workshop, teachers will learn about climate storytelling, complete a reflective writing exercise, and share their own experiences talking about climate change.

Format: Online: Synchronous

Region: Global

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: English Language Arts

Date(s) Offered: October 4, 4:00pm CST

Length of Time: 2 hours

Topics: Teaching Methods - Social-Emotional Learning

Opportunity Type: Workshop

Green Schoolyards America

Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series

This series of lectures includes technical, design-focused guidance for creating and stewarding high-quality green schoolyards and schoolyard forests.

Format: Online: Synchronous

Region: Global

Target Audiences: School Administrators, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Date(s) Offered: October 5, November 2, December 7 at 11:00am PST

Length of Time: 1 hour

Topics: Teaching Methods - Place-Based

Opportunity Type: Webinar

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

2023 Fall Climate Series

The 2023 Fall Climate Series features many topics for educators to explore in order to incorporate climate change content into their curriculum.

Format: Online: Synchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Wisconsin

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, School Administrators, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Date(s) Offered: October 4, 11, 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15

Length of Time: 1 hour

Opportunity Type: Workshop

Wisconsin Energy Institute

KidWind Educator Workshop - Milwaukee, WI

In this workshop, teachers will review energy and electricity basics, design and test blades in a wind tunnel, explore related KEEP energy education resources, and preview ready-to-use renewable energy curriculum.

Format: In Person

Regions: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Wisconsin

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: Science

Date(s) Offered: October 24, 8:00am CST

Length of Time: 7.75 hours

Topics: Teaching Methods - Climate Literacy, Climate Action

Opportunity Type: Workshop

Wisconsin Energy Institute

KidWind Educator Workshop - Platteville, WI

In this workshop, teachers will review energy and electricity basics, design and test blades in a wind tunnel, explore related KEEP energy education resources, and preview ready-to-use renewable energy curriculum.

Format: In Person

Regions: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Wisconsin

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: Science

Date(s) Offered: October 20, 8:00am CST

Length of Time: 5.5 hours

Topics: Teaching Methods - Climate Literacy, Climate Action

Opportunity Type: Workshop

Earth Rangers

From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action: Educator Strategies to Support Students

The goal of this course is to help educators develop tools and tactics to make their classrooms a safe and empowering place for all children to address the environment head-on and transform feelings of anxiety into positive environmental action.

Format: Online: Asynchronous

Region: Global

Target Audience: Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5

Date(s) Offered: November 6 - December 8, 2023; January 22 - February 5, 2024

Length of Time: 10 hours

Topics: Teaching Methods - Climate Action, Social-Emotional Learning

Opportunity Type: Course

University of Maine Farmington

Graduate Certificate in Nature-Based Education

This program will prepare educators to integrate nature-based learning into their teaching.

Formats: In Person, Online: Asynchronous, Online: Synchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: Science

Topics: Teaching Methods - Place-Based

Opportunity Type: Course

University of Maine Farmington

Graduate Certificate in Climate Education

This program will prepare educators to integrate climate change topics into their teaching.

Formats: In Person, Online: Asynchronous, Online: Synchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: Science

Topics: Teaching Methods - Place-Based

Opportunity Type: Course

Sustainable Jersey

2024 New Jersey Sustainability Summit

This annual event brings together change-makers from across the political, private, and public sectors, spotlighting the people and projects that are helping New Jersey realize a more sustainable future.

Format: In Person

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, New Jersey

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, School Administrators, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Art, Computer Science & Design Thinking, English Language Arts, Health, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, World Languages

Date(s) Offered: May 3, 2024 at 8:00am EST

Length of Time: 8 hours

Topics: Teaching Methods - Culturally Relevant Teaching, Climate Literacy, Climate Action, Communication, Data, Environmental Justice, Place-Based, Social-Emotional Learning

Opportunity Type: Conference

Maine Climate Action Now

Climate Justice Crash Course

This 164-page document describes climate justice and its intersectionality with social justice, indigenous sovereignty, food sovereignty, healthy environment, economic justice, racial justice, energy justice, transportation justice, and education.

Format: Online: Asynchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, School Administrators, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Health, Science, Social Studies

Topics: Teaching Methods - Environmental Justice

Opportunity Type: Guide

SubjectToClimate

SubjectToClimate Climate Education Essentials Courses

This is a series of courses developed by SubjectToClimate to help teachers teach about climate change.

Format: Online: Asynchronous

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Art, Computer Science & Design Thinking, English Language Arts, Health, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, World Languages

Length of Time: 14 hours

Topics: Climate Change Basics - Causes, Impacts, Solutions; Teaching Methods - Culturally Relevant Teaching, Climate Literacy, Communication, Data, Environmental Justice, Place-Based, Social-Emotional Learning

Opportunity Type: Course

Teach ME Outside

Best Practices in Science Teaching

This guide will help teachers shift their pedagogy from having students "learn about" content to having students "figure out" content.

Format: Online: Asynchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine

Target Audiences: Curriculum Specialists, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Subject: Science

Topics: Teaching Methods - Climate Literacy

Opportunity Type: Guide

Teach ME Outside

Teaching Outside in Maine 101 Module

This guide will help teachers in bringing their students outside.

Format: Online: Asynchronous

Regions: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine

Target Audiences: School Administrators, Teachers

Target Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Topics: Teaching Methods - Place-Based, Social-Emotional Learning

Opportunity Type: Guide