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Education Hub

The resources you and your school need to effectively teach climate change.

These comprehensive resources are built around the official NJ Student Learning Standards and expand on the work of the New Jersey Department of Education.

Teaching Resources

Search our database by keywords, resource type, grade level, subject, NJ Student Learning Standards, and more. All resources have been reviewed by a scientist and teacher team.

Oregon Department of Energy

OCCRI’s Sixth Climate Assessment Outlines Climate Change Effects on Oregon

This summary briefly describes the findings of the Oregon Climate Change Research In...

Added: 03/27/23

Green Schoolyards America

International School Grounds Month Activity Guide

This activity guide contains activities for students in grades K through 12, which demonstrate how school gro...

Added: 03/29/23

Green Schoolyards America

Living Schoolyard Activity Guide

This activity guide contains 131 activities for students ages 0-18 that demonstrate how school grounds can be used for place-b...

Added: 03/29/23

SubjectToClimate

Earth Day Activities (6-8)

These Earth Day resources provide writing prompts that stimulate social and emotional connections to nature, vocabulary cards with i...

Added: 03/07/23

SubjectToClimate

Earth Day Activities (9-12)

This group of Earth Day resources provides writing prompts that stimulate social and emotional connections to nature, vocabulary ca...

Added: 03/07/23

SubjectToClimate

Earth Day Activities (3-5)

This group of Earth Day resources for students in grades three to five includes a word wall activity, art activities, writing prompt...

Added: 03/07/23

SubjectToClimate

Earth Day Activities (K-2)

These fun Earth Day resources include a language arts word wall, writing worksheets, coloring and art activities, and math and langu...

Added: 03/07/23

Educated Choices Program

Healthful Eating

This educational resource connects food choices, human health, and the many environmental impacts of food production.

Added: 03/31/23

PBS

Is This the Real Reason Weather is Getting Wilder?

This interesting video discusses what the jet stream is, how climate change affects the jet stream, future p...

Added: 03/21/23

Scientific American

Exxon Knew About Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago

This article from Scientific American explains the extent of Exxon's knowledge about carbon emissions and c...

Added: 03/21/23

Professional Learning

Find the right professional learning opportunity for you or your school, whether it is support for curriculum development or foundational knowledge about climate change.

Presidio Graduate School

Teaching Climate Change Essentials

This six-week professional development program is a comprehensive online course supplying teachers with...

Format: Online: Asynchronous, Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: March 20 - April 28; June 5 - July 14
Presidio Graduate School

Teaching Climate Justice

This four-week course allows K-12 educators to explore the important topics of climate change and environmental ju...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
Date(s) Offered: April 17 - May 12; June 19 - July 14
Presidio Graduate School

Teaching Extreme Weather

This four-week program is designed to enhance K-12 science teachers’ understanding of the factors that contribute...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
Date(s) Offered: April 3 - April 28; June 12 - July 7
Climate Generation

Teach Climate Network Workshop: Real-time Science in Real-deal Arctic Challenges

This webinar will feature climate change environmental edu...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: April 20, 5:00pm CST
CLEAN

Beyond Doom and Gloom: How to Teach Climate Change Empowerment with CLEAN

In this webinar, educators will learn about CLEAN's new resources...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: April 20, 4:00pm MST
Earth Force

Environmental Action Civics: Ongoing Support Series

This series of workshops on environmental action civics features Q&A, problem-solvi...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: April 4, May 2 at 4:00pm EST
Green Schoolyards America

Community of Practice for Schoolyard Forests

This is an open monthly discussion forum for school districts, county offices of education, an...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: March 21, April 18, May 16 at 11:00am PST
Green Ninja

Implementing New Jersey's Climate Change Education Initiative

Green Ninja is offering specialized teacher training to prepare all New Jerse...

Format: In Person, Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: November 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Shelburne Farms

ABCs of Farm-Based Education

In this three-day workshop, farmers, farm-based educators, and non-formal educators will gather tips for creat...

Format: In Person
Date(s) Offered: March 31 - April 2, 2023; October 22-24 2023
CLEAN

Elementary Teaching Strategies

This article features information about eight elementary teaching strategies to teach about climate change....

Format: Online: Asynchronous