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.
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Browse NJ-centric lesson plans that have been created by teachers, for teachers.
Find learning opportunities for curriculum support or basic knowledge about climate change.
Find learning opportunities for curriculum support or basic knowledge about climate change.
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LGBTQ People Are at Higher Risk in Disasters
This article discusses a report by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that outlines the challenges fac...
Added: 05/26/23
Why Climate Change is an LGBTQ+ Issue
This brief article examines how climate change has impacted the LGBTQ+ community, the connection between solving climate...
Added: 05/26/23
In Tonga, Illuminating the Connections Between Gender and the Environment
This article and linked video explores how climate change has impacted Tonga, the dis...
Added: 05/30/23
Summer Learning Activities 6-8
This fun summer learning activity sheet is full of hands-on activities and experiments, interactive games, reading and writing a...
Added: 05/23/23
Summer Learning Activities 9-12
This engaging summer learning activity sheet will keep your high school kids learning all summer long with experiments, podcast...
Added: 05/23/23
Summer Learning Activities K-2
This fun summer learning activity sheet will keep your kids engaged all summer long with hands-on activities, art projects, read...
Added: 05/23/23
Summer Learning Activities 3-5
This engaging group of activities will keep your kids active and learning all summer long with hands-on activities and experimen...
Added: 05/23/23
Renewable Energy Is Way Too Expensive, Right?
This video refutes common arguments against and misconceptions about renewable energy resources and argues that r...
Added: 05/23/23
How Climate Affects Community Health
This video describes the health effects and risk factors related to a changing climate such as heat-related illnesses, dis...
Added: 05/30/23
Disaster Response Must Help Protect LGBTQ+ Communities
This article examines why LGBTQ+ individuals are especially impacted by natural disasters, the attempts...
Added: 05/23/23
Browse these NJ-centric lesson plans that have been created by teachers, for teachers. All lesson plans have been evaluated using a peer-reviewed rubric.
One-Two Punch: Extreme Rainfall and Sea Level Rise in New Jersey
In this lesson, students explore increased precipitation and sea level rise in New Jersey and...
Added: 04/13/22
Electric Bikes or Electric Cars?
In this lesson, students conduct research on electric bicycles and electric cars, choose one of these technologies, and create...
Added: 04/14/22
Climate Change and Public Health
In this lesson, students explore how climate change is impacting public health in New Jersey, understand the difference betwee...
Added: 04/25/22
The Art of Climate Change
In this lesson, students investigate the effectiveness of visual art in addressing climate change.
Added: 04/26/22
Art and Climate Action (Climate Heroes #1)
In this lesson, students investigate how artists use their platforms to spread awareness about climate change.
Added: 05/05/22
What About Bees?
This lesson introduces the importance of bees to humans, our food supply, and how children can create a healthy habitat for bees.
Added: 05/19/22
Plants Without Soil?
This lesson introduces students to the benefits of an aquaponics system, especially in areas where clean soil and water are scarce.
Added: 05/05/22
Youth Climate Action (Climate Heroes #2)
In this lesson, students discover, share, and evaluate what young people around the globe are doing to address climate...
Added: 05/05/22
Youth Climate Hero Portraits (Climate Heroes #3)
In this lesson, students create portraits of youth climate heroes.
Added: 05/06/22
How's Your Atmosphere?
In this lesson, students discuss what they know about air quality, play a game to facilitate understanding of air quality, and create an...
Added: 05/18/22
Find the right professional learning opportunity for you or your school, whether it is support for curriculum development or foundational knowledge about climate change.
Teaching Climate Change Essentials
This six-week professional development program is a comprehensive online course supplying teachers with...
Teaching Extreme Weather
This four-week program is designed to enhance K-12 science teachers’ understanding of the factors that contribute...
Teaching Climate Justice
This four-week course allows K-12 educators to explore the important topics of climate change and environmental ju...
Implementing New Jersey's Climate Change Education Initiative
Green Ninja is offering specialized teacher training to prepare all New Jerse...
Climate Change Education for Social Transformation: Whole-Institution Approach to Greening Every School
This is a series of six webinars pr...
Create Your Own Climate and Energy Units
This step-by-step guide provides a framework for utilizing CLEAN resources to develop NGSS-aligned...
Teaching Energy (Spanish)
This Teaching Energy (Spanish Translation) guide is designed to help middle and high school teachers incorporate...
Controversy in the Classroom: Strategies for Managing Climate Change Discourse
This article provides techniques for educators to address cl...
Climate Learning Resources
This page features many resources on many different topics. These resources are divided into six sections: STEM...
Climate Change Crash Course
The interactive and engaging online course summarizes climate change into three easy-to-read chapters. It cover...
