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New Jersey Climate Change
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.

Scientific American

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

Friends of the Earth

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

United Nations

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

SubjectToClimate

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

SubjectToClimate

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

SubjectToClimate

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

SubjectToClimate

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

CLEAN

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

CLEAN

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

Issues in Science and Technology

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

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: June 5 - 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: June 12 - July 7, 2023
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: June 19 - July 14, 2023
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
UNFCCC—Action for Climate Empowerment

Climate Change Education for Social Transformation: Whole-Institution Approach to Greening Every School

This is a series of six webinars pr...

Format: Online: Synchronous
Date(s) Offered: June 20, July 25, September 12, October 12, December 12
CLEAN

Create Your Own Climate and Energy Units

This step-by-step guide provides a framework for utilizing CLEAN resources to develop NGSS-aligned...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
CLEAN

Teaching Energy (Spanish)

This Teaching Energy (Spanish Translation) guide is designed to help middle and high school teachers incorporate...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
CLEAN

Controversy in the Classroom: Strategies for Managing Climate Change Discourse

This article provides techniques for educators to address cl...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
STEM Teaching Tools

Climate Learning Resources

This page features many resources on many different topics. These resources are divided into six sections: STEM...

Format: Online: Asynchronous
ClimateScience

Climate Change Crash Course

The interactive and engaging online course summarizes climate change into three easy-to-read chapters. It cover...

Format: Online: Asynchronous