Books and Booklets:
- A People’s Curriculum For the Earth: Teaching Climate Change and the Environmental Crisis. This is a great resource for getting ideas on teaching climate change from the sciences to the humanities. It can be purchased through Rethinking Schools Publication
- Water, Energy, & the Environment: Grade 4-6 Free Classroom Materials on Energy, Energy Efficiency and the Environment. There are Resources for K-12, resource listed above includes two lessons on climate change. hey can be ordered here.
Lesson Plans, and Curriculum:
- Climate Change Curriculum and Classroom Activities: CoolCalifornia Climate Change Curriculum
- Middle and High School Climate Change Curriculum: Stanford School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences: Climate Change Education
- Climate Change Lesson Plan: EPA: Children’s Health Lesson: Climate Change and You
- Lesson Plans for Grade 2-6 TeacherVision: Trash and Climate Change
- K-12 Global Sustainability Curriculum and Teacher PD: FacingtheFuture
- Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Lesson Plans, 3rd-5th grade: National Park Service Everglades
- Resources for Middle School: CLEAN: Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network
- Lesson Plan: Carbon Dioxide Sources and Sinks: Climate Discovery Teacher’s Guide
- Climate Education for K-12: NC State University
- Resources for Middle School Science Education: Educator’s Bridge
- Lesson Plans for Educators: EPA: A Student Guide to Global Climate Change
- Lesson Plans K-12: ClimateChangeLive
- Climate Lesson Plans: Green Ninja, a Climate-Action Superhero
Information Sheets, Activities, and Games:
- Articles, Facts, Resources for Educators and Kids: NASA: Global Climate Change, Vital Signs of the Planet
- Carbon Cycle Online Game: Windows2Universe
- Information Sheets and Games, age 5-11: CleanAirKids
- Activities and Explanations for Kids: NASA: Climate Kids
- Activities, Ideas, Resources for Kids: GlobalWarmingKids
- Activities and Explanations for Kids: EPA: A Student’s guide to global climate change
- What is a Drought: Student Fact Sheet: San Francisco Water Power
- Car of the Future: Student Research Activity: CLEAN: Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network
Climate Change Teacher Resources:
- Background Climate Change Information for Teachers: UCAR Center for Science Education
- Climate Change Teacher Resources: National Park Service Everglades
- Student Climate Data and Teacher Resources: University of New Hampshire
- Guidance in Teaching Climate & Energy Science: CLEAN: Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network
Student Projects:
- Phenology Climate Change Tracking: JourneyNorth
- Resources- Youth led School Climate Club: ACE: Alliance for Climate Education
- Climate Change Youth Summit: adkyouthsummit
- Empowering Youth to Act on the World’s Challenges: TakingItGlobal
- Online Unicef Book: Youth in Action on Climate Change: Inspiration from Around the World
News Articles, Multimedia:
- 5 Short Cartoon Educational Videos on CO2: NPR: Climate Connections
- News Articles Adapted to Grade Level: Newsela
- Multimedia Tool on Climate Education, art, science, adventure: Getting the Picture: Our Changing Climate
- Integrating Art & Science to Showcase Changing Ecosystem: ExtremeIceSurvey
- Language Arts Resource, Articles for Kids (Search Climate Change): ReadWorks
Regional Climate Change Background Resources:
- Caltrans District 1: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Report: Final Report
- Humboldt Bay Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Report: Phase 2 Report
- Humboldt Bay: Sea Level Rise, Hydrodynamic Modeling, and Inundation Vulnerability Mapping: Final Report
Recommended Resources:
- The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Cars and Vehicles: TitlePro Website