Climate Change Resources for Students and Teachers
Our students face a future of increased global temperatures and rising sea levels. They have no option but to grapple with climate change's consequences and to consider what a more sustainable future looks like. However, climate change can feel complex and overwhelming, even for adults. That's why it's helpful to break things down into a set of causes, effects, and solutions. The tools on this list do just that. There are resources and lesson plans for digging into data on everything from CO2 emissions to population density, analyzing environmental and ecological systems, and understanding renewable energy and conservation. With these resources, students can reckon with the realities of climate change and feel like a better world is possible.
Empowering sustainable development app organizes, educates
Bottom Line: It's a well-packaged way for teachers to educate students about the current challenges facing the world and to give them a conduit for social justice.
Bottom Line: The wide range of cool content is sure to fascinate students, but teachers will need to make sure that interest leads to deeper learning and research experiences.
Awe-inspiring nature resource places importance on our planet's future
Bottom Line: For learning about how animals survive on a changing planet and about possible solutions to threatened ecosystems, bioGraphic is a stunning and informative place to start.
Challenging climate survival game teaches strategy, awareness
Bottom Line: For an engaging one-off lesson in what it takes for species to survive rising temperatures, Climate Pursuit is a compelling and quick option.
Enticing display of climate data updated regularly
Bottom Line: There's a lot of potential in this visually stimulating resource tool, but teachers will need to do some serious legwork to make the data meaningful.
Environmentally-minded city sim models sustainable building.
Bottom Line: It carves out a useful niche in a popular genre, showing how city planning, technological development, economics, and quality of life intersect with sustainability.
Highly relevant site teaches how to construct arguments, defend claims
Bottom Line: Provides a crucial and timely earth science backdrop to lessons on analysis, data, and modeling that are important for all students to grasp.
Excellent multimedia learning hub supports both teachers and students
Bottom Line: For those willing to dig around, the site is an exceptional place for both educators and students to find inspirational digital media resources.
Tons of climate change info from expert sources in one easy place
Bottom Line: This is a one-stop shop for climate change info, from basic intro content to practical guides and raw data; good for middle schoolers and up.
Relatable climate change resources empower youth to take action
Bottom Line: This free, high-quality resource is a one-stop, self-contained series of lessons on the effects of climate change, what causes it, and how to fight it going forward.
Globally minded materials spotlight the wisdom of resilient cultures
Bottom Line: This is a valuable resource, with perspectives often kept out of curricula, but it'll require a motivated teacher to turn it into actual lesson plans.
Captivating, cross-curricular stories increase cultural awareness
Bottom Line: Teachers looking to enrich their curriculum with high-quality, thought-provoking videos and photos will find plenty of inspiration, but may need to create or fine-tune some lessons.
Complex global-influence game in which players’ choices rule the world
Bottom Line: Complex multi-issue game succeeds in teaching world politics and global development while building perspective and decision-making skills.
