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HHMI | BioInteractive "Wild Hope" Curriculum

HHMI Tangled Bank Studios

Educators can dive deeper into each episode of "Wild Hope," a video series by HHMI's Tangled Bank Studios, with the learning materials and activity resources tailored to educational standards.

Students participating in this lesson will investigate and discuss various technologies and strategies for reducing methane emissions associated with natural gas.

Research shows that having a one-on-one conversation with a friend or family member can have a significant impact on each person's understanding.

Hands-On Environmental Lessons and Labs

Algalita Marine Research and Education

Enrich your curriculum with real-world relevance. Explore Wayfinder Society's standards-aligned environmental lessons about topics such as plastic pollution and recycling.

Symbiotic Schoolyard

Symbiotic Schoolyard

The Symbiotic Schoolyard Habitat Restoration unit is a place-based, project-based, NGSS-aligned ECOSYSTEM UNIT for grades 6–8.

WHOLEMAKERS, is a curriculum on integral ecology for use in young adult ministry contexts, including for Secondary, Higher Ed, and Community Audiences.

Souring Climate: An Exploration of Agriculture and Climate Change for High School Students

University of Michigan

This interactive case study and teacher guide explore the impacts of a changing climate on agriculture by following a tart cherry farmer named Frank in Northern Michigan. This case is aligned to Michigan state standards and can be used in a range of different subject areas.

An experiential learning plan focused for Early Childhood Educators, to engage young people in place-based learning.

New Online Resources on Climate Change and Forests from Project Learning Tree Canada!

Project Learning Tree Canada

Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) has developed a new online educational resource, Climate Change and Forests: From Seed to Carbon Sink, to teach the next generation about how sustainably managed forests are among one of the most important tools for addressing climate change.

Climate Change Education Resource Collection

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has developed materials for grade 6–12 teachers who are interested in using their resources in their classrooms, such as the Yale Climate Opinion Maps and Yale Climate Connections.

The Greening Our Communities Toolkit

Green Ummah

The Greening our Communities Toolkit, now into it's second year of implementation, is a first-of-its-kind program which is being taught in high schools in Ontario, Canada. In partnership with Nature Canada, this program provides a unique environmental education opportunity for participants and teachers.

Teaching Tools about the Arctic Ecosystem

World Wildlife Fund

WWF Wild Classroom’s new educational toolkit gives students a chance to learn about the Arctic's unique ecosystem while exploring topics about local communities, food webs, and climate change.

Pokok-Ed: Palm Oil Sustainability Simulation

University of Washington

Pokok-Ed is a digital educational simulation of palm oil cultivation in countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cameroon, designed for classroom use, aimed at ages 12 through 16, though suitable for any age 12+.

Wisconsin's Teacher Educator Network for Environmental Education provides opportunities for higher education faculty members to create and share new resources each year.

Learning activities for students to understand the variables that influence fire spread and intensity, and the impact of climate change.

Multisolving with the FLOWER Model

Multisolving Institute

The Framework for Long-Term, Whole-System, Equity-Based Reflection (FLOWER) is a tool for exploring multisolving, which is when one investment of time or money solves many problems at once. The FLOWER diagram can help explore what co-benefits are created by a solution and how equitably those benefits are shared. This packet of resources includes complete instructions and a slide deck to equip educators and facilitators to run this activity online with students and adult learners.

Teacher's Toolbox: A Forest Education Guide

Forests Ontario

Forests are for any subject! Whether you are teaching history, math, music, science, or even physical education, forests can help you meet curriculum objectives and engage students in impactful, place-based learning for all grades!

Faith & Climate Change Presentation for 5th–12th Graders

This 10-min presentation with accompanying small group questions is designed to be used in faith settings with 5th–12th-grade students to explore how their faith provides them with tools and a call to climate action. Created for a Christian youth group in the San Gabriel Valley of California, these Google Slides can be copied and edited for different locations and faith communities.

CityParks Green Girls Empowered by ING Curriculum

City Parks Foundation

City Parks Foundation's innovative Green Girls Empowered by ING program inspires early adolescent girls to excel as environmental scientists and stewards of New York City’s precious natural resources. The award-winning STEM experiential learning curriculum is available free of charge to educators nationwide.

Activities on the subject of biodiversity for students in grades 6–8.

Compass to Nature: Teaching in the Outdoor Classroom

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Teaching guide to use the outdoors to help facilitate environmental and climate change education.

The Ocean Foundation and TMA BlueTech are pleased to announce the launch of AquaOptimism, a new, integrated, online learning platform designed to inspire young minds and promote stewardship of ocean and freshwater resources.

This educational guide, for teachers, parents, librarians, and young readers themselves, expands learning with the STEM children's book Swoop and Soar: How Science Rescued Two Osprey Orphans and Found Them a New Family in the Wild.