Forests are essential indicators of climate and environmental health. Assess forest health with hands-on activities such as calculating carbon storage in trees and assessing soil saturation using field methods. Stream surveying highlights climate impacts occurring in local Passaic waters. Analyze field collected water quality results and learn about what the inhabitants of the stream can […]
Join us as we explore firsthand the impacts of climate change, built environments, past history, and environmental justice issues on Passaic River communities. Witness how flooding, CSOs, and heat island effects differentially impact the daily lives of our Passaic River communities and how changing climate will further influence these factors. Participants will engage in solutions-based […]
Join the Smithsonian Science Education Center to explore using transdisciplinary approaches to climate education. This session will use the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Climate Action! Community Research Guide as an exemplar of this educational approach. Can be paired with Teaching Climate Resilience through Place, the following day's afternoon session (Wednesday, August 19). Register here!
Educators explore acoustic monitoring, learning how sound reveals climate-driven behavior changes, study wood frog or bird call phenology as ecosystem indicators, and practice hands-on, place-based methods for teaching climate science. Register Here!
Led by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, this session introduces the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project and a transdisciplinary approach to climate education using the Climate Action! Community Research Guide. Can be paired with the afternoon session. Register here!
Led by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, this session explores the Climate Resilience! Community Research Guide through a place-based lens. Pairs well with the morning session for a full look at both climate mitigation and adaptation. Register here!
This workshop engages teachers with real-world climate challenges, collaborating with Rutgers students to analyze geography and infrastructure, design climate-resilient solutions, and apply hands-on, place-based learning through outdoor activities. Register Here!
Sharing authentic journeys and experiences with your students allows them to understand from first hand experiences how climate change is impacting some of our natural communities in NJ. Using art and poetry to process what we see, we will experience the Passaic first hand from our fleet of kayaks. Must be able to swim and […]
Sharing authentic journeys and experiences with your students allows them to understand from first hand experiences how climate change is impacting some of our natural communities in NJ. Using art and poetry to process what we see, we will experience the Passaic first hand from our fleet of kayaks. Must be able to swim and […]
Flood models are useful tools for visualizing how water moves through the landscape and impacts communities. Build your own flood model, learning myriad ways to use this tool in your classroom and across subjects. Explore how climate change impacts how water moves, impacting our communities. Activities focus on environmental justice impacts, and potential solutions to […]
Flood models are useful tools for visualizing how water moves through the landscape and impacts communities. Build your own flood model, learning myriad ways to use this tool in your classroom and across subjects. Explore how climate change impacts how water moves, impacting our communities. Activities focus on environmental justice impacts, and potential solutions to […]
Many educators want to turn climate awareness into action with a climate resiliency project at their site. Learn soup to nuts how to become a green infrastructure(GI) changemaker by understanding the steps to success. From meaningfully involving your students, to successfully surveying your site and effectively planning your rain garden or other climate resiliency project, […]
It can sometimes be a struggle to find ways to engage students in the types of hands-on action oriented projects you want within the confines of a busy school day. Climate Clubs can be a great cross disciplinary after-school way to engage your students in more targeted environmental and climate solutions thinking. Join us to […]
Educators learn hands-on biodiversity measurements using iNaturalist and Biodiversity Heritage Library, combining community observations and historical records to teach climate-driven ecosystem change, data literacy, and authentic research aligned with climate science standards. Register Here!
In a time of worsening climate conditions and extreme shifts in weather, there are environmental concerns presented to our communities and new challenges to growing food in gardens and farms. At this workshop, educators will learn to support their students in building climate knowledge and resiliency through adaptations in school gardening practices. Educators will receive […]
This workshop introduces K–12 educators to the climate impacts of data centers supporting AI and cloud computing, including energy, water, and mineral use. Educators explore how to teach students about AI’s environmental impacts and responsible use in the classroom. Register Here!
Build climate literacy by exploring atmospheric processes and climate change science. Use local data and observable phenomena to teach energy flow, the greenhouse effect, and human impacts, with strategies adaptable across K–12 classrooms. Register Here!
Educators gain strategies to identify misinformation, evaluate sources, and teach evidence-based climate science through an outdoor "Quest for the Truth", investigating news claims, tracing sources, and practicing classroom-ready critical-thinking frameworks. Register Here!
Learn about how soil and composting can lay a rich groundwork for Climate-Based Education. In this workshop, learn how to conduct soil testing with students, explore practical ways to improve soil health in your school garden, and learn about all the ways (big and small) composting can be done in the classroom or in the […]
This workshop engages teachers with real-world climate challenges, collaborating with Rutgers students to analyze geography and infrastructure, design climate-resilient solutions, and apply hands-on, place-based learning through outdoor activities. Register Here!
Build climate literacy by exploring atmospheric processes and climate change science. Use local data and observable phenomena to teach energy flow, the greenhouse effect, and human impacts, with strategies adaptable across K–12 classrooms.
Dive into a diverse array of Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) and learn how it can act as a springboard into teaching various climate issues across all subjects. Hands-on activities will focus on highlighting the diversity of voices telling their own climate stories, building empathy in students as they learn how climate change impacts students both locally […]
This workshop explores the social and environmental impacts of AI and cloud infrastructure, including issues of energy use, rising utility costs, and siting of data centers. Educators examine current climate justice movements and develop classroom activities that engage students in questions of equity, power, and resistance. Register Here!
It can sometimes be a struggle to find ways to engage students in the types of hands-on action oriented projects you want within the confines of a busy school day. Climate Clubs can be a great cross disciplinary after-school way to engage your students in more targeted environmental and climate solutions thinking. Join us to […]
Explore how MTSS can strengthen climate change education through tiered instruction, targeted supports, and inclusive strategies that build climate literacy, resilience, and problem-solving skills for all learners across diverse classroom […]
Dive into a diverse array of Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) and learn how it can act as a springboard into teaching various climate issues across all subjects. Hands-on activities will focus […]
This workshop helps K–12 educators use animal-focused case studies (e.g., whale migration, Amazon deforestation) to teach climate change through multispecies justice, place-based, and experiential learning, making impacts concrete and locally […]
Educators explore acoustic monitoring, learning how sound reveals climate-driven behavior changes, study wood frog or bird call phenology as ecosystem indicators, and practice hands-on, place-based methods for teaching climate science. […]
Ramapo College will host a culminating event showcasing student and educator climate projects, community partnerships, and place-based learning through presentations, interactive exhibits, and collaborative professional learning sessions.
Learn about how soil and composting can lay a rich groundwork for Climate-Based Education. In this workshop, learn how to conduct soil testing with students, explore practical ways to improve […]