Events

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, […]

Transform a climate lesson into a community-connected experience. In this hands-on workshop, educators will learn to bridge NJSLS standards with local "blue and green" community mapping to create high-impact, cross-disciplinary lessons. We provide the texts, resources, and planning tools—you provide the vision. Whether you’re starting from scratch or bringing an existing project to life, you’ll […]

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!

This workshop looks at how offshore wind farms, industrial shipping, and whales are coming into contact along the Jersey Shore. Educators will have the opportunity to develop classroom materials around this topic and to think more broadly about how offshore development projects of any kind are creating precarious conditions for right and humpback whales. Educators […]

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!

Learn about the mechanisms of Climate Change, the difference between climate and weather, and predicted impacts on NJ's landscapes and lands. Using the Passaic Watershed as our case study, we’ll focus on data and stories from our urban, underserved and rural communities. Hands-on demos and activities will focus on helping your students build solutions-based, resilient […]

Learn to design community-connected climate lessons aligned to NJSLS, using cross-disciplinary planning and local blue/green community mapping. This hands-on session provides texts, resources, and planning tools; educators may bring climate projects for collaborative curriculum development during the interactive workshop session.

Gr5-HS. 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 […]

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 […]