Explore how MTSS supports climate change education for K–12 learners through tiered instruction, targeted supports, and inclusive strategies that build climate literacy and problem-solving skills.

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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, we will cover site selection, plant choice, anatomy of a rain garden, budgeting and strategies for success. FULL DAY

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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 leave with a ready-to-implement curriculum and a network of collaborative support.

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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.

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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 will develop lesson plans and projects to engage students in project-based learning focusing on sustainability and place-based climate action.

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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.

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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 thinking. Workshop includes in-class and field activities to build understanding about teaching climate change across subject areas. Educators leave with activities to turnkey lessons back to any classroom setting to focus in their own local communities.

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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 can tell us about stream health. Use water quality and forest data to explore solutions that support both human and ecological health and encourage positive, problem solving mentalities. Activities focus on assessing the value of green and blue spaces for climate mitigation and creating resilient communities. FULL DAY

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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 thinking to imagine more just and resilient communities and activities that focus on creating climate resilient spaces. FULL DAY

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In this workshop, educators will learn about how the study of insects, pollination and habitat gets students excited, empathetic and aware of the natural world around them. Educators will learn practical ways to conduct scientific studies and observations of insects and beneficial wildlife and take action through garden-based practices that support pollination and habitat restoration. Through hands-on, turnkey activities, educators will gain insights on the value of biodiversity and leave ready to inspire students to participate in environmental stewardship practices and explore environmental careers, starting in their school garden.

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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.

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 thinking. Workshop includes in-class and field activities to build understanding about teaching climate change across subject areas. Educators leave with activities to turnkey lessons back to any classroom setting to focus in their own local communities.

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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 tell us about stream health. Use water quality and forest data to explore solutions that support both human and ecological health and encourage positive, problem solving mentalities. Activities focus on assessing the value of green and blue spaces for climate mitigation and creating resilient communities.

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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 thinking to imagine more just and resilient communities and activities that focus on creating climate resilient spaces. FULL DAY

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.

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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.

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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 comfortable around water. We will provide all equpment to get you up close with the river.

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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 comfortable around water. We will provide all equpment to get you up close with the river.

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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 mitigate climate change’s impacts in our watershed. Our activities will all specifically focus on addressing Climate anxiety, where research show solutions based learning, focusing on building equitable and resilient communities and learning from successfully implemented projects can help offset anxiety. We’ll explore ways to address ecoanxiety, explore credible climate change solutions,and the work of Climate Changemakers- both locally and globally. Leave with hopeful and proactive ideas about the future.

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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 mitigate climate change’s impacts in our watershed. Our activities will all specifically focus on addressing Climate anxiety, where research show solutions based learning, focusing on building equitable and resilient communities and learning from successfully implemented projects can help offset anxiety. We’ll explore ways to address ecoanxiety, explore credible climate change solutions,and the work of Climate Changemakers- both locally and globally. Leave with hopeful and proactive ideas about the future.

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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, we will cover site selection, plant choice, anatomy of a rain garden, budgeting and strategies for success. FULL DAY

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 learn great activities to engage learners, ways to make Climate Clubs a success and learn from educators who have been there and done that. HALF DAY PM

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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.

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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 hands-on instruction to respond to these shifting climate conditions in the garden, and how to cultivate student-led observations of climate impacts on the gardens we grow and food we eat. This workshop also explores topics on the relationship between climate change, food and environmental justice, and agricultural history.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 garden. Educators will gain tools and resources to take back to their school gardens and classrooms to further students’ understanding of the ties between soil health and climate change.

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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.

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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 and globally, and the benefits of exposing students to others’ world views and voices. Educators leave with activities and materials to turnkey lessons back to any classroom setting to focus on their own place-based, local communities.

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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.

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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 learn great activities to engage learners, ways to make Climate Clubs a success and learn from educators who have been there and done that. HALF DAY PM

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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 contexts.

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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 and globally, and the benefits of exposing students to others’ world views and voices. Educators leave with activities and materials to turnkey lessons back to any classroom setting to focus on their own place-based, local communities.

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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 relevant.

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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.

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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 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 garden. Educators will gain tools and resources to take back to their school gardens and classrooms to further students’ understanding of the ties between soil health and climate change.

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In this workshop, educators will gain insights on the impacts of Climate Change on our Food System both locally and globally. Rotating through turnkey activity stations, educators will explore topics such as the local vs. industrial food system, preparing fresh taste tests from the garden, and exploring personal and cultural food stories to help students connect food system topics to their own traditions and communities. Educators will learn methods for creating a more resilient food system in the face of climate change and how these methods can be implemented in the School Garden.

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