Great Swamp Watershed Association

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]