Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here; it is happening now.”
President Barack Obama
Ecology
The Art of Sustainability (Grades 3-5): Chazen Museum of Art
https://chazen.wisc.edu/learn/faculty-resources/teacher-resources-k-12/
Eco Art for Preschoolers: National Association for the Education of Young Children
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/tyc/apr2015/preschoolers-eco-artists
Multi-Grade Eco Art: National Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/ecology.html
Teaching Climate Science (Grades K-12): Paleontological Research Institution
https://www.priweb.org/science-education-programs-and-resources/teach-climate-science#bytheme
San Francisco Estuary Lesson Plan (Grades 9-12): San Francisco State University
https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/what-we-do/education/teacher-resources
Environmental Racism
Raising Awareness of Environmental Racism (Grades 9-12): Pulitzer Center
https://pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson/through-study-art-action-raising-awareness-environmental-racism
Reporting on Environmental Racism (Grades 9-12): Learning for Justice
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons/reporting-on-environmental-racism
Environmental Justice Resources for Educators and Students (Grades K-12): California Coastal Commission
https://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/directory/ejed.html
Water
An Introduction to Water & Climate Change Using Global Youth Artwork (Grades 6-12): Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mSli_Brj4pq5P_u1N7uy7eht_OOFi0jcOI3VY0QTbyg/edit
Resources for Teaching about Climate Change and Ocean Conservation (Grades K-12): Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs:
https://bowseat.org/resources/
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators: Water (Grades K-12):
https://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online-environmental-resources-educators-water
Plastic Consumption
Investigate the Plastic Problem (Grades 3-8): PBS Learning Media
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/plasticproblem/investigate-the-plastic-problem-engineering-for-good/
How Student Inventors can Help Solve the Earth’s Plastic Problem (Grades 9-12): PBS Learning Media
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/lesson-plans/2019/08/lesson-plan-how-student-inventors-can-help-solve-the-earths-plastic-
Plastic Education Kit, A Resource Guide for Educators Leading Change (Grades K-6): Waves of Change
https://ocean.org/app/uploads/2022/05/PLASTICS-TeacherElementarySchool-.pdf
Exploring Plastics in Oceans (Grades 6-8): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
https://worldview.unc.edu/lesson-plan/exploring-plastic-in-oceans/
Debris Dilemmas (Grades 5-8): PBS Learning Media:
https://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/educators/kure/debris.html
Climate Change
Educator Resources (Grades K-12): NASA Global Climate Change
https://climate.nasa.gov/for-educators/
Introduction to Climate Change Middle School Curriculum: Stanford School of Sustainability Climate Change Video Library: ART21
https://art21.org/theme/climate-crisis/
ART21 Episode: Ecology https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s4/ecology/ Introduction to Climate Change Middle School Curriculum: Stanford School of Sustainability
https://climatechange.stanford.edu/curriculum/middle-school-curriculum
Introduction to Climate Change High School Curriculum: Stanford School of Sustainability
https://climatechange.stanford.edu/curriculum/high-school-curriculum
Climate Change Resources for Educators and Students (Grades K-12): United States EPA:
https://www.epa.gov/climate-change/climate-change-resources-educators-and-students
Global and Regional Climate Change (Grades 6-12): PBS Learning Media
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/science/earth-and-space-science/global-and-regional-climate-change/?rank_by=recency
8 Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom (Grades K-12): NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/25/716359470/eight-ways-to-teach-climate-change-in-almost-any-classroom
Climate Change Education Books
A People’s Curriculum for the Earth
https://rethinkingschools.org/books/a-people-s-curriculum-for-the-earth/
Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents
https://store.ncte.org/book/teaching-climate-change-adolescents-reading-writing-and-making-difference
Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities
https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Climate-Change-in-the
Art Education for a Sustainable Planet: Embracing Ecopedagogy in K-12. https://a.co/d/2OPkxKo