7/10/26 GOOD NEWS – the former Climate NOAA.gov site has been restored and updated as Climate.us. It’s an excellent teaching tool similar to our earlier lesson plans. Please get hold of me if you’d like an updated lesson plan with specific detailed questions for a particular grade level. (paulineseales120@gmail.com)
We are strongly committed to public education on Climate Change and Climate Solutions. Details on lots of lessons at this page.
5/13/26 Climate Wedges New Interactive tool to illustrate the effects of various solutions. Not a full of accurate details as ENRoads but much simpler to use. Lots of scientific details explained in this article
1/15/25 Nuclear for & Against – for adults but suitable for High school
1/13/25 Materials for OLLI Jan Class 2025 – Adults or High school
- slide shows Jan 7, Jan 14, Jan 21, Jan 28
- session links Jan 7, Jan 14, Jan 21, Jan 28
4/5/24 New materials from Our Climate Our Future include units on electrification and some Cool coloring pages
3/31/26 International Student Carbon Footprint Challenge (ISCFC): the Earth Day-aligned April 2026 session!
To register, please use our enhanced teacher registration system (i2sea.org/iscfc/reg) where you can confirm the location of your school in an interactive map.
March 2024 OLLI Class
- Day 1 Climate Crisis Review and Food Cubes
- Day 2 Enroads, Drawdown Solutions, False Climate Solutions
- Day 3 Feedbacks & Tipping Points, EVs & Home Electrification, plus mini solar activity
- Day 4 More Climate Change Impacts and Solutions ,Offshore Wind
Popular Interactive Lessons
Complete Lesson Summary Chart
Here’s a link to a doc highlighting great classroom lessons for various classes, Includes grades 4-12
What to do about Climate Change
Jan 26, 2024 San Lorenzo River History
Nov 8, 2023 New Ocean Protector Game fron NOAA
does a good job of addressing various possible solutions to ocean acidification
- https://www.outreachgames.org/OceanProtector/main.html includes game, teacher resources, additional student resources, science standards etc.
- OAP YouTube Channel with SOARCE webinars: https://www.youtube.com/@NOAAOceanAcidificationNOAAOcea/videos
May 1, 2023 Rick Nolthenius Podcast
Thought provoking KSQD interview with Jill Cody . Rick is the #1 local climate scientist and teaches an excellent class at Cabrillo College.
Nov 22 Climate Change quiz
Interesting details
Oct 22 – Two Degree World
With great illustrations, data and text this piece reviews the problems ahead and how to reduce them – about 5-10 mins
Sep 22 – New website cleanet.org — with materials for teaching the climate to K-12
June 2022 Climate change Buzzwords – good explanations
May 2022 – New Climate Change Game
Try it – I got to 1.6 deg C change on my first try
Apr 2022 – New Climate Change Presentation in Spanish – short
Sep 2022 –International Student Carbon Footprint Challenge ISCFC
enhanced teacher registration system (i2sea.org/iscfc/reg) and Feb 22 updates about this highly regarded student carbon footprint program – instruction letter .
11/4/21 Great new videos for young people from ACE
Very relevant and engaging for young people (and all the rest of us).
11/1/21 Engaging video “Don’t Choose Extinction”
Share with students and others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJswVu-Fh8
11/1/21 Project Drawdown Dialogs
A 49min video with examples of students working on changes
Apr 2021 – Online lesson for grades 3-5 from Foundation for Climate Restoration
Mar 2021 – new teacher parent resource site with K-8 ideas – http://teacherspark.org/
Feb 2021 – series of remote hyperdoc lessons for grades 4-7.
Jan 2021 – Great new series of five 13minute episodes https://feedbackloopsclimate.com/
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New Solutions Software – EN ROADS
Lots of info here. Direct access to the simulation.
Additional EnRoads materials
Slide show for Simulation Game – 6/22
Feb 2020 – Kid friendly Students Guide to Global Warming and info on Clean Energy
Jan 2020 – Great new 3 min video with Greta and George Monbiot
New Nov 2019 – How to talk about Climate Change
Oct 2019 – Beginners Guide to Climate Change
New video of Greta Thunberg converted to a 7 min rap
The Forgotten Woman Who Unlocked the Greenhouse Effect – interesting reading – 10/1/19
scruzclimspeakers.pbworks.com includes updates on GREEN NEW DEAL and IPCC
Dec 2016, Great short videos by a local art family
Madelines’ Stilts video about sea level rise.
Thank you letters from Shoreline Middle School
Solar Fun for Kids Boys and Girls Club 2017
New Interactive graphic – Click here for the version with links
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network 
