We are strongly committed to public education on Climate Change and Climate Solutions.
4/5/24 New materials from Our Climate Our Future inlude units on electrification and some Cool coloring pages
3/28/24 International Student Carbon Footprint Challenge (ISCFC): our Earth Day-aligned April 2024 session!
To register, please use our enhanced teacher registration system (i2sea.org/iscfc/reg) and this letter
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 
