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Teach Climate Change

Climate change is reshaping the world in real time, and students need the tools to make sense of it. Use OER Project: Climate to help students think critically, wrestle with big questions, and explore the future through a solutions-oriented lens.

OER Project: Climate is:

  • Always free.
  • Adaptable for grades 6–12.
  • Flexible for semester-long course or supplemental use.
  • Used by teachers worldwide.
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Your Climate Change Teaching Toolkit

Understand the basics of teaching climate change with these resources.

Earth Day Lesson Plan External link

Make Earth Day count. Give students the foundation they need to understand today’s changing climate—and spark deeper curiosity.
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Climate Course Guide External link

Everything you need to know about teaching Climate Project.
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Climate Standards Overview External link

Information about how OER Project: Climate aligns with your classroom standards.

OER Project: Climate Lesson Plans

Each Climate lesson is designed to build lasting critical-thinking skills through articles, activities, videos, and more. Turn engagement into action as students grow into informed agents of change.

Here’s a look at some key lessons our teachers love:

Lesson 1.1
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Introduction to Climate Change
Understanding Climate Change
Kick off with an opener that gets students sharing what they think climate change is, then use evidence, videos, infographics, and data to build a clearer understanding.
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Lesson 2.2
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The Impacts of Climate Change
Direct Impacts of Climate Change
Explore the impacts of climate change with materials that show how rising temperatures are impacting Earth’s natural systems. Use sea-level rise data and climate maps to track how climate change is already reshaping the world.
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Lesson 1.2
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Introduction to Climate Change
Climate Disagreement
Help students understand why climate change is still debated, then guide them through an article and claim-testing activity that sharpens how they evaluate sources and claims.
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Lesson 4.4
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Decarbonization
A Climate Future
Help students explore what a future with climate change could look like through investigations into health, food systems, and transportation. Discover ways to shape that future with a climate-careers activity and a 2070 journal entry.
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Climate Currents

What’s happening in the world of climate? Stay up to date and share with students.
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Community Forum

Get practical tips and connect with other teachers in the Climate community forum.
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Professional Development

Learn from industry-leading experts and walk away with classroom tools. Free and online.
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Help & Support

Have questions about OER Project: Climate? Book a session and we’ll get you the answers you need.
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