The World Climate Simulation is a role-playing exercise of UN climate change negotiations. It is unique in that it uses an interactive computer model to rapidly analyze the results of the mock-negotiations. All the materials and tools for World Climate are available for free and many are available in multiple languages. Navigate from the home page to find games, tools, webinars, and more.
Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-RAC Canada) is a coalition of more than 100 organizations across the country who care about how a changing climate affects people, plants, and wildlife. The website includes a large bank of webinars, linked to here. Also view the “Media” and “Climate101” tabs for classroom resources and lesson ideas.
This website has a huge bank of videos, files, and materials about climate change that you can browse through using the interactive web map. You can go directly to Greg Craven’s “ultimate climate change video series or this collection of science videos specifically assembled for MOOCs, therefore tending to be short, high quality and effective.
A large collection of materials, infographics, and resources on communicating climate change through a wide range of topics, including youth, faith, science, and conservative views.
Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy empowers individuals and their communities to engage in solutions to climate change. You can find materials to support lessons or download curriculum on this site.
Inside the Greenhouse works to deepen our understanding of how issues associated with climate change are/can be communicated, by creating artifacts through interactive theatre, film, fine art, performance art, television programming, and appraising as well as extracting effective methods for multimodal climate communication.
Climate Stories Project gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives and to the positive actions we are taking in response. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a direct way.
Skype a Scientist matches scientists with classrooms around the world! Their goal is to give students the opportunity to get to know a “real scientist”. This program allows scientists to reach students from all over the world without having to leave the lab! Teachers can choose the type of scientist that will fit their classroom.
NOAA’s Climate.gov is a source of timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate. The News & Features is a popular-style magazine for the science-interested public covering topics in climate science, adaptation, and mitigation. Maps & Data is a gateway to reusable climate maps and datasets that document various climate conditions. The section aims to serve officials and professionals who need climate data to inform their decisions or compile a climate adaptation report. Teaching Climate offers learning activities and curriculum materials, multi-media resources, and professional development opportunities for formal and informal educators who want to incorporate climate science into their work. Please note this is a USA-based resource.
The SDG Academy creates and curates free massive open online courses and educational materials on sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG Academy is the online education platform of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations. Free online courses from the world’s leading experts on sustainable development.
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific analysis produced by three research organizations tracking climate action since 2009. They track progress towards the globally agreed aim of holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. The website ranks countries by emissions, and has data, fact sheets, and other resources.
Five-minute video by National Geographic on Prince Edward Island and sea level rise as well as several archaeological sites that are at risk that hold vital artifacts from the Mi’kmaq.
The Climate Risk Institute features professional learning, classroom resources, data, infographics, factsheets, webinars, and other resources. This website is based in Ontario.
The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Portal was launched in 2010 as a National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Pathways project for science education expertise. CLEAN’s primary effort is to steward the collection of climate and energy science educational resources and to support a community of professionals committed to improving climate and energy literacy.
Carbon Brief has extracted data from around 70 peer-reviewed climate studies to show how global warming is projected to affect the world and its regions. Scroll down to see how these impacts vary at different temperature levels, across a range of key metrics. Click on the icons to skip to specific categories and regions. The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond. A new approach for understanding the remaining carbon budget.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. See the Library and explore the rest of the website for classroom materials and professional learning.
Professional learning for teachers about all aspects of climate change, including environmental justice, finance, and environment.
This website includes outdoor lesson ideas, resources to encourage others to get involved, and guidance on making outdoor learning and play part of every day.
Use the “Activity Finder” for lesson plans, and the “Learning Centre” for professional development and classroom resources. This is a USA-based resource but compiles other materials internationally.
Find teaching toolkits on endangered species, webinars, and downloadable materials with a conservation focus.