• The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate Change

  In this lesson, students will practice distinguishing between correlation and causation within the context of global climate change. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, students will think critically and analyze different claims and data sets related...

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• What's the Deal With Fossil Fuels?

  In this video, the focus is on fossil fuels—what they are, why they are a problem for the environment, and what may be done to reduce their use. The video is accompanied by a series of discussion questions that teachers may use in conjunction with...

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• Nuclear Energy: Is Fission the Answer?

  This video will help students understand what nuclear energy is, the difference between fission and fusion, and the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear energy. It is accompanied by a series of of discussion question designed to engage students in the debate...

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• How Does Climate Change Affect Biodiversity?

  Local impacts can have global consequences. Humans are causing accelerating changes in the atmosphere, on land, and in the oceans. Life in these changing environments is tough for many species. The video moves from an examination of the causes of climate...

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• Carbon Cycle Role Play

  In this activity, students act out the carbon cycle.  The goal is for them to visualize the changes that take place in the earth’s finite amount of carbon as it moves back and forth from atmosphere to hydrosphere to biosphere and to lithosphere....

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• Your Hidden Water Footprint

  In this activity students practice putting a design problem into perspective. The class first explores the often surprising amount of water used in producing everyday products like cola, leather boots, smartphones and chocolate bars.  They then identify...

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• How Much Water Do You Eat?

  The goal of this resource is to distinguish between the direct and indirect consumption of water and help students understand in the context of water conservation and stewardship, that some foods choices require more water than others to produce. The...

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• Sustainable Water Solutions

  In this resource students work to map out the strengths and weaknesses of various solutions to the growing need for water and the quest for its conservation. Within the lesson, the students will be guided to consider the environmental, social, economical...

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• Exploring the Impacts of Feeding the World

  In this two-day lesson students will be introduced to several issues related to the social, economic, and environmental impacts of our current food system.  These include food waste, food deserts, agricultural land use, and the environmental impacts...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing: Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

  As we urgently seek to regenerate the natural world, what can we learn from the original stewards of our planet? In this video, Indigenous peoples and scientists advocate for "two-eyed seeing," or uniting traditional ecological knowledge with modern science:...

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• Sustainable Fishing

  Marine ecosystems around the world are constantly under threat from illegal and unregulated commercial fishing.  Overfishing results in declining fish populations, harm to vulnerable wildlife and reduced food and economic security in communities...

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• Building Better Buses: Transportation Design Challenges

  As the world population increases, so do the number of vehicles producing emissions that contribute to air pollution and climate change.  One option for reducing dependence on fossil fuels is to build sustainable transportation systems.  In...

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• Planes, Trains, or Bicycles: Being a Low-impact Traveler

  The connectivity of regions around the globe made possible by air travel and other transportation modes comes with environmental costs, such as increased carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. In this activity, students will be transformed into strategically...

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