Building Environmental & Climate Literacy Resources

Engaging & Empowering Students about
the Environment and Climate Change

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Bay Area Climate Literacy Exchange

Find all the decks, presenter info, and more resources from our annual climate literacy convening of teachers, adminstrators, and informal science organizations.

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Background Readings & Comprehensive Resources

We have curated a list of organizations and background information to help you get started in teaching about climate change and other environment education topics

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Lessons/unit of instruction (curriculum)

Find collections of lesson plans to support your specific climate and environmental units of instruction.

TK-5 Science Literature

Our currated list of picture books to support lots of science topics in elementary school

Take Action

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Citizen Science & Data Gathering

Citizen Science projects are a great way to oberve your neighborhood and learn how to take data that can be used in the classroom or by scientists around the world.

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Student Action Projects: Stewardship, Preservation, Resource Conservation

Find ways that you, your students, and their families can take action to make their community and environment better.

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Bay Area Field Trips

Our Grade Level Programs & Websites Guide provides an overview of field trips (in-person and virtual) being offered around the Bay Area

Classroom Grants

Explore our list of classroom grants to help fund some of your environmental education projects.

The mission of CRS is to empower teachers and STEM professionals serving schools in historically marginalized communities to activate TK-8 students’ curiosity about the world, foster critical thinking, and inspire children to imagine future career pathways. We envision a community of educators, scientists, families and partners working together to build school cultures that equip all children to explore the world around them and build the skills needed to become innovators, problem solvers, environmental stewards, life-long learners and leaders. CRS leads a dynamic network, fostering relationships and collaborations that leverage expertise and resources to transform science teaching and learning toward greater equity, opportunity, and success for all students.

Our goal is simple: help teachers give students more opportunities to “do science” – to ask questions, test ideas, get their hands on real science activities. We need to inspire the next generation of thinkers, makers, problem solvers, and leaders!