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Resources for K-12 Educators and Students

K-12 Educator? Here you can find lesson plans, simulations, and more for in-class usage. Most of the provided content is completely free too! If you have your own content or lesson plans you’d like to share, contact jenpierce@boisestate.edu.

Resources and lesson plans for teachers

The CLEAN Collection of Climate and Energy Educational Resources A collection of 700+ free, ready-to-use learning resources rigorously reviewed by educators and scientists suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms.

CLEAN resources

We have CLEAN Webinars focused on elementary teachers and another focused on teaching climate change in communities that are resistant to discussing the topic.

We have translated all of our Teaching Guidance on Climate & Energy pages into Spanish.

We have added pages for teaching about the National Climate Assessment (NCA).

Understanding Global Change

This interactive module allows students and educators to build models that explain how the Earth system works. The Click & Learn can be used to show how Earth is affected by human activities and natural phenomena.

Understanding Global Change module.

En-ROADS

En-ROADS is a transparent, freely-available policy simulation model that gives everyone the chance to design their own scenarios to limit future global warming.  You can try your own experiments and assumptions, and get immediate feedback on the likely impacts.

En-ROADS policy simulation.