Teaching Resources

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals provides community research guides that can help learners understand the Sustainable Development Goals. It allows young people to explore the areas of the topic that they are most interested in and then take actio...

An in-person, role-playing activity that simulates the UN Climate Change negotiations. Through the activity, students can explore the speed and level of action nations must take to address global climate change. It can either be used locally or users...

Nos vies bas carbone (Our Low-Carbon Lives) was born out of several years of voluntary work on climate issues, and is based on the analysis that education must be at the heart of multiple strategies to contain global warming and keep our planet habit...

A lesson to explore the growing impact of heatwaves around the world. Students will understand what a heatwave is and why they are becoming more common. They'll learn about the risks associated with heatwaves and how to prepare for high temperat...

In this article, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel shares metacognitive strategies when studying textbook passages. She emphasizes delay between reading a text and re-engaging with it, retrieval practice, and getting the correct answer after one's attempt...

This video from 2017 features Kia Aroha, a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand using aspects of Māori culture as a teaching or learning method. Learn how this school focuses its curriculum on a critical analysis of the historical and present re...

This "Climate Action for Youth" series provides guidance for youth to participate in global climate action and advocate for change. The series covers topics on climate impacts, its effect on rights of children and young people, climate nego...

This video explores Bloom's Taxonomy project by Josiah Pineda and Mostafa Zayed.

A guide for teachers on how to defuse tension and reduce conflict in difficult situations. Lesson activities are designed to help students when tensions are in the air and a disagreement seems to be building into something more threatening. Students ...

Ma Petite Planète (MPP) Scolaire is an engaging ecological challenge via an online app designed for schools, from kindergarten to high school. Students participate in various eco-friendly tasks, both in class and at home, over a three-week period. Th...