ACS Climate Science Toolkit

When conversation turns to global climate change, are you comfortable with the basic science? As part of the ACS Climate Science Initiative, the ACS Climate Science Toolkit gathers the fundamentals of the science in one website, with resources to help you better communicate with others about this vital topic. 

Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network Resources

CLEAN (Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network) has reviewed and put together a collection of educational resources covering a variety of topics, from climate systems to energy use. 

Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom: A Workbook for Teachers

The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has published a free climate science workbook intended to provide tools high school and college teachers can use to help their students understand the evidence of global warming and climate change and the human activities that cause them.

Department of Energy's Energy Literacy Framework

Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning about energy. The framework identifies seven essential principles and a set of fundamental concepts to support each principle.

NOAA Education Resources

This collection of climate education resources provides access to scientific information on the carbon cycle, changing seasons, climate change impacts, as well as climate monitoring.

Wisconsin Climate Education Hub - Subject to Climate

The Wisconsin Climate Education Hub provides educators with quick, easy access to high-quality instructional resources to support the state’s requirement for environmental education while advancing the opportunity for educators to incorporate climate change lesson plans into already existing curriculum. Lessons are teacher-reviewed and scientist-approved.

Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program

KEEP, Wisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program, improves and increases energy literacy in Wisconsin through professional development, teaching tools, lessons and activities, and school site resources.