Climate Change
The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity addresses the impact of climate change on the health of the American people. Exercising powers of convening, coordination and collaboration, the Office serves as a department-wide hub for climate change and health policy, programming, and analysis, in pursuit of environmental justice and equitable health outcomes. The Office also facilitates the use of regulatory and statutory powers of the Department of Health and Human Services to address matters affecting disadvantaged communities and people on the frontlines of the climate crisis. The Office works alongside community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, business, industry, along with, state, tribal, local, and territorial governments, to define and implement strategies, conduct strategic outreach and communications, and train and empower community residents.
Students will be able to determine the central ideas of a video about youth mobilization on plastic waste in the Amazon rainforest, analyze the causes of plastic pollution globally and make local connections, and use persuasive writing and visual arts skills to inspire change in their own communities
Here you will find reading comprehension tools, activities and other resources to bring “Losing Earth,” The New York Times Magazine’s special issue on climate change, into the classroom and beyond.
The NOAA Planet Stewards Education Project (PSEP) provides formal and informal educators working with elementary through college aged students the knowledge and resources to build scientifically-literate individuals and communities who are prepared to respond to environmental challenges monitored by NOAA.
Climate Change is a free, online textbook with a detailed overview of climate change.
NASA’s Earth Math is a mathematical guide to earth science and climate change.
NASA’s Climate Kids offers content, links to games, and a discussion guide for teachers to present the evidence for climate change throughout the planet.
This activity engages students in examining evidence of global warming throughout the globe.
This resource offers climate change lesson plans for grades K – 12.
Reviewed resources for teaching about climate and energy.
National Center for Science Education (NCSE) offers resources on teaching about socially contentious issues, including a unit of climate change lessons developed and vetted by their NCSE Teacher Ambassadors. NCSE also has a range of helpful tips and strategies, from how to answer tough questions about evolution to how to testify at a school board meeting.
The lessons in this collection, originally published on TeachableMoment, aim to give K-12 teachers ideas and options for teaching on a range of climate change and related environmental issues, from the basic facts and specific climate crises to climate injustice and climate refugees.