Earth Day

 

Looking for ways to engage your high school or middle school students in environmental issues and the climate crisis? Here are our latest lessons and teaching ideas - good for Earth Day, Earth Week, or any week.
 

Earth Day 2022
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An expanded guide of fiction to engage your students in an imaginative exploration of the climate crisis (updated July 2023).

A listing of novels and movies for high school students and adults exploring dystopic futures and the social and practical effects of climate change.

A listing of novels that take a positive, visionary approach to the subject of climate change, focusing on fighting and adapting to climate change. Includes discussion questions. 

A listing of short stories on climate, with discussion questions to get your class reading, writing, and discussing climate fiction. 

Looking for ways to engage your students in environmental issues and the climate crisis? Here are some of our latest lessons. 

Students explore how massive new climate legislation might affect their lives and how climate activists are using it to propel greater change.

Students discuss evidence that meat production contributes to climate change, explore efforts to make food systems more sustainable, and share their own consumption choices.

Honor the planet by engaging students in our lessons on the environment and climate.

What is "throwaway culture" — and how do we participate in it? Students explore 'planned obsolescence' and a countering movement for the 'right-to-repair.'

At this pivotal global summit on climate, young people are making their voices heard. In this activity, students discuss COP26 and urgent youth-led demands for action.