Climate Change Resources

 Background Information, Science and Education

• National Wildlife Federation's Climate Classroom
• NWF/NAAEE Guidelines for K-12 Global Climate Change Learning
• NASA's Climate Change - Vital Signs for Planet Earth
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change website
• Climate Nexus - Season Creep and what it means for your school gardens
• RealClimate: Climate Science from Real Climate Scientists
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Heating the Earth: A Guide to Global Warming (This website was recommended to us by Mrs. Sullivan's after school program at Pathway to Empowerment)

Carbon Calculators

• "Meet the Greens" by zerofootprint.net - Great introductory calculator to get kids thinking about the association between their activities and carbon emissions, includes supporting material for educators
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Emission Calculator Kit (Climate CHECK) - Designed for high school students
• SchoolNeutral Carbon Calculator - Created by a high Sshool student with help from DriveNeutral (www.driveneutral.org) - requires students to collect information about electricity and gas usage at school as well as how student travel to and from school - Includes a user's manual
• Climate Crisis Take Action Calculator - A short and easy carbon calculator that students can take home and work on with their families - also talks about carbon offsets

Climate Change Action

• Energy Star K-12 Program
• National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitat Program
• Boston Latin School Youth Climate Action Network
• Watt Watchers