Earth Day

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.

English teacher Sarah Outterson-Murphy provides brief descriptions of a range of short stories and novels exploring a changing climate, with questions for discussion. (Updated August 2021) See the updated and expanded guide.

Students learn about and discuss the current state of the youth climate movement and how young people are helping to shape our nation's response to the climate crisis.

Students explore the accelerating move toward electric vehicles and consider how we might address some of the remaining obstacles to this transition.

High school teacher Sarah Outterson-Murphy shares how her students developed their English skills by grappling with a "real, urgent, relevant, large-scale, yet-unsolved problem."