Get inspired to make a difference! Read how NOAA Planet Steward Amy Duram Shea, Curator of Education Programs at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne Florida, worked with middle and high school students to raise their awareness about marine debris and single use plastics, gave them a platform to educate others about its causes and impacts, and reduce its presence in the community. Her work shows the impact that youth can have in addressing environmental issues through stewardship action, and by using their unique perspective to educate and inspire others to take action in their local community.

Read about her stewardship project here.

NOAA wants your feedback on our Equitable Delivery of Climate Services, so we can better our delivery of climate data, information, science, and tools (AKA “climate services”) and ensure that this delivery is equitable and accounting for the needs and priorities of diverse user communities, especially historically underserved communities — including Tribal and Indigenous communities – as they engage in climate preparedness, adaptation, and resilience planning. This process builds on NOAA’s Climate Equity Roundtables and Pilot Projects, so we can create a Climate Ready Nation. Comments will now be accepted by email at climate.input@noaa.gov or at public listening session until October 21st, 2023

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Join this one hour introduction to new resources from the Climate Mental Health Network about how to talk to Gen Zers about climate emotions. Learn from experts and Gen Zers about how to have meaningful conversations about the climate crisis, ways to practice self care and foster emotional wellbeing and to take meaningful action. The webinar will be recorded for those who cannot join live.

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Three-dimensional models can be used to inspect samples, such as rocks or corals, and model environmental changes over time. Learn about photogrammetry, a method for creating 3D models, and its many applications in geoscience education and research.   
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Secondary Earth and environmental science, civics, and social studies teachers are invited to learn a new place-based, NGSS-aligned science curriculum on natural hazards. The unit includes a lesson on natural hazards (wildfire, flood, or drought) that uses current Colorado case studies and local datasets, a scenario-based role-play game, and a project-based learning unit for students to take action to make their community more resilient. Instructional strategies include community-engaged learning, gamification, and design thinking. The course will be held with several virtual class meetings to discuss course material, scheduled based on your availability. Upon completion, attendees will receive 2 continuing education credits through Western Colorado University. Registration costs are free for Colorado educators.

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The Climate Mental Health Network created a Climate Emotions Wheel and activity sheet in English and Spanish. It's for youth and adults and the worksheet can be done in classrooms.

Emotion wheels have been a visual tool used by psychologists for decades to help people better understand and interpret their own feelings. This Climate Emotions Wheel is based on the research of Panu Pihkala at the University of Helsinki and particularly his 2022 paper Toward A Taxonomy of Climate Emotions. Learn more here.

Download the Emotions Wheel in English

Download the Emotions Wheel in Spanish

Certain features of an ecosystem that can be indicators of the chemical balance in that environment. Learn the difference between pollution-tolerant and pollution-intolerant organisms as well as the tests to administer when determining the health of an ecosystem. Learn more!

Earth@Home's Evolution pages are under active development, and Grasses, the first major section, is now complete! These  pages are extensive, beautiful, and engaging. Explore the sections of Grasses on Earth@Home here.

Our ecosystems, our societies, and our very lives depend on grasses in a wide range of ways. No matter where we are, grasses have profound influences on our lives and on our environment. Learn more about grasses here.

This comic book was developed at the UCAR Center for Science Education as an outreach effort of Argos, a system of instruments aboard satellites used to track tagged animals around the world and help understand other aspects of our planet..

Read the comic book to find out where young sea turtles go, how an arctic fox walked from Norway to Canada, what parts of the ocean have the most blue whales, what pronghorn avoid when they migrate, and how albatross help catch illegal fishing boats.

Available in English, Spanish and French! Read and download them all here!

Elementary GLOBE was developed at the UCAR Center for Science Education. Aimed at the K-4 audience, there are seven fictional story books that explore an aspect of the environment. Each Elementary GLOBE learning module includes a fictional storybook that profiles how the GLOBE Kids (Simon, Anita, and Dennis) explore an aspect of the environment and hands-on classroom activities and coloring pages that allow students to explore for themselves.

Check out all the Elementary GLOBE story books and activities here!

Next, bring some hope into your classroom with hhmi Biointeractive’s new “Designing Solutions to Preserve Biodiversity” Activity This collaborative activity has students analyze a case study about the endangered Hawaiian monk seal using the HIPPO framework that unpacks five key aspects of biodiversity loss  (habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, population growth, and overharvesting). Students then design solutions that consider collaborators and potential constraints.

Check it out today!

MACAN (the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network) is a virtual network of researchers, educators, decision-makers, industry representatives, policy experts, and federal, state, local, and tribal leaders whose mission is to advance knowledge and understanding of the effects of coastal and ocean acidification (COA) and promote regional collaboration to advance this knowledge. This fellowship is designed to introduce students from under-represented minority groups to the field of Coastal and Ocean Acidification, including, but not limited to, aspects of scientific research, policy, industry, education, and/or outreach.

For more information and to apply. click here.

EPA’s Office of Environmental Education has announced a new grant competition making up to $3.6 million available for locally-focused environmental education programs. EPA will award grants in each of EPA’s 10 Regions, between $50,000-$100,000 each, for a total of 30-40 grants nationwide. Through this grant program, EPA will provide financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage behaviors that benefit the environment in local communities, especially underserved communities.

Find details on how to apply here.