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Weaving Stories into Science: Reflections from the 2024 K–12 Climate Justice Summit

Posted By  Molly Campbell

Earlier this year, the Exploratorium’s Institute for Inquiry and Teacher Institute teams hosted the K–12 Climate Justice Summit, an event that brought together educators and leaders to explore the intersection of climate science, justice, and education. The summit aimed to...

A multi-ethnic group of school children are on a school science trip to a pond outdoors. In this frame a hispanic female teacher is standing next to a young female student of african descent examining her findings from the pond.

Coming next year: K–12 lessons on climate change and environmental justice

Posted By  Roni Jones

Students are noticing extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, and other effects of climate change right in their communities. But our teachers do not have access to California-specific instructional materials on these topics. The good news: for the 2025–26 school year, that’s...

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Tulare County Hosts SEED Summer Institute to Build a Climate Literacy Framework

Posted By  Amy Frame , Julie Ira

This summer, Ten Strands partnered with Sequoia Riverlands Trust and the Tulare County Office of Education to offer the first-ever SEED Summer Institute. The Sequoia Environmental Education Directive (SEED) was established in 2014 as a coalition of environmental education organizations...

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Connecting with Nature Through Ecowriting

Posted By  Jeff Share

I am excited to share about a new book that I have been working on for the last three years. For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World is an edited edition that was inspired by the environmental justice class...

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Increase Biodiversity in Your Schoolyard as the Anchor to an NGSS-Aligned Ecosystem Unit

Posted By  Janneke Petersen
Discover Janneke's extensive experience in developing, field testing, and collaborating with Volunteer Expert Partners to support teachers in advocating for native planting projects at their respective schools by exploring more....
Workshop on eco-anxiety at the International Seminar on Climate Change Education, OCE (2023)

Empowering Educators, Transforming Perspectives: A Deep Dive into Climate Change Education and OCE’s Global Impact

Posted By  Eric Guilyardi
Learn about the integral role of the Office for Climate Education (OCE), established after the Paris Agreement ratification, in elevating the importance of education in solving the climate crisis. Explore OCE's initiatives, including TeachersCOP, an international event highlighting educators' essential...
A network of air quality sensors blankets California, allowing students to pull data directly into CODAP to analyze their local air quality over time and/or compare it to air quality in a different part of the state (or country).

Modeling and Data Science Provide Insights for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Justice

Posted By  Daniel Damelin , Steve Roderick
Explore how Concord Consortium's STEM education technology research and development expertise is shaping how California students will discern and synthesize data. As a CCEJP anchor organization, Concord Consortium offers data tools and support to the curriculum writing teams so all...
BSCS project team members Elaine Klein and Candice Guy-Gaytán working with writing teams during the kickoff convening last summer in Sacramento.

Collaborating with Community Organizations to Support the Design of Locally Relevant Storylines

Posted By  Jean Flanagan , Elaine Klein
Learn about how BSCS’s strategies for highly collaborative curriculum development and justice-driven storylines are shaping California’s new climate and environmental justice curriculum that will launch in 2025!...
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Embracing the Power of the Collective

Posted By  Milton Reynolds
CCEJP steering committee member Milton Reynolds—San Francisco Bay Area-based career educator, author, equity and inclusion consultant, and activist—shares his reflections about the exciting convening that centered community, social justice, and thoughtful curiosity....
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Facing Change Together at the Climate Generation’s Summer Institute

Posted By  Mandy Breuer , Amy Frame
On July 19, Ten Strands hosted the California Cohort Day at Climate Generation’s Summer Institute for Climate Change Education, a three-day conference connecting educators to an engaged community seeking to build collective strength to inspire hope and action in our...

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