Teaching Resources

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Are you teaching about weather, climate change, air quality, or other aspects of Earth system science? Explore our collection of ready-made lessons, curriculum units, picture books, videos, and other resources for teaching K-12 students. All resources are freely available online.

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Classroom Activities

Peruse our collection of more than a hundred K-12 lessons about the science of our planet, its weather, and climate. All activities are classroom-ready and aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. If you are interested in sequences of lessons, take a look at the Digital Teaching Boxes, which combine experiments, content, and multimedia that build student understanding of Earth science.

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Curriculum Units

GLOBE Weather

GLOBE Weather is a five-week curriculum unit designed to help middle school students understand weather at local, regional, and global scales.

Hurricane Resilience

Hurricane Resilience is a 20-day high school environmental science curriculum for use in coastal locations where hurricanes are common and helps students make connections between the science of hurricanes, how they affect their community and region, and how we can plan for a more resilient future.

Project Resilience

Project Resilience is a 20-day high school curriculum that helps students examine the environmental challenges facing communities along the Gulf of Mexico and learn about resilience planning using a resilience planning toolkit.

Grow Your Understanding of Earth

Learning Zone resources can help you grow your knowledge of weather, climate, and other Earth system science topics that you teach. The Learning Zone is also appropriate for your middle and high school learners.