Educators

The PCOR Partnership is committed to providing classroom resources that address the role of practical and environmentally safe ways to reduce anthropogenic CO₂ emissions and the level of CO₂ in the atmosphere. CO₂ management options include the use of efficient energy systems, development and use of advanced energy systems, energy conservation, use of renewable energy sources, and CO₂ sequestration. Click on the following links to learn more:

• The Keystone Center has developed a middle school climate change curriculum with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. A select number of teachers have been trained in the use of the curriculum in the second half of the 2003/2004 and the 2004/2005 school year.
• The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association has K-12 curriculum that covers many of the options for reducing CO₂ emissions.
• The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies has developed an extensive resource for educators to provide students in grade levels 1-12 with an understanding of and activities focused on the potential consequences of climate variability and change.
• Teachers' Guide to High-Quality Educational Materials on Climate Change and Global Warming. This guide points K-12 educators to the best sites for teaching about climate change: several that offer first-rate background material, and others that include detailed lesson plans and experiments. Climate change is a great topic for students to study because it integrates so many subjects: energy, environment, geography, politics, chemistry, biology, economics, and more. It requires students to use analytical tools and math skills and to exercise their abilities to research, think, and understand complex issues.