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Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

Our Beautiful Planet

FREE Lesson Plans & Science Films

Our Beautiful Planet is a series of compelling 5-7 minute science films highlighting the cutting-edge research that climate scientists are doing to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.

NSTA, The Climate Initiative, and Kikim Media have partnered to launch these films and this collection of classroom-ready lesson plans that highlight the science and engineering practices scientists use to explain the phenomenon of climate change.

Lesson Plans

Why Are the Temperatures Changing?

Elementary

How Does Eating Beef Affect Climate Change?

Middle School

Why Might There Be a Future Without Coffee, and Can We Do Anything About It?

High School

Publications

NSTA Press Books & E-books

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Everyday Earth and Space Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

Richard Konicek-Moran

Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School

Carla C. Johnson, Janet B. Walton, and Erin Peters-Burton

Uncovering Student Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

Page Keeley and Laura Tucker

Once Upon an Earth Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers

Jodi Wheeler-Toppen

Case Studies

Forests for Lemurs

An Ecological Restoration Dilemma

Can Birds “Keep Up” with Earlier Springs?

The Stakeholders of Gorongosa National Park

Intersecting Scientific and Information Literacies

Free Web Seminars

From Talking Trash to Taking Action: The Science of Marine Debris

Science Update: Every Rock Has A Story

Science Update: The Science of Oil Spill Response and Cleanup

Science Update: The Grand Challenge of Coral Reef Sustainability