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 Kids are known for their enthusiasm for nature and the outdoors. What better time to get them started thinking about ways they can protect the environment? We can actively influence parents, educators, and leaders of tomorrow with positive environmental messages instilled in our children today.
Clean Air-Cool Planet is happy to provide guidance to K-12 teachers on ways they can introduce lessons about climate change and global warming to the classroom. Below is a helpful list of resources to get you started:
 school.discovery.com/schooladventures/globalwarming/
A variety of resources for teachers-grades 3 through 12-that will make learning about global warming exciting and constructive.
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/links/kids_links.html
Global warming resources for kids and teachers from the Environmental Protection Agency. Be sure to check out the link to their Climate Change Toolkit.
http://www.greenteacher.com/
Green Teacher is a Toronto-based magazine by and for educators to enhance environmental and global education—including climate change—across the curriculum at all grade levels. Check out their book, "Teaching About Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming."
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/outreach/orwkit.html, which highlights the effects of global warming on wildlands and wildlife for teachers and interpreters.
eia.doe.gov/kids/
Meet the Energy Ant and help your students learn the difference between different forms of energy, where it comes from, and why we must conserve.
www.cee-ane.org/
The Center for Environmental Education, in Keene, N.H., provides ideas, resources, and success stories for creating greener K-12 schools and communities.
www.eren.doe.gov/roofus/
Roofus is a golden retriever who cares about the changing climate. Take a tour and learn how Roofus keeps things running smoothly.
www.solarnow.org/
Located in Beverly High School in Massachusetts, Solar Now is dedicated to renewable energy advocacy and education, as well as research about renewable energy resources around the world, with particular emphasis on solar photovoltaics. The website offers tools and resources for teachers, school administrators, and students.
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/education/default.htm
Education materials from the US Global Change Research Program provide information on potential climate change impacts for nine regions of the US.
For more information about how to bring global warming to your classroom, contact Bill Burtis, bburtis@cleanair-coolplanet.org, or 603-422-6464, ext. 105.
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