For Educators

Use our problem-based model lessons and rely on teacher-tested on-line tools and resources for your classroom.

Model Lessons

These problem-based model lessons were developed by teams of Colorado middle and high school teachers with CU-Boulder scientists and science educators at the "Making the Global Local" teacher workshop. Lesson topics are based on local content from the Learn More About Climate videos.

Each lesson has been taught and tested in the classroom and can be scaled to fit your learners (5th-8th and 9th-12th).

Evidence of Climate Change:
How would we know if Colorado's climate is changing and how will it affect me?
(Middle School Science)
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Mountain Pine Beetles:
What is changing our forests? (9th-12th grade science, adaptable to middle school)
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Zoo Poo:
Does burning zoo poop reduce CO2?
(Grades 10th-12th)
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What Makes You Hot?:
Students will be able to manipulate
different variables in the model and
use this to make inferences about the
temperature of the Earth.
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Teacher Tested

These resources are teacher tested and approved. Used by the teachers who developed these model lessons, and their students as they researched their driving questions, these links can be a valuable resource to you and your students.

Also of Interest

Looking for reliable climate information and resources for your classroom? These links provide access to classroom tools and research for teachers and students.