Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6–12: Empowering Science Teachers to Take on the Climate Crisis Through NGSS

UCI Science Project Director Kelley T. Le released a new publication providing teachers with design and implementation support for teaching about climate change.
 
The title of the book is Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6–12: Empowering Science Teachers to Take on the Climate Crisis Through NGSS.
 
Le directs the UCI Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) Science Project. Project staff work with schools and districts to review curricula for NGSS alignment, create district pacing plans, develop benchmark assessments, offer professional development at UCI or in the district/school catered to site needs, and support science educators in the classroom through lesson studies and sustained partnerships.

Publication Overview
 
Nearly one-third of the secondary science standards relate to climate science, but teachers need design and implementation support to create empowering learning experiences centered around the climate crisis. Experienced science educator, instructional coach, and educational leader Dr. Kelley T. Le offers this support, providing an overview of the teaching shifts needed for Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and to support climate literacy for students via urgent topics in climate science and environmental justice – from the COVID-19 pandemic to global warming, rising sea temperatures, deforestation, and mass extinction. Teachers also will learn how to engage the complexity of climate change by exploring social, racial, and environmental injustices stemming from the climate crisis that directly impact students. 

Kelley Le

By anchoring instruction around the climate crisis, Dr. Le offers guidance on how to empower students to be the agents of change needed in their own communities. A range of additional teacher resources are also available at www.empoweredscienceteachers.com.​