Santa Cruz Climate Speakers

We specialize in Climate Change education curriculum tailored to fit the needs of a specific class.  We can act as the teachers but prefer to work with you and help you be set up for teaching another year. To date we've worked successfully with high schools and middle schools.

Our goal is to provide information, inspire dialogue, and motivate solutions. Our aim is to have all local students graduate with literacy in Climate Change.  

 Our public Climate Change site scruzclimate.org - events, campaigns, blog 

- NOW INCLUDES LESSON PLANS  scruzclimate.org/education     4/1/4/19

The future is theirs and we need to protect it!           Newest Teacher Flyer 

To discuss a possible unit or just a speaker, contact paulineseales120@gmail.com 

Please Note we are also happy to make presentations to religious and civic groups, with suitable updated materials.

Mar 2019 - Link to new curriculum "Resisting Scientific Misinformation"

Feb 2019 - Short ppt on Art Activities for Climate Education

Dec 2018 - "Is There Hope" - great way to get the students to talk, think, write about possible future outcomes  Spanish version

Nov 2018 - Catalog of resources - now printed and assembled in a binder, all files available here

Apr 2019 - Updated powerpoint - Apr19   

Nov 2018 - Updated Middle School lesson now NGSS 5E with teacher guide

                         Teacher guide           Student Worksheet

Nov 2018 - New Solution Lesson using Drawdown Cards (NGSS and 5E format)

                    Teacher guide       Worksheet1 - Short Solar          Worksheet 2 - Drawdown Activity  

                    Drawdown cards     Intro ppt Part1 Part1           DDown ppt

Oct 2018  - New lesson on Greenhouse Gases - uses pHET simulation.

                    NGSS and 5E format - short teacher guide

Sep 2018 - Excellent NOAA webinar about Life Lab "Kiss the Soil" Curriculum

                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTjlF3DUZpM&feature=youtu.be

                    All 5 Es NGSS - great materials for Middle School

                    Download the curriculum  

                    https://kisstheground.activehosted.com/f/5

                    Contact us if you'd like help presenting this material

June 2018 - MBEE Teacher Leadership Institute - NGSS standards Climate Change material

May 2018 - Coloring Activity for young students:  English    word     pdf,    Spanish   word   pdf

Feb 2018 - Shoreline School Grade 6 - Seven  55 minute sections

Jan 2018 - Climate Change and Economics - 90 min lesson plan for High School Econ. classes

Jan 2018 - Presentations for Watsonville Wetlands High School mentors 

                    part 1A, 1B Climate Science, part 2 CC and Wetlands 

Dec 2017  7th grade unit at Mission Hill , Santa Cruz

Nov 2017 8th grade unit at E.A. Hall School, Watsonville                     

Oct 2017 8th Grade Mini Unit at Shoreline Middle School     NGSS for this unit

          Solar activity photos     Climate Solution links for students

March 2017 mini unit at Soquel High School      NGSS for this unit

April 2017 Our Climate Educators on Community TV and Local Radio  

More info at https://scruzclimate.org/education/     and below

Summer 2017          Boys and Girls Club Solutions Project

 We worked with the Summer students on Climate Change. They then made cloth squares illustrating a wide variety of Solutions.         details 

Nueva Vista Student Project  - 2016  - our first student quilt  -  More details here

June 2016 - Teacher Resources - NGSS section added Aug 2016

Website Schools for Climate Action

revised Mar 2017 - Resources - includes short & long videos and much more 

New Post IPCC Climate Science -  talk by Rick Nolthenius 4/20/17 - ppt

New  2017  new report from US National Climate Assessment

Excellent local movie - Climate Change Hits Home: Santa Cruz - includes effects on apple farmers

What to do - handout for general public - download and print

Santa Cruz Climate Action Plan  - extensive plan with broad goals

PVUSD Student Presentation Winners - great student videos