Resources

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RESOURCES

On this page, we'll post ongoing resources for students, teachers, staff, and community. A lot of what's listed here might be found spread around our other pages, too. Here you'll find them in one place -- lesson plans, PPS energy data, reports, videos, and more. 

TEACHING RESOURCES

Classroom teaching lessons and activities

Over the years, we've compiled and discovered some favorite teaching lessons sourced locally and from around the country. Here are some we want to share -- these are all fully baked lesson plans for students of all ages. 

Have you used any of them? Let us know how they worked! 

Know of others? Please send them to us so we can share them here. 

• Climate and social justice teaching materials from local curators and creators from the Zinn Education Project. 
• Check out the PPS Climate Action Bookshelf -- curated books for students of all ages. 
• Quick and easy Earth Month lessons for elementary and middle schoolers, developed by PPS librarians!
• Want the perfect lesson to take your class outside with? Check out the National Outdoor Learning Library. 
• A whole cocophany of ready-to-use learning activities from Indigenous STEAM.
• Metro's Climate Change video lessons
• Hundreds of organizational resources represented on Green Strides
• Learning Lab: Sustainability Lessons
• Our Planet, Their Future Educator's Pack
• Dream in Green: Comprehensive Resource Guide for Students & Teachers

PPS Climate work in Video Form!

We're gearing up to load more content onto our YouTube pages -- How-to videos, school sustainability stories, and more. For now, you can check out our past Student Voices on Climate Futures panel (below) and video of our 2023 Spring Student Climate Fair. 

Find our pages at www.youtube.com/@pps_climatejustice and https://www.youtube.com/@ppsenergysustainability.