Reintroducing Next Generation Climate

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Now more than ever, our students need access to information about climate change and how it impacts their daily lives and futures. Since 2015, Climate Generation’s Next Generation Climate curriculum for grades 6–8 has provided a clear tie to the Next Generation Science Standards, serving as a resource for students and educators who want to understand climate science, impacts, and solutions. The new 2025 edition builds on the previous versions, now offering discussions of the root causes of climate change; more guidance for how to take climate action; and opportunities for reflection and mindfulness to support students’ mental health. The curriculum continues to provide opportunities for students to analyze graphs, interpret and collect indicator data, and practice the skills of argumentation and engineering design. Whether you've used NGC for years or are just discovering the resource now, you can explore the "next generation" of activities from the curriculum and reflect on how to apply them to your setting! The first half of the workshop will provide an overview of the resource, and the second half will be small group work to try out some of the activities. Please bring paper and a writing utensil, and be prepared to join a breakout room and work in Google Slides.

We understand that some of these workshops do not work for educator's schedules, so all registrants will receive a recording and additional resources to their e-mail within one week of the event. We are striving to make our events more welcoming to all. Your answers during registration will help us to know how we are doing. The workshop will be on September 17, from 5:00–6:00 PM Central Time.

Marie Fargo

Marie grew up in Wisconsin on the ancestral and contemporary lands of the Menominee, Potowatomi, and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and the contemporary lands of the Oneida, spending most of her childhood outside. Marie’s curiosity about human’s relationships with the earth led her to pursue a B.S. in Environmental Education and Interpretation and a Spanish minor from UW-Stevens Point and an MS in Environmental Studies and Environmental Education from Antioch University New England. She followed her passion for reconnecting people to nature at various nature centers and an aquarium in Minnesota; community gardens in New Hampshire; and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua. At Climate Generation, Marie maintains and develops curricula and other instructional resources and helps educators integrate climate change into their teaching. When she’s not exploring interdisciplinary and justice-centered pedagogical approaches, she enjoys hiking, cross country skiing, baking, reading, and playing with her dog, Merlin.