Teaching Climate Across the Curriculum: Tools and Strategies for K–12
About this Event
Teaching Climate Across the Curriculum: Tools and Strategies for K–12 Educators
July 31, 2026
Norman, Oklahoma
Bring real-world science into every subject you teach with a professional learning experience designed around what works in your classroom. Teaching Climate Across the Curriculum is a one-day, hands-on workshop that helps you confidently integrate climate concepts into the lessons you already teach—whether that’s science, social studies, English language arts, or the arts. You’ll explore practical, ready-to-use resources and a flexible framework that fits your style, your schedule, and your students—so you can build on what you’re already doing rather than starting over.
Throughout the day, you’ll engage in interactive lessons, collaborative discussions, and guided planning time focused on helping you take action. You’ll build your understanding of climate science using an Earth systems approach, then immediately apply it through classroom-ready activities from Project WET and EcoRise. You’ll also explore how climate connects to local water systems, community planning, and everyday decision-making—giving you relevant, place-based examples you can bring directly to your students. Dedicated planning time ensures you leave not just inspired, but prepared—with a clear plan for what you’ll teach, when you’ll teach it, and how it fits into your existing curriculum.
During this workshop, you will:
- Strengthen your understanding of climate science in ways you can translate directly to students
- Use ready-to-teach lessons that fit naturally into your current instruction
- Explore strategies for connecting climate concepts across subject areas
- Learn how these ideas can be adapted for different grade levels (K–12)
- Create a personalized plan for bringing new lessons into your classroom
- Collaborate with other educators and exchange ideas you can continue to build on
You’ll leave with more than materials—you’ll leave with confidence in your ability to make these topics meaningful and manageable for your students. The resources you take with you, including Project WET: Water and People and the EcoRise Climate Resilience Curriculum, are designed for flexibility and real classroom use, helping you connect learning to real-world systems and student experiences.
Whether you teach elementary, middle school, high school, or in an informal setting, this workshop gives you practical tools you can use right away—along with the time and space to make them your own. You already know your students and your content. This experience helps you expand that expertise with strategies and support that make your teaching even more relevant, connected, and impactful.
Workshop Details
- Date: July 31, 2026
- Location: Norman, Oklahoma
- Audience: K–12 formal and informal educators
- Format: Hands-on, classroom-based with collaborative planning
- Focus: Practical strategies and ready-to-use resources for integrating climate concepts across subjects
Leave with a plan you created, tools you trust, and a clear path for bringing climate concepts into your classroom in ways that work for you and your students.
Tony Pascall, [email protected], (405)317-8322, Oklahoma Project Learning Tree/OKAEE Board President
Jack Hilgert, [email protected], (405) 613-3835, Oklahoma Project WET and Project WILD
Abby Randall, [email protected], EcoRise Co-Executive Director
ABOUT THE CURRICULUM:
Project WET stands for Water Education Today. Water is a part of everything we are, everything we eat, and everything we use. Yet most people do not even know where their water comes from, let alone their larger water footprint. Project WET provides educators, natural resource professionals, and more real-world, relevant, and hands-on lessons, that create an interdisciplinary learning environment focused on the most essential aspect of life—water.
EcoRise equips educators with engaging, student-centered lessons that help learners explore climate resilience and community action. Through real-world case studies, collaborative activities, and local connections, students build critical thinking skills while examining how communities respond to environmental challenges and create solutions that strengthen resilience for the future.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 20.00
