--- title: How To Teach Students About Climate Change | Extended Notes description: Teaching climate change can be scary or even intimidating, but everyone, especially today’s students, can make a difference in the earth’s future. image: https://www.extendednotes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/climate_change_main__800x400.jpg --- # How To Teach Students About Climate Change September 22 - [Home](https://www.extendednotes.com/) - [Articles](https://www.extendednotes.com/blog) - How To Teach Students About Climate Change Share this Post [mailto:?subject=Sharing%20a%20blog%20post;body=Check%20out%20this%20ExtendED%20Notes%20blog%20post:%20https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/after-school-articles/how-to-teach-students-about-climate-change](mailto:?subject=Sharing%20a%20blog%20post;body=Check%20out%20this%20ExtendED%20Notes%20blog%20post:%20https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/after-school-articles/how-to-teach-students-about-climate-change) [Program Development ](https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/tag/program-development) [Teaching Strategies ](https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/tag/teaching-strategies) ![Climate change main](https://www.extendednotes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/climate_change_main__800x400.jpg) ## Teaching Students the Importance and Impacts of Climate Change   Teaching climate change can be scary or even intimidating, but everyone, especially today’s students, can make a difference in the earth’s future. In [*Climate Change: Discover How It Impacts Spaceship Earth*](https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Change-Discover-Spaceship-Yourself/dp/161930273X), students receive a first-hand look at global climate change and the history of human impact from the Industrial Revolution to our modern-day technology.   Through engaging, hands-on activities, this resource focuses on a proactive approach to environmental education to help young students become “change agents” and protect Earth’s environment.   Here are three key highlights from the book:   - With 25 hands-on projects and activities, students can use simple supplies to explore science concepts, like the phases of matter and the power of the sun, and learn ways to engage with the community. - *Download Your Future *demonstrates how youth from across the globe are impacting Spaceship Earth, from cleaning up the plastic in the ocean to scientific inventions purifying water with solar energy. Kids can see other kids taking charge! - Through real-life studies of planetary science, Arctic ice bubbles and migratory patterns, students understand climate change through a thought-provoking view of science. 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