PRI will tailor workshops to help you teach about climate change science and solutions, and about topics such as energy, community science, and biodiversity. For information contact our Director of Teacher Programming at teacherPD@priweb.org.
Example topics and activities from some of our recent professional development workshops include:
- Measuring carbon storage in trees
- Where does gasoline go? An exploration of the math of how much carbon dioxide is generated by burning a gallon of gasoline
- Activities for teaching about climate, weather, energy, and climate change solutions to elementary school students
- Classroom activities exploring the science and mathematics underlying fire in our energy system
- Using simple measurements to understand the role of trees in urban environments and in the watershed
- Tabletop and outdoor measurements of carbon fluxes
- Nature-based solutions to climate change
- Involving students in community science projects
- Creating and teaching about a Go Bag, to prepare students and their families for extreme storms
- Rules of thumb for teaching controversial issues
- Fire and Brimstone and Fort McMurray: considering the implications of apocalyptic rhetoric in climate communication
- Project-based learning with students developing cost estimates for adapting facilities to more heavy rainfalls, using less energy by switching to LED lighting, and using solar panels to generate electricity
What Teachers Say About Our Workshops
“These are wonderful workshops that I commute 1.5 hours to attend.”
“The mixture of instruction and activity was great.”
“I really enjoyed the hands-on approach to every topic.”
“This workshop was excellent, the time flew and it gave me a lot of ideas of lessons that I can use with my students.”
"Thank you, this was very helpful and transferable to my classroom."
"I honestly thought this was a great workshop. It was very educational and useful for us as teachers - provided great knowledge about all aspects of climate change and provided many resources, activities and ideas that we can take and use in our classrooms immediately."