Teaching about Climate and Energy?
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Discover support, resources, and professional learning tools for teaching climate and energy. Learn about climate and energy science and effective teaching approaches. Find curriculum development guides and supporting resources from the reviewed CLEAN collection.
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Posted: Aug 28 2025
CLEAN is NGSS aligned, with resource tags to help you search by standards. We also have pages to help you navigate climate-relevant NGSS and develop NGSS-aligned units.
Posted: Aug 27 2025
CLEAN has a Climate Change Mental Health Activity Guide with resources that aid teachers in approaching complex and sensitive topics.
Posted: Aug 26 2025
CLEAN offers climate education support across subjects and grades!
Posted: Aug 25 2025
Learn more about how to bring climate topics into your classroom with CLEAN, and earn professional development certification along the way.
Posted: Aug 25 2025
Learn more about how to bring climate topics into your classroom with CLEAN, and earn professional development certification along the way.
Posted: Apr 10 2025
The most recent review cycle has added more than 80 new resources to the CLEAN collection. Check it out!
Posted: Feb 19 2025
CLEAN has a new webinar series for Spring 2025 focused on Climate Literacy with an exciting line up of speakers! Check out our schedule or watch the recordings.
Posted: Feb 3 2025
Check out the ACCELS Summit where climate education practitioners with mutual interests connected. Email clean@colorado.edu if you're interested in joining a working group.
Posted: Jan 15 2025
The CLEAN collection has been retagged for the new climate literacy principles and teaching subjects. Check it out!
Posted: Jan 6 2025
CLEAN will now host video conference calls twice per month at 1pm ET on Tuesdays. Join us for presentations & informal discussions!
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About CLEAN
CLEAN is the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network.
Our primary efforts are:
- to steward a reviewed collection of free, high-quality teaching materials for teaching climate and energy
- to support educators who incorporate climate and energy topics into their practice through pedagogical guidance and professional development
- to support the CLEAN Network, a community of professionals committed to improving climate and energy literacy