Teacher Workshop Materials
Thank you for recently attending a Cool School Challenge workshop! Below we are happy to provide links and downloads to many of the materials used during the workshop. Please note that workshop content may vary from workshop to workshop. For simplicity we are combining them all here.
We are committed to providing thorough and helpful tools to make the Cool School Challenge a success and welcome your feedback. If you have any comments or suggestions on how we can improve either the workshop or the materials provided, please email us at info@coolschoolchallenge.org.
Thank you!
---Cool School Challenge team.
Cool School Challenge program materials
- Cool School Challenge Classroom Toolkit: Provides a comprehensive overview of the program and classroom audit guidelines and worksheets.
- Classroom Carbon Calculator: This Excel spreadsheet will streamline the mathmatical computations in the Classroom Audit.
- EALR Alignment: How the Cool School Challenge aligns with Essential Academic Learning Requirements for Math, Science and Social Studies.
Supplemental Classroom Activities
- Class Transportation Survey Activity. In this activity students will learn about the climate impact of their transportation choices, and those of their peers.
- Car Economics Activity. Students learn about the economic and environmental implications of vehicle fuel economy.
Presentations and multi-media resources
- The Sky is Falling (YouTube video link). Isn't it time to address the elephant in the room?
- The Little Things (YouTube video link) I am only one but I am one: what one person can do to protect the climate.
- It's not just about us. (Powerpoint presentation) These images of whales provide one compelling reminder of what's at stake if we fail to protect our natural resources.
- Inspiration. (Powerpoint presentation) This collection of statistics, quotations and images help set the stage for why inaction on climate is not an option.
- Challenge your school to be cool too (Powerpoint presentation) Students can customize this PowerPoint template and use it to introduce and educate about the Challenge at their school.
- Pitching the Challenge at your school (Powerpoint presentation) Teachers and Challenge "coaches" can customize this PowerPoint template to pitch the Challenge to fellow faculty, school boards, etc.
- Reducing CO2 Emissions at your school . (.wmv video file) This video was produced by the students of Redmond High School to document their approach to implementing the Cool School Challenge.
- Climate Change Impacts in the Pacific Northwest. (Powerpoint presentation). By Paul Hezel, UW Program on Climate Change (presented at 10/25/2008 workshop).
- Education for Environment & Sustainability (Powerpoint presentation). By Gilda Wheeler, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (presented at 10/25/2008 workshop).
