Teaching about Climate and Energy?
Our team of educators and scientists has reviewed and organized the best free teaching resources for K-12 through college.
Get Started Teaching Climate and Energy
Easy-to-read explanations of science and policy, designed to step students through the key principles of climate and energy
- Suggested teaching approaches, selected for various grade levels
- Spanish-language versions
- Supporting materials from the CLEAN reviewed collection
- Culturally relevant climate teaching
News from CLEAN
Webinars, new resources and more.
Posted: Feb 19 2025
Check out our upcoming Spring 2025 webinars or watch recordings of any you missed. Explore the CLEAN webinar series
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!
Posted: Jan 1 2025
Join us for the third Accelerating Climate Capacity, Engagement, and Leadership Summit (ACCELS), convened by the CLEAN Network! Wednesday, January 15th 2-4pm ET
Posted: Sep 24 2024
NOAA and USGCRP have released new Climate Literacy Principles! CLEAN has developed supporting pages for educators - check it out!
Posted: Sep 20 2024
Fall 2024: CLEAN has added new webinars to support educators focused on developing youth agency for climate solutions.
Posted: Aug 27 2024
New CLEAN pages help you navigate the 5th National Climate Assessment with your students using CLEAN resources.
Posted: Aug 15 2024
Add your events to the CLEAN calendar! Check out the CLEAN calendar for professional development opportunities and CLEAN network events from CLEAN and CLEAN partners.
Posted: Feb 8 2024
CLEAN has a new Climate Change Mental Health Activity Guide with resources that aid teachers in approaching complex and sensitive topics in the classroom.
RSS Teaching Climate and Energy with NGSS
Our resources are aligned to the standards. You can explore the key standards related to climate and energy or find a resource that supports a specific standard.
- Find NGSS-tagged materials in the CLEAN collection
- Design your own three-dimensional classroom units
Strengthen your Teaching
Find professional development tools and support for teaching climate and energy.
Whether you're designing lessons, adapting to online teaching, or building a constructive classroom atmosphere, we have tools to help.
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
- Events in blue: Events from CLEAN
- Events in black: Professional development opportunities from CLEAN
- Events in green: Events from the Climate and Energy Literacy Community
See Ongoing Events and Opportunities