Introducing a teacher-friendly book on climate change

Searching for information about climate change can turn up confusing or misleading material. So one group is helping teachers sort fact from fiction.

Teaching our kids about climate change is widely supported,
but may argue that we don't have time to teach them about
 how we should respond as it is up to the adults to act now!

Moore: “They’re in this very mixed-message environment where they’re hearing a whole bunch of different things, and it’s really difficult to know what to think, to know what to do. And so we really felt like we couldn’t sit by.”

Alexandra Moore is with the Paleontological Research Institution, which last year published a book called The Teacher Friendly Guide to Climate Change. It covers the basic science of climate change, impacts in different regions, and solution strategies.

Read the Yale Climate Connections story - “Introducing a teacher-friendly book on climate change.”