Welcome to Keep it Cool Classrooms (KCC)! We've created this educational resource for busy teachers who want a one-stop shop option for talking about climate change. Our videos cover all the basics about the climate crisis while inspiring hopeful and proactive discussions about climate change in the classroom!

This video series covers some of the most important aspects of the climate crisis:

1. Climate 101

2. Climate Feelings 

3. Solutions 

4. Carbon Footprints

5. Taking Action

Keep it Cool Classrooms can be done as a class, or individually. If students are doing the lesson individually, direct them to the Students section of this site. 

Watch this short welcome video as an introduction to the content and find out what to expect in the series!

Let’s review the basic facts about climate change. What causes climate change and how is it impacting us? In this video Katie will cover science basics like greenhouse gasses and where they come from, how the influx of GHG’s in the atmosphere impacts communities, and the injustice of climate change (vulnerable communities feel the impacts first and worst!)

Talking and thinking about climate change can be scary sometimes, and having strong feelings about the situation is normal and valid! In this video we will identify some common climate feelings, discover why feelings are good things, and discuss some coping strategies that may help.

Guess what? We already know the solutions to climate change. We just need to implement them! Here's what we have to do: 

1. stop releasing carbon emissions,

2. work with nature to draw carbon back down,

3. prioritize equity and justice as we go. 

We will discover that climate change actually provides us with an amazing opportunity to build a better world!

Follow along with Jacqueline as we measure our carbon footprints using Project Neutral’s carbon footprint calculator. This is a chance to understand in a deeper way how carbon is tangled up in our society and how we live. Discover how our carbon footprints reveal to us where we currently have the power to make change, and where we don’t have power and need to claim it back! 

Did you know that taking action is actually a great coping strategy to combat our heavy climate feelings? Action is the antidote to despair! In our final video, we will break down climate action into three categories: personal, public and political. We will discover how we can start taking real-life climate action today!

Watch this short outro video for a quick summary. You're all done! Woohoo!