This is a project to establish a network of practicing high school teachers actively using climate change curricula. The key aim of the project will be creation of professional learning communities (PLCs) of teachers who, through a series of remote meetings and workshops, maintain ongoing communication and sharing of best practices among colleagues to strengthen knowledge and promote effective teaching strategies during and beyond the actual grant period. Workshop subject matter will emphasize incorporating analysis of NASA Earth observation data by students in classrooms.

As much as possible we'll have travel-less meetings to form PLCs. The project will explore techniques to achieve the most effective teleconferencing meetings and workshops. This promotes not only teaching about minimizing environmental impacts of human activity, but minimizes environmental impacts of professional development — practicing what we preach.

The project design employs a cascading effect, recruiting and training 20 climate change education teacher leaders who then form the PLCs comprised of 15 high school science teachers, for a total of 320 teachers involved in the project. Project staff are actively engaged in all levels from training teacher leaders to participating in selected PLC meetings.