A - Z Project Green School Resources

Dive into NSW’s Climate Change Teacher Resources—a hub packed with clear, up‑to‑date information to help students make sense of our changing world. Explore how climate change affects everything from bushfires to water, agriculture, health, and the economy, and use interactive tools like NSW climate projections maps and regional climate snapshots to see what’s happening right where you live. These resources support Science, Geography, and even Business Studies, giving teachers everything they need to bring climate learning to life.

Whether you’re discovering the science behind global warming or investigating real NSW case studies, these materials empower young people to understand the challenges ahead and imagine climate‑resilient solutions. Learn, investigate, and take action for a stronger, sustainable future.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s climate change page offers clear, accurate observations and explanations of how Australia’s climate is changing, helping students make sense of the science behind global warming and extreme weather. It explores long‑term shifts in climate patterns, the greenhouse effect, and the real impacts already being felt across Australia—from more frequent heatwaves to rising sea levels and longer fire seasons.

These high‑quality resources are suitable for students in Stages 3 to 6, supporting learning about how climate systems work and why our climate is changing. 

A powerful tool for young learners to understand our changing world and the science shaping their future.

Designed for learners of all ages, this lesson plan for a 45-minute creative workshop invites students to reflect on the concept of hope and express their vision for a better future through art. At the heart of the lesson is a global digital story map, where students are encouraged to upload their “hope art” and see it featured alongside contributions from young people around the world.

Interested in exploring biodiversity in your school backyard? Some fabulous resources include the new Bee Squad Book and teacher activities encouraging student action to boost biodiversity, project learning ideas from the Bird, Bats, Butterflies and Bees Superhighway project, education resources from, What's in your Backyard, and fact sheets from Field of Mars EZEC.

Climate Change Education Speaker Summit Series

Take some time to check out the inspiring speakers that have been part of the 2024 Climate Education Summit Speaker Series, you can now view the recordings from educators including Marilyn Palmer, Lisa Siegel, Costa Georgiadis, Damon Gameau, Craig Reucassel and Tim Flannery.

Explore climate change in your classroom with this range of teaching resources: University of Melbourne Climate Super Powers encourages students to assess their strengths, assets and ideas for actionable change to address climate issues, UNICEF provides curriculum aligned Stage 1 - 3 teaching resources Climate Change and the Importance of our Environment, NASA Climate Kids provides a simple online kids guide to climate change and NPWS Stage 3 teaching resource Cooling the Schools action learning program explores the 'urban heat island effect' and the effect of climate change on local environments and management of spaces.

Monash University’s Climate Classrooms project offers free, curriculum‑linked lesson plans and hands‑on activities that bring climate and energy science to life for high school students. Co‑designed by teachers and climate experts, these resources ensure lessons are scientifically accurate, engaging, and easy to integrate across learning areas. The program also partners with the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather to support educators in teaching complex climate topics with confidence. Through collaborative initiatives like the Climate Action Living Lab, Climate Classrooms connects students, teachers, and scientists to co‑create meaningful learning experiences that build the knowledge and skills young people need to navigate and respond to climate challenges.

A dynamic and practical resource empowering the next generation to understand—and shape—their climate future.

Exciting youth-led training available about climate and leadership issues, offered through the changemaker platform Youthtopia. Registration is necessary, but courses are offered freely. Strategies and ideas to teach climate change for educators are also offered through the Planet Media’s free online Toolkit for Climate Storytelling which outlines four essential climate principles that can help young people to build an understanding of climate change and agency to act.

This Practical Guide for Teachers, published by Orygen with the STTOP team, helps educators recognise and respond to difficult climate emotions in constructive, empowering ways. It includes practical classroom strategies to build resilience and agency. This guide complements the updated STTOP climate education resources, which include 64 curriculum mapped lessons for Years 5–9, with videos, worksheets, and teacher support materials.

The Arts based toolkit for climate resilience, created by Dr Meg Parsons and Dr Susanne Pratt, harnesses art to make complex climate issues relatable and emotionally resonant. This toolkit offers strategies for collaboratively imagining climate resilience and justice through diverse media. The value of storytelling to explore climate resilience can be seen in these award winning stories from the Grist 2024 competition, Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors and the graphic novel Because IPCC celebrating the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.