Workshop Materials

Thank you for recently attending a Cool School Challenge workshop! Below we are happy to provide links and downloads to many of the materials used during the workshop. Please note that workshop content may vary from workshop to workshop. For simplicity we are combining them all here.

We are committed to providing thorough and helpful tools to make the Cool School Challenge a success and welcome your feedback. If you have any comments or suggestions on how we can improve either the workshop or the materials provided, please email us at info@coolschoolchallenge.org. If your school decides to participate in the challenge, please be sure to let us know!

Thank you!
---Cool School Challenge team.

Cool School Challenge Materials

• Challenge Essentials
  • These materials are all you need to get the Cool School Challenge program up and running at your school.
    • Classroom Toolkit
    • Classroom Carbon Calculator
    • School Tally Sheet
    • Student Presentation
    • Coach Presentation
    • Classroom Participation Poster
• Supplemental Activities
  • These supplemental classroom activities for grades 7-12 accompany the Challenge. Lessons focus on the connections between energy use, transportation, solid waste behaviors and global climate change.
    • Home Energy Audit
    • Green Up Your Power!
    • Classroom Solid Waste and Recycling Audit
    • Car Economics Activity.
    • Class Transportation Survey Activity

Facing the Future Curriculum

• Climate Change: Connections and Solutions
  • This interdisciplinary, self-contained 2-week unit developed by Facing the Future lays the foundation for understanding the forces behind climate change. Available for free download.
    • Download 6-8th Grade Curriculum
    • Download 9-12th Grade Curriculum

 

Multi-Media Resources

• Miscellaneous Presentations
  • It's Not Just About Us This powerpoint images of whales provide one compelling reminder of what's at stake if we fail to protect our natural resources.
  • Inspiration This powerpoint collection of statistics, quotations and images help set the stage for why inaction on climate is not an option.
• Workshop Videos

 

Presentations

• December 5th 2009 - Bremerton, WA
  • Climate change and Health (Download Recommended Links)
• December 12th 2009- Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, WA
  • PDZA - Polar Bears (Download PPT)
• January 30th 2010 - McCollum Park, Everett, WA
  • Cool School Challenge (Download PPT)
  • Snohomish County PUD (Download PPT)
  • WSU Extension - Experiential Learning (Download PPT)
  • Snohomish County SWM (Download PPT)