🌍 Climate education for elementary students

Learn for the Earth: Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Stewards

Nature based environmental STEM for K-5 camps and classrooms. Lessons about climate change and how to make our world a more sustainable place — through hands-on activities.

Elementary student holding a handmade bug hotel
80+
Students Reached
2
Nature Center Programs
19
Activities & Lessons
$0
Cost to Teachers
Where It's Been Tested

Our Programs

Real week-by-week curricula, built and run at two nature centers this summer.

Greenburgh Nature Center program

Greenburgh Nature Center

7-week summer program

Composting, bug hotels, birds, planting, art, senses, and a scavenger hunt — a full season of hands-on climate learning.

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Teatown Summer Camp program

Teatown Summer Camp

4-week summer program

Planting, birds, art, and a scavenger hunt — a focused introduction to climate science through nature.

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Free, Downloadable

Activity Library

Grade-banded worksheets and standalone activities any teacher or family can use.

Elementary

Climate Change: The Basics

An introduction for young learners

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Middle School

Greenhouse Gases: A Deeper Dive

Going further into the science

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Standalone Activity

Ecological Footprint Calculator

A hands-on take-home activity

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About the Founder

Built by a high school student, for real classrooms

I've cared about animals and the environment since I was little — worried even then about how the things we do affect the planet. Learn for the Earth grew out of a simple question: why don't we teach kids to take care of the Earth from an early age?

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Program founder working with students