Teach about climate change in Maine with free resources aligned to Maine educational standards.
2000+ climate resources by subject, grade level, and learning standards.
Browse Maine-centric lesson plans created by teachers, for teachers.
Explore climate news articles differentiable by secondary grade levels.
Explore a variety of climate teaching resources categorized by subject area, each accompanied by teaching tips, scientist notes, and Maine educational standards to make it easy to integrate climate change into what you already teach. (Maine Early Learning and Development Standards to be added after they are updated!)
Browse Maine-based community organizations that serve to assist educators in climate education projects.
Teach ME Outside is a collaborative project that supports and works in partnership with Maine communities to ensure that all Maine youth have access to powerful, hands-on environmental learning opportunities.
The Maine Climate Education Hub Initiative is a collaborative effort of individuals and organizations in Maine developing an online hub of standards-aligned educational resources to support Maine educators in incorporating climate literacy into their curriculum. This project is led nationally by SubjectToClimate and locally by the Maine Environmental Education Association. We are launching the Maine Hub by back-to-school 2023 to further the Maine Department of Education’s Environmental Literacy Plan and support schools in advancing climate literacy. Our goal is to make it easier for Maine educators of all grade levels and subjects to teach about climate change so their students will have access to powerful climate education throughout their lives.
The Maine hub was collaboratively developed with a team of dedicated and passionate individuals from Maine, ensuring the hub embodies local needs and expertise.
Katie Coppens, Teacher, Falmouth Middle School and NSTA Author
Olivia Griset, Maine Environmental Education Association
Carey Hotaling, Retired Teacher, Nature Based Education Consortium
Melissa Luetje, Teacher, RSU 5
Hajna Nagy, The Climate Initiative
Justine Appel, Brooksville Elementary School
Diana Allen, Teacher Sanford Middle School, and Maine Science Teacher Association Rep
Karen Brace, Appalachian Mountain Club
Kim Charmatz, University of Southern Maine
Drew Dumsch, The Ecology School
Nicole Forsyth, Earth Rangers
Nicole Foster, RSU 20
Rosanna Gargiulo, RSU 12
Lena Ives, Maine TREE and Project Learning Tree
Suzanne Kahn, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Robin Lea, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Chris Loew, Cumberland Counting Soil & Water Conservation
Liz Potter-Nelson, University of Maine Farmington
Seal Rossignol, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE)
Anna Sommo, Maine Environmental Education Association
Lacey Todd, Maine Science Teachers Association; Maine County and State Teachers of the Year Association, RSU 10
John Van Dis, Teacher, Five Towns Schools
Katherine West, Portland Public School
Maine State Lead
Carey Hotaling is a life-long environmental educator. She started her professional work in non-profit environmental organizations, and then became a middle school science and English teacher. Empowering students with solutions and "noticing" what is happening right outside the school drove her teaching related to climate change. Educating about climate change is a passion that continues during the third chapter of her career.. Email Carey with any questions you may have regarding our Maine State Hub!
✉️ : carey.hotaling@subjecttoclimate.org
