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Climate Education Resource Fair & Professional Development Workshop

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, the Museum of the Earth and the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI are offering a FREE half-day event focused on climate education.

Register for this four-hour event to access resources for teaching about climate change that are locally relevant and grade-specific. This professional development workshop will cater to teachers at every grade level and across all disciplines. Informal educators are welcome too.

Climate Education is relevant in every discipline.

Recent ELA Regents Exams now include climate change-related topics.
Climate and energy are also Social Studies issues that cannot be deeply understood without mathematics. Health topics will increasingly focus on the dangers we face.
The arts are an effective way to communicate about climate change.
NYSSLS standards infuse more climate topics into science across all grades and science disciplines.

Join us for an evening of professional development as Climate Week comes to Ithaca! In March 2026, the Regents of the State of New York passed a new regulation requiring that climate change be taught across the grade span. The evening will include workshops, tabling from a range of organizations, a light dinner, and networking with colleagues. CTLE credit is available

The two workshops that will be offered are:

Naturally Curious: Engaging Youth with iNaturalist
Teaching Climate Change Across the Curriculum: Why it's essential and how to start.

The aim of the Fall Resource Fair is to provide opportunities and resources for Tompkins County teachers so that they can jumpstart and continue interest in climate change work for their students. We hope to see you there!