Secondary (7th-12th grade)

 

Cool School Challenge Materials:

The following tools are available for challenge coaches to implement the Cool School Challenge at their school. If your school decides to participate in the challenge, please be sure to let us know!

• Core Materials - Just getting started? Download the following files.
  
  • Classroom Toolkit - Provides a comprehensive overview of the program, including classroom audit guidelines and worksheets.
  • Classroom Carbon Calculator - This Excel worksheet is an optional accompaniment to the Classroom Survey section of the Toolkit, designed to streamline the mathematical computations. Students simply input data collected in the audit, and the results are automatically calculated.
  • School Tally Sheet - Add up your school's results with this Excel tally sheet.
  • Classroom Audit Forms - Audit each classroom with a set of these forms and then upload the data to the classroom carbon calculator.
• Quick Print Files - Ready to start auditing classrooms? Download and print these files as needed for each of the classrooms you audit.
  • Classroom Invitation Letter - Invite more classrooms to be audited.
  • Classroom Participation Poster - Hang this poster outside all of the participating classrooms in your school.
  • Classroom Climate Action Plan Template - For each classroom audited, determine a climate action plan for that room.
  • Classroom Pledge Template - Let each classroom know their pledge by providing this pledge letter after you condct the pre-audit and work up a climate action plan for the classroom.
  • Classroom Results Template - Let each classroom know how well they did by providing this results letter after you conduct the post-audit and tally the final results.
• Presentations - Trying to get more folks on board? Use these presentations to help spread the word, grow your team, and rally others to support.
  • Student Presentation - Students can customize this PowerPoint template and use it to introduce and educate about the Challenge at their school.
  • Challenge Coach Presentation - Teachers and Challenge "coaches" can customize this PowerPoint template to pitch the Challenge to fellow faculty, school boards, etc.
• Classroom Activities - We've developed classroom activities for grades 7-12 to accompany the Challenge. Lessons focus on the connections between energy use, transportation, solid waste behaviors and global climate change.
  • Home Energy Audit - Students learn to audit their home's energy use.
  • Green Up Your Power! Students explore the benefits of purchasing renewable energy.
  • Waste Watchers - Classroom Solid Waste and Recycling Audit Students will learn about the connections between waste and climate change, and how using less and recycling more can help protect the climate.
  • Car Economics Activity. Students learn about the economic and environmental implications of vehicle fuel economy.
  • Class Transportation Survey Activity. In this activity students will learn about the climate impact of their transportation choices, and those of their peers.
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