The first summer institute cohort will be presenting the results of their climate lesson plan pilots in a final event at Teachers College on April 8th 5pm. Forty NYCPS elementary school teachers worked in groups to create interdisciplinary, standards aligned lesson plans using what they learned during the July 2023 in-program. This cohort represents all five boroughs, and presentations will provide insights into bringing climate change education to the diversity of students in New York City.

This program is funded through the NSF, and is facilitated through a partnership with the Teachers College Center for Sustainable Futures, Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) at Columbia, and the NYCPS Office of Energy and Sustainability. More information on the first summer institute cohort can be found here: