A series of classroom resources to engage students in learning about Earth’s changing climate and how we monitor our planet from space.
Developed by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI), each of these packs focuses on a key aspect of the climate system. They support topics taught in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula across education systems in eleven ESA Member States.
Every pack consists of a teacher guide, student worksheets and links to sources of additional information for at least three activities. The activities include engaging climate narratives, practical experiments and tasks using ESA's Climate from Space web application which allows students to explore over 40 years of global satellite data.
The 10 resource packs will be made available in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.
If you teach climate change and/or have used any of the packs below, please consider completing our user survey.
Primary education
(8–11 years old)
Is ozone good or bad?
The sources and roles of ozone in the atmosphere
The water cycle
The effect of global warming on flood and drought
Country under threat
The consequences of sea-level rise for coastal cities and small islands
Lower secondary education
(11–14 years old)
A passage opens
The links between climate change and melting sea-ice
The carbon cycle
The effects of changing carbon dioxide levels on forests, oceans and our lives
Taking the pulse of the planet
How satellite sensors allow us to monitor our changing planet
Upper secondary education
(14–16 years old)
Taking the pulse of the planet
How satellites in orbit improve our understanding of climate change
Urban hotspots
How the urban environment responds to climate change
Biodiversity and habitat loss
How climate change is related to biodiversity
Planetary heat pumps
How the oceans regulate global temperatures and respond to global warming
If you teach climate change and/or have used any of these resources, please consider completing our user survey.