Click on Climate

Click on Climate is an outdoor field day program aimed at helping youth ages 8-13 understand some of the concepts associated with climate change and its interactions with ecosystems.  The program helps students to learn what they can do to help minimize their own greenhouse gas emissions at home or at school. 

The main component of the program is a field day, in which you can choose which activities you want to run.   The actual field trip requires minimal onsite setup time and can be constructed in a variety of locations and seasons.  Time requirements are also flexible and the program can easily be adjusted for an afternoon or a few days.  

You may use this program for a Scout or Guide group, a class, a camp, a watershed group, a special event, or with children in your family!

While each kit is designed for 1 leader and 5 children, the program can be used with larger groups! The various activities are grouped into stations.  For larger groups, each group of participants could rotate between stations.  These sets may also be used as independent units for shorter time frames.

The program is designed to be reusable.  Originals (Masters) of the Climate Change Challenge and the Logbooks are included for photocopying purposes.

Leaders Program Setup: If you are planning on using the Click on Climate program, this is the book to start with.  This book contains information on how to plan a Click on Climate program.  It also contains information for additional activities that you may wish to do before, during or after the field trip.

Leaders Field Guide:  This book contains the pages of the participant's Logbook paired with the instructions for leading the activities.  It also contains tips for success, and additional information.  There is a program organizer at the back to help organize larger groups.

Information Files:  This is a mini text-book on climate change.  Kids can use it to help them in answering the Climate Change Challenge (a set of brainteasers)!  Please keep these books handy so that you can reuse the kits over and over again!

Participants Logbooks:  Each child will need his/her own logbook.  This book contains the journal pages, data sheets and pledges for the field day!  It also contains internet links they can go to afterwards!

Masters Envelope:  This contains the originals of the Climate Change Challenge (a set of brainteasers) and the participant's Logbooks.  You can photocopy these to reuse the program!

Field Trip Supplies:  The kit comes with most of the supplies needed for the field trip  Additional supplies such as empty pop containers may be needed depending upon the activities chosen to do!