Still searching for digital supplements to your energy or climate unit? Join us virtually in December to preview one or all four of these free online learning resources. We’ll start with a brief tutorial of each platform and its benefits, then allow you time to explore, ask questions, and even register your classroom.

KEEP and its partners bring you resources ideal for inquiry-based, real-world, data-driven explorations for authentic and purposeful learning.

Free to Wisconsin schools, with support from KEEP and its partners. Accessible to students learning digitally in the classroom or at-home. Perfect for project-based, STEM, social studies, and/or science classrooms or green clubs.

Thursday, December 3
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Turn screen time into learning about climate impacts of daily actions. Cool Choices is a fun, easy, and social way to engage your students in sustainability efforts. It takes your students just a few minutes each day to document sustainable actions for points! Games can be set up by classroom (grades 4-8) or by teams of individual players (high school) and is free to Wisconsin schools. Participants will experience how the game platform works and get tips for successfully hosting a game for the school community.

Best for educators in a school setting; 4th grade or above

Wednesday, December 9
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Test-drive KEEP’s map-based inquiry activity designed for exploration of geographical and seasonal differences in solar panel production. Whether your school has a solar array or not, solar PV generation dashboards are a powerful way to bring the topic of renewable energy to life in the classroom. Discover the benefits of using ArcGIS, solar dashboards and electricity generation data to connect concepts of spatial thinking, scientific inquiry and data literacy. Session will highlight other energy-related ESRI GeoInquiries™ and help you to sign up for ArcGIS for
Schools access for your classroom.

Best for middle and high school Social Studies and Math
Explore En-ROADS, a free, open source simulation model, as you network with other teachers and imagine how this resource fits into your curriculum. En-ROADS is an intuitive, online, simulation model that allows users to test climate change solutions (energy supply, economic growth, etc.) in order to deepen understanding of how these systems interact. En-ROADS workshops engage students across all subject areas to develop data literacy that informs decision-making and spurs action in the context of climate solutions.

Best for high school level; can be scaffolded to your classrooms' needs
"I loved the real world application for the students. It is great to see a way for students to collect real data, analyze it and then effect real change. Most of the educational units out there are canned and don’t have real impact. They allow for the data collection and analysis but stop short of making an impact. MeterHero [takes] that next step into real life."

Amy, Head of School

Best for middle and high school Science; AP Environmental Science version available
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