Climate Literacy Fellows

Are you interested in helping your students understand how climate influences them and how they and society influence climate? Would your students enjoy engaging activities presented by energetic and knowledgeable college students?

Are you a teacher in SPS who wants the Climate Literacy Fellows to visit your classroom?
Request a class visit!


Climate Literacy Fellows
Climate Literacy Fellows Jordan K. and Grant P. use a kit to help 4th graders learn about renewable energy.

The Gonzaga Climate Institute has created the Climate Literacy Fellows program, which hires and trains exceptional Gonzaga undergraduates to deliver high-impact climate literacy activities in elementary school classrooms (grades K-8). As part of Gonzaga's Opportunity Northeast program, the current geographical focus centers on partner elementary schools in northeast Spokane.

Lesson available include:

  • Where does food come from? (K-1)
  • Climate Forecasters (2-3)
  • Animal Adaptations (3)
  • Energy Explorers (3-4)
  • Super Sun (3-5)
  • Wild About Wind (4-5)
  • Biomagnification in the Food Web (5)
  • Microplastics (5-6)
  • Electric Vehicles (6-8)
  • Invaders! (6-8)
  • Urban Heat Geographers (6-8)


Learn more about the current Fellows and our staff.

Are you a Gonzaga undergrad who wants to be a Climate Literacy Fellow? Check out the Join Our Team page!
This program has changed my life. I can’t thank the Climate Institute enough for giving me this job, and if everyone at Gonzaga could do this job I think it should be a requirement. It taught me so much about the world around me, about others, and about myself and what I can accomplish. This job made me gain confidence in myself and this program is my favorite thing I’ve been a part of at GU by far.

Climate Literacy Fellows Impact

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Schools Served

367

Classrooms Visited

275+

Hours of Climate Lessons Taught

6356

Students Reached