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A collaboratively designed professional development institute utilizing environmental justice lenses provides a viable framework for equipping PK-12 teachers to integrate complex climate science with sociopolitical justice issues. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The aim is to integrate climate science and social justice in teacher education for effective teaching.

June 20, 2026Connected Science Learning

Teaching for Climate Justice: Exploring the Unequal Impacts of Precipitation Extremes in Urban Areas

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EREmily Reigh JBJacob C. Barton GDGita Dunhill

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Randomized trial explores climate change impacts on urban communities, indicating a need for educational reform.

Key Points

The aim is to integrate climate science and social justice in teacher education for effective teaching.
Developed a five-day summer institute for PK-12 teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Incorporated a conceptual framework with environmental justice perspectives.
Adapted activities focusing on local effects of precipitation extremes for different educational contexts.
Identified a lack of resources linking science and justice in teaching.
Found that teachers improved their understanding of climate impacts after participating in the institute.
Revisions to activities led to better alignment with learning goals in the following year.

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Reigh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a3631a1db0793dc1a538734 https://doi.org/10.1080/24758779.2026.2660635

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June 20, 2026Connected Science Learning

Teaching for Climate Justice: Exploring the Unequal Impacts of Precipitation Extremes in Urban Areas

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Authors

EREmily Reigh JBJacob C. Barton GDGita Dunhill

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Overview

Randomized trial explores climate change impacts on urban communities, indicating a need for educational reform.

Key Points

The aim is to integrate climate science and social justice in teacher education for effective teaching.
Developed a five-day summer institute for PK-12 teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Incorporated a conceptual framework with environmental justice perspectives.
Adapted activities focusing on local effects of precipitation extremes for different educational contexts.
Identified a lack of resources linking science and justice in teaching.
Found that teachers improved their understanding of climate impacts after participating in the institute.
Revisions to activities led to better alignment with learning goals in the following year.

Cite This Study

Reigh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a3631a1db0793dc1a538734 https://doi.org/10.1080/24758779.2026.2660635

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