K12 Sustainability Curriculum

Learning Lab is USGBC's online education platform for K-12 teachers and school leaders to find lessons, activities and resources that encourage student leadership, sustainability literacy and real-world action.

With more than 500 lessons available in English and Spanish, educators from across the globe can access Learning Lab for comprehensive, interdisciplinary K-12 project- and STEM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) curriculum for a green school and a sustainable future.

Prepare students to design a sustainable future

Educate K-12 students for a sustainable future

Incorporate sustainability concepts and project-based learning throughout every subject to foster student leadership and raise global citizens.

Find ready-made content

Find ready-made sustainability curriculum

Start teaching today, using complete lessons that have everything you need, including preparation instructions, step-by-step activities, assessment opportunities and cross-disciplinary connections.

Explore curated, high-quality lesson plans

Explore curated, high-quality lesson plans

Access a catalog of robust, standards-aligned, sustainability curriculum from experienced and respected educators and designers.

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  • Real World Math Engaging Students Through Global Issues
    Real World Math challenges students to analyze real-world data about global issues through foundational algebra and geometry, with topics ranging from climate change to financial literacy.
  • #WhyITeachGreen Campaign 2019
    With the #WhyITeachGreen campaign this May, we’re making it easy, fun, and rewarding to teach green by recommending lessons, encouraging you to share your experiences, and by offering prizes for participation.
  • Climate Leaders in Action
    Climate Leaders in Action (CLiA) is a comprehensive standards-based education and career pathway-preparedness program designed to empower students with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage energy and water usage in their homes, schools, and communities.
  • Building Learners
    Connecting student learning with the operations of a school building, preparing students to succeed in 21st century green careers that value systems thinking and problem-solving.
  • Green Schools Challenge
    Dream in Green’s mission is to empower individuals to respond to climate change and other environmental challenges facing local & global communities by assisting diverse organizations, such as schools, households, governments and businesses to reduce their environmental footprint.
  • Ultimate Civics
    Achieving a sustainable future depends upon having an authentic democracy. Using current events, such as youth-led climate movements, Ultimate Civics curricula teaches students how to activate democracy to protect what they love.
  • Wild Classroom
    Tools and resources educators need to help students develop their understanding of the world around them and how their actions can help shape a future where people and nature thrive.
  • Greening Classrooms, Communities, Careers
    A selection of educational resources to help K-12 educators expose students to opportunities to design and implement a more sustainable future.
  • Roots of Success - High Schools & Youth
    Roots of Success for High Schools prepares young people to take on society’s most pressing environmental problems and social issues, identify innovative solutions and put their ideas into practice.
  • Fueling Our Future
    Fueling Our Future: Exploring Sustainable Energy brings energy literacy to the classroom.
  • LEED® Prep: Green Building Lessons for a Sustainable Future
    LEED Prep gives students a thorough understanding of green building principles and LEED requirements to prepare them for taking the LEED Green Associate Exam and becoming a LEED Green Associate professional.
  • Biomimicry and Science: Applying Nature's Strategies
    Biomimicry and Science introduces students to eco-literacy and design innovation concepts through project-based learning methodologies and by emphasizing real-world applications.
  • TurfMutt
    The TurfMutt curriculum teaches kids and families backyard science, including how to take better care of the green spaces around them and the importance of living landscapes.
  • Sustainable Intelligence
    Sustainable Intelligence is an engaging, ready-to-use K-12 curriculum that builds a foundation of environmental-literacy and sustainability knowledge across seven eco-themes.
  • 9-Minute Nutrition Ninja
    The 9-Minute Nutrition Ninja wants to instill a knowledge of nutrition and encourage students to think about their food, their bodies, and their community.
  • Captain Planet's Project Learning Garden
    The Captain Planet’s Project Learning Garden Program encourages educators to consider the school garden as an extension of the traditional classroom rather than an extracurricular activity.
  • LEED Green Associate Exam Prep
    This program provides step-by-step guidance to help educators prepare students to pass the LEED Green Associate credential exam.
  • STEMhero Program
    Through the program, students create a baseline of their home and/or school's consumption; then, they decide on and measure the impact of efficiency behaviors and technologies
  • The TerraCycle Curriculum Lesson Sets
    The TerraCycle Curriculum Lesson Sets each focus on a particular EfS Standard and its relationship to the materials cycles.
  • Stories from the Global Oneness Project
    Founded in 2010, the Global Oneness Project offers free multicultural stories with accompanying curricula content for high school and college classrooms.
  • Nature Works Everywhere
    Nature Works Everywhere connects teachers and students around the globe to high-quality educational materials to teach the science behind how nature works.