Climate Wisconsin
Climate Wisconsin is an educational multimedia collection for middle and high school learners. The collection shares stories from Wisconsin citizens about how climate changes affect their livelihoods and communities. Find videos, supporting questions, maps, and educator guides to help spark reflection, connection, and action.
Learning Goals
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Expand
Expand understanding of how climate change impacts life in Wisconsin.
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Connect
Connect personal observations to the study of climate and environmental science.
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Identify
Identify actions that may impact changes to our climate.
Featured Story
Fly Fishing
Viroqua, WI
Wisconsin’s driftless area offers some of the best trout fishing in the state. Examine the ways climate change may impact local trout populations and opportunities for fishing.
All Stories
Adaptation & Mitigation
Wisconsin
An animated overview of strategies for addressing climate change with examples of actions that humans can take as individuals and as a society.
Extreme Heat
Milwaukee, WI
Elijah Furquan channels his creativity as a spoken word artist into giving voice to the effects of extreme heat on his urban community.
Farming
Bangor, WI
Kyle Niedfeldt Zenz shares about the challenges pests and disease pose to raising crops on her family’s farm.
Fly Fishing
Viroqua, WI
Peter Cozad, a fly fishing guide, talks about the increasing frequency of severe weather events that are impacting trout streams.
Forestry
Neopit, WI
Marshall Pecore describes the forest’s economic and cultural value to the Menominee and invasive species that now threaten the forest’s health.
Ice Fishing
Madison, WI
Tom and Norma Marchant share about their enjoyment of winter ice fishing season, which is being made shorter by warming temperatures.
Phenology
Baraboo, WI
Nina Leopold Bradley talks about how keeping records of the changing timing of plant and animal life cycles makes climate change visible.
Sugaring
Athens, WI
Kat Becker and Tony Schultz recount the seasonal practice of maple sugaring and how changing conditions impact the sap supply.
Partners
Quotation
“[Climate Wisconsin] inspires stories among my students every time I share it.”