Middle School Science Curriculum by Green Ninja

With climate change accelerating and society making little progress in reducing carbon emissions, our team decided to focus our efforts on mitigating climate change through youth education. Green Ninja started as an applied research program that included videos, games and educational experiences focused on youth leadership and action on climate change. Through extensive testing and revision with K-12 teachers and educators, the research team developed a model for how to engage learners in authentic experiences that promote leadership and action on climate change. Our model showed promise in our early studies, but we also realized that practically, if we wanted to offer our materials systemically throughout a school district we would need to develop a comprehensive science program that is taught every day, not as an supplemental program.

In 2018, Green Ninja was adopted by the state of California as an approved middle school science provider. The framework for the learning experience is based on the research described on this website, but practically this NGSS program provides students a comprehensive science program that uses environmental solutions as a lens to teach science.

At present, most school districts choose us because of our close alignment to the NGSS and because of the values and commitment of our organization .