Welcome to the Broward Youth Climate Summit 2025-26!

The theme for this year is Trash Talking: Less Waste, More Action

See this year's student projects at: Summit Projects at the Summit

The annual Broward Youth Climate Summit provides a platform for Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) students in grades 5-12 to engage in climate solutions, learn about professional careers related to climate change, advocate for policy change, and promote environmental sustainability. To attend the February 6th in-person summit:

1) Students should know the difference between climate versus weather. There is a module in this Canvas course for that purpose. It is not mandatory for your students to complete all of the pages on the Climate vs. Weather module but it will provide the necessary background for them for a fully enriched summit experience.

2) This year we are looking at the 5 R's of Sustainability: Refuse, Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, and Rot (composting) and asking students to research a waste issue in their school and apply at least one of the 5 R's of Sustainability to reduce the waste. Then create an infographic of their findings to bring to the summit and upload a picture of the infographic under Assignments. See the Summit Project page for details.

Climate vs. Weather

This is a basic introduction to climate vs. weather for all grades. Students will learn the definitions of weather and climate, and they will learn to distinguish the differences and similarities of weather, climate, climate change, and global warming.

Your students will begin with a Climate vs. Weather pretest. After the pretest, use the provided resources that will provide your students with foundational understanding on the concepts on climate vs. weather as well as climate change vs. global warming. Students will finish the module by completing the Climate vs. Weather post test. This is the same module from last year's summit.

Summit Project

Visit the module for details including infographic rubrics.

Student requirements and resources. Goal: To create an infographic to inform their school on how to be sustainable based on the 5 R's of sustainability. Steps:

1) Learn the 5 R's of sustainability

2) Research a sustainability waste issue in their school

3) Apply at least one of the 5 R's of sustainability to create a plan and reduce the researched waste issue in their school

4) Create an infographic poster based on this data to bring to the Summit

5) Upload a picture of the infographic poster to this Canvas course before the Summit.

RECYCLING INFOGRAPHIC POSTER CONTEST -- if applicable, we will enter your infographic poster into a Recycling poster contest. Prizes for 3 different levels.

Summit Event

This module will include information on the summit itself - agenda, bios, etc. It will be updated as we get closer to the event.

Challenges and Contests

Environmentally-related challenges and contests that your students can apply.

Resources

There are varied resources in this course for your students on the environment, climate, weather, climate justice, and other climate related links.

NEW: Climate change related resources from the newly adopted Discovery Education science techbooks.

Various resources on climate and climate change

View last year's summit pictures from https://www.browardschools.com/youthclimatesummit

The Broward Youth Climate Summit is possible through the partnership with the Broward County Public Schools Applied Learning Department, the Broward County Natural Resources Division and generous financial supporters.

https://www.browardschools.com/youthclimatesummit

Applied Learning Department and Broward County logos

If there are questions about this Canvas course, please email browardstem@browardschools.com