NOAA’s Climate Stewards Education Project was created to increase educators’ understanding of climate science and to reach youth as the beginning of a long-term strategy to make communities more resilient to climate change impacts. Over 1,000 educators participate in an online community that connects them with webinars with experts, regional workshops, and educational resources. Recognizing that knowledge is best synthesized through real world problem solving, Climate Stewards also includes a stewardship project component funded through a competitive application process. Educators in the program learn climate science, communication strategies, and science teaching techniques as the basis for developing and implementing locally relevant stewardship projects with their students and communities.