Global environmental change is one of the most pressing issues facing future generations. Equipping schoolchildren with a clear understanding of physical geography is therefore a key educational priority. Effectively engaging schoolchildren with complex scientific ideas can be challenging, but with the appropriate tools, scientists can play a valuable role in developing meaningful science communication experiences. Climate Explorers addressed these issues by forging a collaboration between physical geography and social science academics, and 320 UK school students and their teachers in seven primary (elementary) schools. Using insights from co-production techniques and storytelling, the project aimed to 1) produce new open access, online climate science education resources, and 2) test co-production and storytelling approaches to physical geography science engagement. Our findings demonstrated that school children responded especially well to working with ‘real life’ scientists, where meaningful and memorable educational interactions were forged through the use of narratives, personal experiences and tailored language. Here we summarise our approach, and provide templates that can be readily applied by scientists working across the physical geography spectrum anywhere in the world. The flexibility of the templates means that they can be adapted and developed for a range of formats, from small-scale community workshops to national-scale educational initiatives, for delivery both in-person or online. We hope that our approach will provide a springboard to transform and enhance physical geography science communication more broadly.

全球环境变化是子孙后代面临的最紧迫问题之一。因此，让学童清楚地了解自然地理是一项重要的教育优先事项。有效地让学童接受复杂的科学思想可能具有挑战性，但借助适当的工具，科学家可以在开发有意义的科学传播体验方面发挥重要作用。气候探索者通过在自然地理学和社会科学学者以及 7 所小学（小学）的 320 名英国学生及其教师之间建立合作，解决了这些问题。利用来自联合制作技术和讲故事的见解，该项目旨在 1) 产生新的开放获取、在线气候科学教育资源，以及 2) 测试自然地理科学参与的联合制作和讲故事方法。我们的研究结果表明，学童对与“现实生活”科学家合作的反应特别好，通过使用叙述、个人经历和量身定制的语言，可以形成有意义和令人难忘的教育互动。在这里，我们总结了我们的方法，并提供可供世界各地从事自然地理范围工作的科学家轻松应用的模板。模板的灵活性意味着它们可以针对各种形式进行调整和开发，从小型社区研讨会到国家规模的教育计划，无论是面对面还是在线交付。我们希望我们的方法能够提供一个跳板，以更广泛地转变和加强自然地理科学传播。