The QUEST (Questioning Underlies Effective Science Teaching) program is a summer weeklong, hands-on program for New Jersey elementary and middle school teachers. In July 2019, the session on “Weather & Climate” introduced key climate factors such as air pressure, greenhouse effect, clouds and winds, and how these factors relate to weather and climate variability. In this session, Resplandy led a topic course on "El Niño Events and Climate Impacts" including hands-on activities to introduce the physical responses associated with El Niño events, its global impacts and proposed ideas that teachers in grades 3-8 can use in their classrooms.