CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
"Overview: The students get to be climate detectives as they make a model of sediment cores using different kinds of glass beads and sand. They learn how to examine the types, numbers, and conditions of diatom skeletons in the model sediment cores and tell som...
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Greenhouse Gas Molecules
"Overview: This is an interactive table with a comprehensive list of 29 greenhouse gases, their molecular structures, a chart showing a time series of their atmospheric concentrations (at several sampling sites), their g...
Iowa: Corn and Climate
"Overview: This video reviews the benefits and drawbacks associated with growing corn to make ethanol. Subject: Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Physical Science Level: Middle School, High School, Community...
It's Us
"Overview: This video segment from 'Earth: The Operators' Manual' explores how we know that today's increased levels of CO2 are caused by humans burning fossil fuels and not by some natural process, such as volcanic out-...
Investigating Weather and Climate with Google Earth
"Overview: In this activity, students use Google Earth to explore global temperature changes during a recent 50 - 58 year period. They also explore, analyze, and interpret climate patterns of 13 different cities, and ana...
Investigating El Nino using real data
"Overview: This is a sequence of 5 classroom activities focusing on the El NiÃo climate variability. The activities increase in complexity and student-directedness. The focus of the activities is on accessing and manipul...
Investigating Deforestation Through An Earth Systems View Using Landsat
"Overview: This activity has students use an Earth Systems perspective to identify the various causes associated with changes to Earth's forests as they review Landsat imagery of site locations from around the world. Su...
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
"Overview: This straightforward calculator provides conversions from one unit of energy to the equivalent amount of CO2 emission expected from using that amount. Subject: Environmental Studies, Physical Science, Atmosph...
It is a slippery slope
"Overview: This is a demonstration that includes a review of scientific abstracts that show how warm water currents speed up ice sheet loss and sub-ice water infiltration into the Southern Ocean. This resource include...
Investigating Coral Bleaching Using Real Data
"Overview: This sequence of activities using real-world data to explain the importance of coral reefs and the relationship of coral reef health to the surrounding environment. Unit includes five activities. Subject: Env...
Investigating Climate Change at a Macroscopic and Microscopic Level
"Overview: This activity uses two interactive simulations to illustrate climate change, 1) at the micro/molecular level - modeling the impact of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere on surface...
Inuit Observations of Climate Change
"Overview: This video features changes in the land, sea, and animals that are being observed by the residents of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada â many of whom hunt, trap, and fishâbecause of their long-stan...
Is that true?
"Overview: In this activity, students explore whether statements made by the news and media on climate change-related issues are actually true. Examples are provided for Antarctic sea ice and hurricane intensity, but the...
Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems
"Overview: This activity introduces students to the process of converting sunlight into electricity through the use of photovoltaics (solar cells). Students complete a reading passage with questions and an inquiry lab us...
Greenhouse Effect Video - Scott Denning
"Overview: In this short video, atmospheric scientist Scott Denning gives a candid and entertaining explanation of how greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere warm our planet. Subject: Environmental Science, Environmenta...
Introduction to Modeling
"Overview: Using SageModeler as a primary tool, this activity explains what models are and how they are used. Students will practice defining the boundaries of a system using a driving question, create causal links, clar...
Is It Real? Climate Misinformation Video
"Overview: This is a ~3-minute video addressing misinformation about climate change. Subject: Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Physical Science Level: Middle School, High School Material Type: Diagram/Illus...
Introduction to Climate Resilience: Middle School
"Overview: In this comprehensive climate change curricula from EcoRise, students will discuss the likelihood that different groups of people will experience the negative impacts of climate changes (risk) and the factors...
Green Revolution
"Overview: This is a series of 10 short videos, hosted by the National Science Foundation, each featuring scientists, research, and green technologies. The overall goal of this series is to encourage people to ask questi...
Interpreting Earth's Climate Record - Decoding the Weather Machine
"Overview: Learn how scientists have pieced together a continuous 800,000-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and ocean temperatures in these videos from NOVA: Decoding the Weather Machine. Use this resource...
Interpretations: Reading the Book of Earth
"Overview: In this activity, students graph and analyze methane data, extracted from an ice core, to examine how atmospheric methane has changed over the past 109,000 years in a case study format. Calculating the rate of...