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Climate Change, After the Storm

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This 3-activity sequence addresses the question: &quot;To what extent should coastal communities build or rebuild?&quot; The activity uses social science and geoscience data to prepare an evidence-based response to the question, in targeted US coastal communities.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Central Connecticut State University; INTEGRATE project; Jeff Thomas; Jim Ebert; Scott Linneman
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change Basics

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The video offers a simple and easy-to-understand overview of climate change. It poses basic questions such as 'What is it?' and 'How will it effect us?' and effectively answers those questions.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change, Communities, and Public Planning: A Problem-Based Learning Activity

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Climate Change, Communities, and Public Planning: A Problem-Based Learning Activity

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In this problem-based learning activity, students develop a case study that "puts a human face" on the effects of global climate change (GCC) on a particular community in the United States. Students work in teams to: discover cultural, economic, and natural features of the community; identify challenges presented by GCC; and identify options for responding to these challenges.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Environmental Studies; Political Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 04/12/2023

Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity

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Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity

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This video documents the effects of increasing global temperatures on biodiversity (changes in distribution, range, and numbers) and human populations. Adaptations to climate change are also outlined.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Convention on Biological Diversity
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change Jigsaw

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This Jigsaw exercise has students discuss radio stories from the Yale Climate Connections (YCC) project as a team to deepen their thinking around climate change issues.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Economics; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Date Added:: 07/13/2022

Climate Change Mind Map

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This activity is designed to help students visualize and explain the relationships between various terms and concepts related to the science of climate change. After performing this activity students will (hopefully) be able to define various climate change terms and explain the process of climate change.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 08/23/2020

Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands

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Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands

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This video focuses on the science of climate change and its impacts on wildlife on land and in the sea, and their habitats in the U.S. There are short sections on walruses, coral reefs, migrating birds and their breeding grounds, freshwater fish, bees, etc. Video concludes with some discussion about solutions, including reduce/recycle/reuse, energy conservation, backyard habitats, and citizen scientists.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Biology; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Global Change Research Program
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

Climate Change and Arctic Ecosystems

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In this activity, students learn about how climate change is affecting the Arctic ecosystem and then investigate how this change is impacting polar bear populations. Students analyze maps of Arctic sea ice, temperature graphs, and polar bear population data to answer questions about the impact of climate change on the Arctic ecosystem.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change and Risks of New Pandemics

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Through this lesson plan your students will learn that human induced climate change causes biodiversity disturbances and could be responsible for the increased risk of animal virus spillover into human populations. Thus, the use of this lesson plan allows you to integrate the teaching of a climate science topic with a core topic in Biological and Environmental Sciences. The lab allows students to explore the impact of climate change on an organism of their choice by doing a diachronic analysis of data from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: TROP ICSU
Date Added:: 07/12/2021

Climate Change and the Carbon Cycle

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This unit introduces high school students to climate change, the carbon cycle, and the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide on Earth's climate. Students create a model from string, toss bean bags, and sort chemical cards to review key processes in the carbon cycle. Then they quantitatively model the carbon cycle by playing a board game.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Asombro Institute for Science Education; Southwest Climate Hub
Date Added:: 07/14/2022

Climate Change and the Oceans

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This activity covers the role that the oceans may play in climate change and how climate change may affect the oceans. It is lesson 8 in a nine-lesson module Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science; Oceanography; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change and the Water Cycle

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This unit consists of seven distinct activities that teach climate change, the water cycle, and the effects of the changing climate on water resources through the use of games, science experiments, investigations, role-playing, research, and creating a final project to showcase learning.

Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Stephanie Haan Amato; United States Department of Agriculture
Date Added:: 07/18/2022

Climate Change as Simulated by NCAR

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This animation depicts global surface warming as simulated by NCAR's Community Climate System Model (CCSM) Version 3. It shows the temperature anomalies relative to the end of the 19th century, both over the entire globe and as a global average. The model shows the temporary cooling effects during 5 major volcanic eruptions and estimates future temperature trends based on different amounts of greenhouse gas emissions.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Archaeology; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change at the Doorstep

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This PBS video focuses on sea level rise in Norfolk, Virginia and how the residents are managing the logistical, financial and political implications. Science journalists who have been studying Norfolk's rising sea level problems are interviewed, as well as local residents who are being impacted.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Earth and Space Science; Economics; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: PBS
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and The Islands

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This video addresses how climate change is affecting the biomes and ecosystems in the US Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean Islands. It also highlights the impacts on infrastructure and defines key climate science terms.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Global Weirding, Public Broadcasting Service; Katharine Hayhoe
Date Added:: 11/26/2020

The Climate Crisis Trial: A Role Play on the Roots of Global Warming

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Students will learn and research who is culpable in climate change by participating in a role-playing trial. Students represent different groups (i.e. US government, consumers, oil and coal industry) and must present a case. Students can also act as a jury, and the teacher will be the prosecutor.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Bill Bigelow; Zinn Education Project
Date Added:: 07/13/2022

Climate Feedback Loops

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This is the seventh of nine lessons in the 'Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change' website. This lesson addresses climate feedback loops and how these loops help drive and regulate Earth's unique climate system.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate History and the Cryosphere

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Climate History and the Cryosphere

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This teaching activity is an introduction to how ice cores from the cryosphere are used as indicators and record-keepers of climate change as well as how climate change will affect the cryosphere.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Archaeology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments

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Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments

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This activity focuses on reconstructing the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) as an example of a relatively abrupt global warming period. Students access Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) sediment core data with Virtual Ocean software in order to display relevant marine sediments and their biostratigraphy.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Archaeology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Climate Modeling 101

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This resource is a website that is a self-contained, multi-part introduction to how climate models work. The materials include videos and animations about understanding, constructing and applying climate models.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023