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Faces of Climate Change: Life on the Ice

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Faces of Climate Change: Life on the Ice

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This video is the second of three short videos showcasing the dramatic changes in Alaska's marine ecosystems. The video highlights the marine mammals and birds and how they depend on Arctic sea ice, as well as questions about how these animals will cope in the face of climate change.

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

Fairplay, CO Mining Town

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Fairplay, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado's Historical Mining Towns with links to additional Colorado resources for a mining town database and mines by county. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, the gold and silver rush, and Photos and maps of the western United States. This is a strong primary source resource that can be used for a variety of class research projects. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.

Subject:: Anthropology; Applied Science; Chemistry; Cultural Geography; Earth and Space Science; Economics; English Language Arts; Environmental Science; Geology; Geoscience; History; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Reading Informational Text; Social Science; Sociology; U.S. History
Material Type:: Data Set; Primary Source; Reading
Provider:: Western Mining History
Provider Set:: Colorado Mining Towns
Date Added:: 02/06/2023

Family Hike Scavenger Hunt, Americorp STEM in a Bag

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Design a scavenger hunt for a family hike. Activity from Weekly STEM in a Bag. Colorado Americorp agents in Araphahoe, Denver, Garfield, Larimer, and Weld Counties. Work supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service under Americorps grant number 18AFHCO0010008. Opinions or points of view expressed in this lesson are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of or a position that is endorsed by the Corporation or the Americorps program. This resource is also available in Spanish in the linked file.

Fastest Glacier

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This video from a 2005 NOVA program features scientists who study the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier in western Greenland. The glacier is shrinking and moving faster due to increased melting in recent years. The video includes footage of scientists in the field explaining methods and animation of ice sheet dynamics leading to faster glacier movement.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied 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
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Feedback Loops Applied

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Students apply the vocabulary and concepts from the Activity 9: Feedback Loop Introduction to assess and create earth science feedback loops with the LOOPY online modeling program. (Optional) The students then engage in a discussion of the limitations of the LOOPY program to create feedback loop diagrams.

Subject:: Applied Science; Environmental Science; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 04/12/2023

Feedback Loops Introduction

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Students are introduced to feedback loop vocabulary and experiment with different relationships between reservoirs in simple feedback loops using LOOPY, a free, online modeling program.

Subject:: Applied Science; Environmental Science; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 04/12/2023

Feeling the Effects of Climate Change

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Feeling the Effects of Climate Change

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In this video, several scientists identify and describe examples of increasing health problems that they believe are related to climate change.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; 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:: PBS
Date Added:: 08/29/2012

Feeling the Heat

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In this activity, students learn about the urban heat island effect by investigating which areas of their schoolyard have higher temperatures - trees, grass, asphalt, and other materials. Based on their results, they hypothesize how concentrations of surfaces that absorb heat might affect the temperature in cities - the urban heat island effect. Then they analyze data about the history of Los Angeles heat waves and look for patterns in the Los Angeles climate data and explore patterns.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Cultural Geography; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Political 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

Feeling the Sting of Climate Change

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This video on phenology of plants and bees discusses the MODIS satellite finding that springtime greening is happening one half-day earlier each year and correlates this to bee pollination field studies.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; 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

Field Research on Glacial Change

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This video describes how field research -- in this case, making water measurements in rugged mountain locations -- helps us to understand the complex relationships among changing climate, populations, and water usage.

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

The Findings From Mauna Loa

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The Findings From Mauna Loa

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This activity involves plotting and comparing monthly data on atmospheric C02 concentrations over two years, as recorded in Mauna Loa and the South Pole, and postulating reasons for differences in their seasonal patterns. Longer-term data is then examined for both sites to see if seasonal variations from one site to the other carry over into longer term trends.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space 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:: The Lawrence Hall of Science
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Fire Management Discussion

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Fire Management Discussion

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Discussing environmental issues can be a pivotal part of a student’s environmental education. Thinking about complex issues while engaging in respectful discussion is an opportunity for students to develop skills that are important throughout life. In this activity, students discuss the question, “Should humans stop wildfires?” At first, students typically respond, “Yes! Fires are bad!” In reality, fire management is a challenging environmental management problem, and the question has no simple answer. To make actual fire policy decisions you need a thorough analysis of the impacts of fires—which are not all bad!—on different ecosystems. You also need to think about the usefulness, cost, and effects of different management approaches and solutions.

Subject:: Applied Science; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Beetles: Science and Teaching for Field Instructors
Date Added:: 04/27/2023

Fired Up Over Math: Studying Wildfires from Space

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Fired Up Over Math: Studying Wildfires from Space

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Students learn how scientists assess wildfires using remote sensing, then use some of the same techniques to solve grade-level appropriate math problems.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space 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:: California Institute of Technology; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; National Aeronautical Space Administration
Date Added:: 11/29/2020

Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1881 to 2009

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This NASA animation of the Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1881 to 2009 shows how temperature anomalies have varied in the last 130 years. The color-coded map displays a long-term progression of changing global surface temperatures from 1881 to 2009. Dark red indicates the greatest warming and dark blue indicates the greatest cooling.

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

Flood: Farming and Erosion

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Flood: Farming and Erosion

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In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists investigate how farming along the Mississippi River impacts floods and what can be done about it.

Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Astronomy; Chemistry; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Education; Environmental Science; Life Science; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

Flow: Currents and Climate

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Flow: Currents and Climate

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This video introduces viewers to oceanic thermohaline circulation - the system of global ocean currents that cycle warm and cold water across the planet.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; 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:: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Science On a Sphere
Date Added:: 07/28/2022

Flower Bookmarks, Read & Seed Activity, The Gardens on Spring Creek

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The weather is getting nicer, which means the flowers are blooming and calling a few animal friends their way. This Read & Seed lesson will focus on pollinators and their very important job. We will read Flowers are Calling by Rita Gray and Kenard Pak and create our own flower bookmarks. Participate in a Movement/Music/Finger Play activity by acting like our favorite pollinators. This lesson is aimed at connecting young learners to their natural world and promote school readiness skills. This Read & Seed activity is presented by The Gardens on Spring Creek by the City of Fort Collins. https://youtu.be/takMWpvRIh4

Flower Bookmarks, Virtual Read & Seed Video, The Gardens on Spring Creek

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The weather is getting nicer, which means the flowers are blooming and calling a few animal friends their way. This Read & Seed lesson will focus on pollinators and their very important job. We will read Flowers are Calling by Rita Gray and Kenard Pak and create our own flower bookmarks. Participate in a Movement/Music/Finger Play activity by acting like our favorite pollinators. This lesson is aimed at connecting young learners to their natural world and promote school readiness skills. This Read & Seed activity is presented by The Gardens on Spring Creek by the City of Fort Collins. https://www.fcgov.com/gardens/files/read-seed-website-flower-bookmarks.pdf?1588609594

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Flubber Flow

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Flubber Flow is a 30-minute activity in which teams of four to five children experiment with Flubber and investigate how a solid can flow! They predict and model the properties of glaciers, view images of advancing glaciers, and create their own Flubber flow.

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:: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Date Added:: 07/12/2021

Fluid Earth Viewer

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This interactive online visualization allows the user to view a variety of weather patterns including temperature, wind, and wave action over time.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Reading; Simulation
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center; Ohio State University
Date Added:: 07/27/2022