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How Can We Decrease Our Impact on the Earth’s Climate at our School?
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In this design challenge lesson students explore the Denver Public School District’s solid waste plan and discuss how their school can save or decrease emissions by reducing solid waste at our school.

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Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Can We Present Solutions for Food Waste and Emissions at School?
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This lesson provides guidance for students to create and practice a presentation about design challenge results that they developed in the previous unit lessons and how to present it to the school administration.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Can We Reduce Emissions Associated with Food Waste in Our School?
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In this activity students utilize collected data and propose solutions to mitigate food waste in their school.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Can We Understand Waste and Emissions in Our School's Food System?
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This lesson outlines for students how to design and carry out an investigation to audit their school’s food waste system.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work?
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This animated video explains how the molecular structure of atmospheric gases can absorb and re-radiate infrared energy. The video uses simple models and analogies to aid in student understanding.

Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Physical Science
Material Type:
Lesson
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:
Kurz Gesagt (illustrator)
MinuteEarth
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Do Humans Contribute to the Increase in Global Temperatures?
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Students explore the greenhouse effect in this lesson using a computer simulation and develop a model for how it works.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere?
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This is a kinesthetic activity that demonstrates how shortwave radiation emitted by the sun and longwave thermal radiation emitted by the earth interact differently in the atmosphere. It allows students to experience this difference and reinforces their understanding of greenhouse gases as well. Students should have an understanding of shortwave and longwave thermal radiation and of greenhouse gases before doing this activity, but there is a minimal amount of background information about those topics included in this pdf. Additional resources/background info for teachers can be found on the website for the Little Shop of Physics.

Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Lesson
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:
Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
Little Shop of Physics
Date Added:
03/17/2022
How Does Our School Food System Create Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
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In this design challenge lesson, students examine their school food system and develop an investigation about food waste in order to know what should change.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Colorado
Provider Set:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Global Warming Works
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This video succinctly explains the mechanism of the natural greenhouse effect and the cause of global climate change (anthropogenic global warming). It is short, basic, and to the point. It's also available in 12 languages!

Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Physical Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:
How Global Warming Works
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How Many Plants Make a Future? The Carbon Dioxide Challenge
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This activity focuses on the role of photosynthesis in a sustainable future. Students explore the effect of photosynthesis and respiration in a 'closed systems' containing plankton, marine plants, and fish. By calculating carbon dioxide uptake and production in these systems, they predict a plant: animal ratio sufficient to maintain a system in carbon dioxide 'balance' for one hour.

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Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Mathematics
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Simulation
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Date Added:
08/09/2022
How Might We Design a Pizza Garden for Maine?
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How can you collaborate with partner/s to design a garden that grows ingredients for a pizza? Your design will be specific to the conditions of the Maine community where you live, and you will have several important decisions to make about its location. Will the garden be indoors, outdoors, virtual, or a combination?

Your partner/s can be friends, family, classmates, community members, or you can choose to work alone. Using a Google Slides Template that you copy and download, you will document your pizza garden designs. Your final garden design will be shared using a slideshow, video, or photograph format, with an audience that you choose -- You Tube, your local School Board, Google Classroom and a favorite teacher, Google Sites, social media, family and friends, or create your own hashtag.

Research will help you decide what the best growing situations are for your Pizza Garden plants and your environment. You will explore various designs and then, based on your new learning, you will design a garden that represents your thinking behind the choices you made. Finally, you will use the method that works best for you and share your Pizza Garden design with others.

Again, all of this work can be done collaboratively, with partners, or by you independently.

So, what is the best design for a pizza garden in Maine? It's up to YOU!

Subject:
Agriculture
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Engineering
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Module
Author:
Maine Department of Education
Date Added:
05/03/2023
How Much Energy is on My Plate?
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This activity leads students through a sequence of learning steps that highlight the embedded energy that is necessary to produce various types of food. Students start by thinking through the components of a basic meal and are later asked to review the necessary energy to produce different types of protein.

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:
CLEAN Community Collection
Karin Kirk - SERC
Lane Seeley - Seattle Pacific University
Date Added:
03/13/2013
How Much Warming?
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This short video, is the fifth in the National Academies Climate Change, Lines of Evidence series. It focuses on greenhouse gases, climate forcing (natural and human-caused), and global energy balance.

Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Cultural Geography
Earth and Space Science
Ecology
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Physics
Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Reading
Provider:
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:
National Research Council
The National Academies
Date Added:
08/29/2012
How Permanent is Permafrost?
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In this activity, students use Google Earth and team up with fictional students in Chersky, Russia to investigate possible causes of thawing permafrost in Siberia and other Arctic regions. Students explore the nature of permafrost and what the effects of thawing permafrost mean both locally and globally. Next, students use a spreadsheet to explore soil temperature data from permafrost boreholes and surface air temperature datasets from in and around the Chersky region for a 50-year time span.

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
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How To Start + Grow Your Bee Program
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Learn how to build a strong foundation for your Bee Program! Our most successful programs begin with a layer of lessons and curriculum. Here we share exactly how to start a Bee Program and grow from the bottom up! Whether or not you have live bees on your campus, this will help to grow a community around your buzzworthy educational endeavors!

The folders in this Group will provide curriculums, virtual field trips with lessons, suggested Citizen Science Projects, book clubs for kids with lessons, and relevant webinars and recordings to help any educator deliver quality instruction. All of our offerings have teacher guides, are mapped to the standards, and are easily adapted to digital platforms.

We recommend the educator work through each level of the How to Start + Grow Your Bee Program Pyramid by exploring the offerings within each Folder. The resources build on each other as the educator and students move through this learning pathway.

Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
05/12/2023
How acidic is the rain if atmospheric CO2 concentration doubles?
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Students use basic aqueous geochemistry knowledge to investigate controls of the atmospheric carbon dioxide level on pH values of the wet precipitation at standard conditions (25 oC, 1 atmospheric pressure).

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Subject:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Chemistry
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Hydrology
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Date Added:
12/08/2016
Howardsville, CO Mining Town
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Howardsville, 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
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Western Mining History
Provider Set:
Colorado Mining Towns
Date Added:
02/06/2023
How do seasonal temperature patterns vary among different regions of the world?
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In this activity, students use the GLOBE Student Data Archive and visualizations to explore changes in regional and seasonal temperature patterns.

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
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:
03/09/2023
How the World Can Tackle Climate Change
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This short video reviews how nations and individuals can work together to reduce the emission of CO2. It discusses strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (energy conservation, renewable energies, change in energy use) and the role that government can play in this process.

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Agriculture and Natural Resources
Applied Science
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
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CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:
03/09/2023
Huerfano County Mines
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This Western Mining History database uses Mineral Resources Data System to list known Colorado historical mines by county. Each county site has links to the known mines within its borders. Some are known and named, others are unnamed. Mines should be assumed to be on private property unless other research is conducted. Data provided for each mine site include: Name, State, County, Elevation, Primary Mineral Mined, Latitude and Longitude and a link to Google Maps. Photos are provided where available. Additional information for some Mines are satellite photos, and ownership, business and historical records. 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 great database for student historical research or data and statistics classes. 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
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
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:
Historical Colorado Mines
Date Added:
02/06/2023