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NASA Global Warming Demonstration

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NASA Global Warming Demonstration

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This demonstration shows how water absorbs more heat than air. The corollary that is made is that the oceans are absorbing a lot of the heat related to climate change. The video tutorial shows an engaging demonstration that teachers can do live in their classrooms as part of a larger lesson/discussion about global warming. The video itself also includes an animation of how greenhouse gases contribute to global warming and concludes by mentioning simple solutions for students.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive; Lesson
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Jet Propulsion Laboratory; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date Added:: 06/17/2019

NASA eClips: Our World: Cool Clouds

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NASA eClips: Our World: Cool Clouds

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This eClip video is part of NASA's Our World series and introduces students to the basics of cloud formation.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space 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:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date Added:: 06/11/2020

NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 Measures Ice Sheets

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NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 Measures Ice Sheets

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A short video on the satellite ICESat-2 and what it measures (ice).

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:: Kristen Erickson (NASA Official); NASA eClips; Shannon Verstynen (Editor)
Date Added:: 06/11/2020

NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 - What Is Ice?

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NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 - What Is Ice?

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This 3-minute eClip video from Nasa's Our World series introduces students to the unique properties of water.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; 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:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date Added:: 06/11/2020

NCA4 Wildfire Figure

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NCA4 Wildfire Figure

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This is a graphic on how climate change has impacted wildfire rates.

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:: Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Fourth National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program; John Abatzogloua; Park Williams
Date Added:: 03/06/2020

NOAA Sea Level Trends

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NOAA Sea Level Trends

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The NOAA Sea Level Trends map illustrates U.S. regional and some international trends in sea level, with arrows representing the direction and magnitude of change. Students can investigate sea level changes around the U.S. and some worldwide using an interactive map interface with supporting data plots and tables.

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

NOAA View Data Exploration Tool

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NOAA View Data Exploration Tool

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This data viewing tool from NOAA offers nearly instant access to dozens of datasets about Earth through an engaging interface. Users can select data categories from atmosphere, ocean, land, cryosphere, and climate and drill down from there into more detailed categories.

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

NOVA: Climate Change

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NOVA: Climate Change

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This video segment describes climate data collection from Greenland ice cores that indicate Earth's climate can change abruptly over a single decade rather than over thousands of years. The narrator describes how Earth has undergone dramatic climate shifts in relatively short spans of time prior to 8000 years ago. The video and accompanying essay provide explanations of the differences between weather and climate and how the climate itself had been unstable in the past, with wide variations in temperature occurring over decadal timescales.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Archaeology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental 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

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NOVA ScienceNOW profile on Lonnie Thompson - Tropical Glaciologist

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This video describes why tropical ice cores are important and provide different information than polar ice cores, why getting them now is important (they are disappearing), and how scientists get them. The work of glaciologist Lonnie Thompson is featured, with a focus on his work collecting cores of ice from high mountain glaciers that contain significant data about past climate change.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Archaeology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental 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

National Integrated Drought Information System: Data, Maps and Tools

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National Integrated Drought Information System: Data, Maps and Tools

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This is a extensive collection of maps, data, and tools that students can use to research drought and its impacts on agriculture, wildfires, water supply, vegetation, soil moisture, temperature and precipitation.

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:: National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

National Security and Climate Change

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National Security and Climate Change

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In this set of activities, high school students model changes in climate and their effects on international relations, investigate local climate impacts and solutions and observe global climate patterns and adaptations. Lessons may be standalone or done in series.

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:: Environmental Solutions Initiative; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date Added:: 08/01/2022

Natural Climate Change

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Natural Climate Change

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This short video, adapted from NOVA, explains how Earth's position relative to the Sun might be responsible for the dramatic shift in the climate of what is now the Saharan nation of Djibouti.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Archaeology; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH
Date Added:: 08/29/2012

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Natural Cycle

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In this short video from ClimateCentral, host Jessica Harrop explains what evidence scientists have for claiming that recent global warming is caused by humans and is not just part of a natural cycle.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; 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

Natural Gas and the Marcellus Shale

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Natural Gas and the Marcellus Shale

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This homework problem introduces students to Marcellus shale natural gas and how an unconventional reservoir rock can become an attractive hydrocarbon target. It is designed to expand students' understanding of hydrocarbon resources by introducing an unconventional natural gas play. Students explore the technological factors that make conventional source rocks attractive reservoir rocks and how this advance impacts both U.S. energy supply and the environment.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; 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

Natural Hazards & Climate Change Risks

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Natural Hazards & Climate Change Risks

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Students characterize how climate change impacts natural hazards and pose research-based solutions to the county Emergency Management Agency. Presentations require the use of local data, created figures, and reliable sources. This activity builds from an assignment which has students identify and describe projected local climate trends using the USGS National Climate Change Viewer followed by Unit 1 and 2 of the Map Your Hazards InTeGrate Module.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Communication; Earth and Space Science; English Language Arts; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science
Material Type:: Homework/Assignment
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 07/07/2022

Natural Hazards Term Project

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Natural Hazards Term Project

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Students apply the concepts learned in the class by preparing two (2) term projects discussing two natural hazards and how they impact the area where the student lives (or an area the student might like to live in).

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Communication; Composition and Rhetoric; Earth and Space Science; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science
Material Type:: Homework/Assignment
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 10/02/2019

Natural Resources Superheroes: Lesson 2 Understanding Colorado Agriculture, Unit 3 Natural Resources, DIGS AmeriCorps Curriculum CSU

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Natural Resources Superheroes: Lesson 2 Understanding Colorado Agriculture, Unit 3 Natural Resources, DIGS AmeriCorps Curriculum CSU

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Natural Resources Superheroes. This is the Lesson 2 Understanding Colorado Agriculture activity from Unit 3 Natural Resources, from the DIGS (Developing Individuals, Growing Stewards) AmeriCorps Curriculum from CSU. The curriculum focuses on introducing students in grades 3-5 to Colorado agriculture, industry and environmental issues. The curriculum is matched to State Standards 2021. The curriculum upon request. Visit: https://engagement.colostate.edu/programs-old/developing-individuals-growing-stewards/

Nature Cat - Stream and Shout

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Nature Cat - Stream and Shout

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This cartoon shows where streams start and where they end up.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; 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:: Public Broadcasting Service
Date Added:: 07/08/2021

Nature and Food

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Nature and Food

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In this activity students read articles or excerpts of books to explore the topic of sustainability in terms of food webs, roles of plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria and their own food choices. Students continue their exploration of these kingdoms with a visit to a farmers' market and a grocery store to compare locally grown foods and grocery store selections.

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Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Environmental Studies; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Simulation
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Author:: Liz Campbell, Seattle Central Community College
Date Added:: 01/28/2022

Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change

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Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change

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In this video segment, adapted from Navajo Technical College, two Navajo Elders speak about climate change and differences in the environment that they have observed.

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:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH
Date Added:: 08/29/2012