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Website
NASA

Nasa: Artic Sea Ice Continues to Decline

For Students 9th - 10th
Great animation showing the transformation of Artic sea ice can be found here. Different explanations of this phenominon are also offered on this site.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Greenhouse Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Polar scientists offer an article identifying the research and observations made on greenhouse gases. Why is there so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today? Scientists work diligently to determine the causes and effects of these...
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Unit Plan
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Global Climate Change: Research Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, oceans, areas covered by ice, and living organisms in all these domains. Interpret past and present climate data to predict future climate change and its possible effects.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Explorations: Kids' Environment Report Card

For Students 9th - 10th
Cast your vote on the important environmental issues. Associated with each issue, there are at least three links to sites which can further your understanding of the issue. To encourage others to respect the environment, you can also...
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Article
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Wildlife Fund is an environmental organization that spans the globe. This website looks at the organization's efforts and education on climate change and global warming issues. Students can get involved with tracking particular...
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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Complete these three activities to learn about climate, severe weather, and global warming. Includes links to explore related material.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sinking Water: Glaciers, Ocean Currents and Weather Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson where learners learn how warm water is less dense than cold water, and what this means for global climate change as ice from the polar regions melts. Students will do experiments in buoyancy and water density when hot or cold,...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Climate Change Is About Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a range of voices and multimedia materials, discover the story of climate change and its impacts on water in Bolivia. Case studies bring the explanatory analysis of vulnerability and the social, economic and cultural impacts of...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Water Cycle and Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will trace the flow of water in the environment, investigate simulated effects of global temperature change on oceanic levels, evaluate changes within the water cycle, and explain several different...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arctic Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of facts is presented in this article on the Arctic Ocean. Content covered includes the area, natural resources, climate, terrain and much more.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed article on the Kyoto Treaty. Looks at background, objectives, flexibility mechanisms, details of the agreement, the ratification process, emissions targets, signatories, and more.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Can Science Win Over Climate Change Skeptics?

For Students 9th - 10th
With many skeptical over the concept of climate change this article stresses that the best means to win them over is with scientific proof.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Beetle Devastates Yellowstone White Bark Pine Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
This article highlights the infestation of mountain pine beetles in Yellowstone White Bark Pine Forests. Find out the cause and effect of such an outbreak and explore supporting resources.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Climate Change Threatens Penguins

For Students 9th - 10th
More than half of the species of penguins are feeling the affects of global warming. Understand the impact of this climate change while reading this article and exploring the resources provided. Teacher resources available for students...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: International Water Facility

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what can be done to clean up the world's water sources to provide safe drinking water because at least 35% of the world does not have it available to them and only 3% of the world's water is fresh.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Facts

For Students 3rd - 5th
A collection of facts about energy use broken down into various topic areas, e.g., health impact of fossil fuels, transportation, energy consumption, alternative energies, etc.
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Lesson Plan
University of Wisconsin

Uw: Probabilities, Uncertainties and Units Used to Quantify Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource engages learners in using scientific data to analyze a 150-year dataset from Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin reflecting seasonal ice cover.
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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters

For Students 1st - 9th
Through interactive and engaging learning site, students become the scientists and learn how to determine earth's temporal past.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Science Loses Out When Ice Caps Melt

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the melting of mountain ice caps from climate change, and how this represents the loss of valuable historical data that disappears as the ice layers melt away. [February 2, 2009]
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Article
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Hot Water Battle

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you noticed your winter weather changing each year? Both global warming and El Nino are most likely the cause. Read here about these two major ingredients changing the world around us.
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Graphic
BBC

Bbc News: In Pictures: How the World Is Changing

For Students 9th - 10th
View and read about climate change by comparing two images of the same location at different times.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan examines the possibility that the contemporary climate change is due to natural solar cycles. Objectives are to review the evidence of total solar irradiance, analyze data to understand the influence of solar variability, and...
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: News: Guide to Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers an interactive guide to climate change, including a sliding scale depicting climate change from 1885 to 2099, animation which explores how the greenhouse effect works, and detailed diagrams exploring the carbon cycle, the...
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Concerns About Earth's Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
Burning fossil fuels is causing the planet to heat up, causing weather patterns to change, sea levels to rise and diseases to spread. Scientists are concerned with the rising temps of Earth.