CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Causes of Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution,...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Graphing the Extent of Sea Ice in Arctic and Antarctic
Students graph sea ice extent in both polar regions over a three-year period to learn about seasonal variations, and over a 30-year period to learn about longer-term trends.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Using the Very Simple Climate Model in the Classroom
Through a simple online model, students learn about the relationship between average global temperature and carbon dioxide emissions while predicting temperature change over the next century.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Feeling the Heat
In this lesson students learn about the urban heat island effect by investigating which areas of their schoolyard have higher temperatures. Then they analyze data about how the number of heat waves in an urban area has increased over...
Community Learning Network
Community Learning Network: Global Warming/climate Change Theme Page
A large collection of web resources on the topics of global warming and climate change. Some links may be broken, as the site is no longer actively maintained.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Energy Lab
Try and meet global energy demands by using alternative energy sources while keeping the carbon levels in the atmosphere down to acceptable levels. Simulator includes a data table available for download for student records.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biodiversity Quiz (Ecological Problems)
Take an interactive quiz over ecological problems affecting the environment. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Big Energy Gamble
While most people believe that global warming is a reality, Marlo Lewis, Jr. is a skeptic. Lewis is with the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. In this interview, he questions the California initiative to lower...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Carbon Cycles
Learners are introduced to the concept of energy cycles by learning about the carbon cycle. They will learn how carbon atoms travel through the geological (ancient) carbon cycle and the biological/physical carbon cycle. Students will...
Stanford University
Stanford Solar Center: About the Sun
The Stanford Solar Center provides information about the sun, activities, solar art, and solar folklore.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Carbon Cycle
Useful introduction to the carbon cycle with a diagram and a discussion of the effects of carbon dioxide on the greenhouse effect and global warming.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Seasons and Temperature: Greenhouse Effect
Animated resource helps young researchers understand what global warming and the greenhouse effect mean.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Carbon Lab
An interactive lab simulation demonstrates the effects of increased carbon in the atmosphere and how that increase contributes to climate change. A data table for student records is available for download.
Other
Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Climate Change and Coral Reefs
Find out about the devastating effects climate change is having on Florida's coral reef ecosystems.
Other
Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador: Climate Change Club
Join the fun at the Climate Change Club where you can find out ways to take action at home, in school, and in your community. Keep up with the latest news in climate science, and link to fact sheets and other fun sites that care about...
PBS
Quest: Evidence of Global Warming
Explore how rising sea levels and temperatures, increases in ocean heat, and melting glaciers support global warming in this interactive.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
State of the Cryosphere: Ice Shelves
If you need an in-depth explanation of ice shelves, then this is a resource that's worth looking into. There are plenty of diagrams showing existing ice shelves and the way they are shrinking.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Chemistry: Environmental Problems Associated With Fossil Fuel Use
Dig into the trouble caused when humans burn too many fossil fuels. Recognize problems and address possible reform to slow down global warming.
Other
Rocky Mountain Institute: Climate Protection for Fun & Profit [Pdf]
The first article in this newsletter talks about a speech made by Former President Bill Clinton and his stance on the environment. (Published 1997)
Other
Carbon Footprint: Climate Change
Learn why the overall climate is changing due to global warming. Also, see what will happen if humans do nothing to stop this from happening.
Miami University
The Little Ice Age: Was It Big Enough to Be Global?
This website discusses the devastation caused by the Little Ice Age during the 16th century. Detailed narrative provides a multitude of possible causes for the Little Ice Age.
Other
Cape Farewell Arctic Voyage
Cape Farewell is an organization dedicated to the study of the ocean's role in regulating global temperature and its relationship to climate change and global warming. Each year a trek is made in order to study these climate changes....
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Polar Paradox
In this article about global warming, learn how the warming climate could affect the polar ice caps, glaciers, sea ice, and amount of freshwater entering the polar oceans. Read how some scientists believe global warming could add to...
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Ocean and Climate Fact Sheet
Read about Earth's oceans and the effects that climate have had on the rising temperatures over the past one hundred years. Discover how the Earth's ocean and atmosphere are interlocked so that when one changes, the other is affected.