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NASA

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Global Climate Change: Sea Level Viewer

For Students 9th - 10th
This viewer allows you to see ocean heat storage from space. These images indicate sea surface heights. Learn more about El Nino and La Nina and how they have profound effects on world climate.
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NOAA

Noaa: La Nina Faq's

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you want to know about La Nina. This page is in Q & A form.
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NOAA

Noaa: El Nino and La Nina

For Students 9th - 10th
La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, as compared to El Nino, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. Find more general info, Forecasts,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Human Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how we can reduce our carbon footprint by using alternate energy sources.
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NOAA

Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: What Is El Nino?

For Students 9th - 10th
This page tells you what El Nino is, provides links to animations and videos on El Nino, explains how to recognize El Nino, and discusses the history of significant El Nino events.
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NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: El Nino Theme Page

For Students 3rd - 8th
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors this El Nino and La Nina resource site that features current and historic information about these weather systems with diagrams.
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Other

Niwa: Climate and Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to learn more about the climate and weather? This webpage contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about climate and weather. Topics include ozone, greenhouse gases, global warming, tornadoes,...
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Other

Niwa: El Nino and La Nina

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage discussing the global climate systems of El Nino and La Nina. Learn that these weather patterns are "ocean warming" events that are global climate fluctuations that cause major changes in the Pacific atmospheric and ocean...
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Texas A&M University

Ocean World: Bringing the Ocean to the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource for students and teachers to see information on icebergs, fisheries, coral reefs, waves, currents and more. Provides teachers with learning activities. Has its own ask-an-expert site (Ask Dr. Bob), and provides real-time...
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: La Nina Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the ocean phenomenon known as La Nina, its effects, and its formation.
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NOAA

Noaa: Frequently Asked Questions About El Nino and La Nina.

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an overview of El Nino and La Nina. Look up present conditions or find out the impact these weather phenomena have had in the past. This is a very comprehensive resource for any question you might have on these cyclical weather...
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PBS

Pbs: El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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University of Arizona

Backyard Gardener: La Nina Weather Conditions Jan 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by Arizona Cooperative Extension discusses the strong trade winds called "La Nina," and how they effect the climate.
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University of California

Earthguide: El Nino: Illustrating the Concept

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you know what happens during a typical El Nino? This overview provides a description, characteristics, and animated maps showing sea surface temperature changes during past El Nino events.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Detecting El Nino in Sea Surface Temperature Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through data analysis and observations of patterns, learners learn about normal seasonal sea surface temperature variation as well as extreme variation, as in the case of El Nino and La Nina events, in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: California Climate and the Atmosphere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 3-part lesson plan, students explore California climate and factors that are leading to changes within this climate system. Students begin by exploring California's climate and the state's topography. Next, they investigate...
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Other

Innovate Us: What Is Climate?

For Students 9th - 10th
Climate is the first factor that is considered before visiting a particular destination for your holidays. We all know that climates all over the world are largely different from each other. The specific climate of a region is mainly...
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Other

Met Office: Understanding Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about weather.
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Other

Ksl Tv: La Nina

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of La Nina in two parts. El Nino began and then La Nina takes over.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Impacts of El Nino and La Nina

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore NOAA and the Climate Data Center to gather data about El Nino. Then they interpret a series of maps to describe the key changes in climate conditions during El Nino and La Nina.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Short Term Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How El Nino and La Nina affect the climate.
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NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: Tao/triton Data Display

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource features real-time data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding, and prediction of El Nino and La Nina with diagrams.
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Institute of Global Environment and Society

Iges: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site allows you to access a great deal of information about the link between ocean and climate. Latest El Nino/La Nina predictions and maps are one of many data sets featured.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: The Color of El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains the effects El Nino has had on different climates and natural disasters throughout the world.