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Nwt Literacy Council: The Northern Edge Study Guide: Climate Change [Pdf]
This lesson guide provides literacy activities for learning about climate change. The reading level is more accessible to struggling readers who may be studying this topic in the higher grades.
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A truly beautiful photo of the Refuge awaits you when you open this site. The US Fish and Wildlife Service of Alaska provides thorough information on the wildlife, the landforms, and beauty of the Refuge. Students will also find notes on...
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Tundra
Explore the fascinating world of the tundra biome and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, and external links. Listen to the various sounds made in a tundra.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Tundra, Permafrost
An article exploring the depths of tundra and permafrost in the Arctic region.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Permafrost
How can something be preserved for 30,000 years? How can humans adapt to permafrost? What can permafrost tell us about our past and future climate? These questions are answered in this concise site.
University of Wisconsin
Uw: Probabilities, Uncertainties and Units Used to Quantify Climate Change
This resource engages learners in using scientific data to analyze a 150-year dataset from Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin reflecting seasonal ice cover.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Carbon: Permafrost
Explains what permafrost is, the different classes, features of deep permafrost, what happens when it melts, difficulties with constructing anything on top of it, characteristics of tundra, and patterns left in the tundra by the...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Penguin Communities Shift on the Antarctic Peninsula
This multi-lesson activity investigates the shifting of three penguin communities in Antarctica in response to climate change.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Changing Planet: Permafrost Gas Leak
This is a multi-faceted activity that offers students a variety of opportunities to learn about permafrost through an important sink and source of greenhouse gas (methane), about which most students living in lower latitudes know little.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tundra Biome: Info About Its Plants and Animals
Describes the features and characteristics of the tundra biome, the different types, where they are found, their climate and seasonal changes, and their plants and animals.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tundra
Can you name the two types of tundra? Find the answer to this question and many more when you explore this educational resource. The content of this site includes a look at this biome's characteristics, plant life, animal life and more....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tundra: Lesson 1
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of tundra, and its effect on living things. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Tundra."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tundra: Lesson 3
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of tundra, and its effect on living things. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Tundra."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tundra: Lesson 4
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of tundra, and its effect on living things. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Tundra."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Tundra Biome
Kids learn about the tundra grasslands biome. This cold and dry ecosystem is located far to the north.
Other
Alyeska Pipeline: Pipeline Facts
This site from Alyeska Pipeline defines permafrost and explains the various types of permafrost that can be found. The effect of permafrost on the building of the Alaskan Pipeline is examined.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tundra Biome Facts
Describes the characteristics of a tundra biome and pprovides facts about it.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Permafrost
This concise site defines permafrost and provides information on the prevalence of permafrost throughout the world.