Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Anthropocene
What kind of evidence could demonstrate that humans have begun to dominate and alter the life systems of Earth and have entered a new geological epoch? This article discusses the suggestion that we have entered the Anthropocene and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: A Fierce Green Fire
This is a collection of three videos about "A Fierce Green Fire," an environmental movement to reduce pollution and address climate change.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Sun Earth Connection: Sunspots and Climate
Through graphing data and interpretation, students learn about sunspots and their effect on the climate of our planet.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Climate & Water Teaching Box
Investigate water in a warmer world. This teaching box is filled with explorations and readings that help secondary learners learn how climate change is affecting the water cycle.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Torrents, Droughts, and Twisters Oh My!
Learners review what scientists know and what they're working to understand about the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change.
Globe
The Globe Program: Climate Module
Climate change affects the whole world, from the tropics to the poles. Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and...
The Washington Post
Washington Post: Mapping America's Wicked Weather and Deadly Disasters
Features data collection for natural disasters and maps the trends giving us an idea of where disasters have a tendency to strike.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 3: Building an Argument
In this module, students will explore how claims, counterclaims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective argument. Students will read an article that addresses the question, "Should Congress consider comprehensive climate...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Pt. 2: Crafting a Well Written Explanation
In this module, students will write an explanation about climate change based on the claims, evidence and reasoning they identified in the Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning
In this module, students will explore how claims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective explanation. Students will read an article that addresses the question, "Should Congress consider comprehensive climate change laws?"
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 3: Building an Argument
In this module, students will explore how claims, counterclaims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective argument. Students will read texts that discuss the climate change debate.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 2: Well Written Explanation
In this module, students will write an explanation based on the claims, evidence and reasoning about climate change that they identified in Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence, Reasoning.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning
In this module, students will explore how claims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective explanation. Students will read an article that addresses the question of whether climate change is now confirmed after record high...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Made Clear: Home
Learn the many aspects of climate change in regards to the impacts it has on the Mid-Atlantic Region.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Atmosphere Images
Photos, diagrams, and other images related to climate and climate change.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Little Ice Age: Dark Skies: Volcanic Contribution to Climate Change
In this activity, young scholars learn how volcanic eruptions affect global climate.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Kids Crossing: Living in the Greenhouse
This web site provides information about the global climate, Earth's cycles, the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases, ancient climate changes, and climate events and news.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Paradise Lost?: Teaching Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
This website is designed as a resource for high school and middle school teachers on the topic of climate change. The emphasis of this site is on providing hands-on activities. Includes activities that involve language arts, social...
Other
Pbs Wisconsin Education: Climate Wisconsin
Climate Wisconsin is an educational multimedia project featuring stories of climate change. All stories are supported by research conducted in collaboration with the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts. Background essays and...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Climate Change: A Wisconsin Activity Guide
A resource for teachers to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to become informed and active participants in society's climate change discussions. It touches on both the scientific aspects of climate change and social...
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Arctic Climate Changing Rapidly
This article from the Environmental News Service gives evidence of global warming in the Arctic region.
NOAA
Noaa: Is Our Climate Changing [Pdf]
Discover thoughts about the Earth's changing climate and how these changes may impact people and the environment.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy and Wildlife
Outlines some major threats to wildlife from human activities, and discusses the responsibility a power company has to protect wildlife.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Greenhouse Gases
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...