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Unit Plan
US Geological Survey

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: The Forces Are With Us: Natural Forces

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A collection of science activities that focus on natural forces that affect Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students will understand how global climate change relates to storm events, subsidence, and erosion. Background information on...
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Article
Other

Environmental Defense Fund: Tips to Fight Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and take action to fight global warming with these 6 tips, complete with links and other climate change resources.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Shell Shifts

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the damage that ocean acidification does to the shells of sea creatures.
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PPT
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Carbon's Travels

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of images which shows the effects of too much carbon in our atmosphere There are also some promising carbon-reducing images as well.
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Article
Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Are Greenhouse Gases?

For Students 3rd - 8th
A question posed by a ten-year-old from Bolivia: What exactly are greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect? Dr. Universe finds an answer from Washington State University's Brian Lamb.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How greenhouse gas levels can be reduced.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How greenhouse gas levels can be reduced.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How global warming is affecting the Earth.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How global warming is affecting the Earth.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Can the Amazon Be Saved?

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Holy Cow!

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about methane created by cows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Scientific Method

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using the scientific method to address and investigate questions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Outdoor Air Pollution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Air pollution is due to chemical substances and particles released into the air mainly by human actions. This pollution affects entire ecosystems around the world....
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Website
Community Learning Network

Community Learning Network: Global Warming/climate Change Theme Page

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Climate Patterns, Causes, and Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site examines climatic changes over the last 10,000 years, temperature changes over the last 100 years, causes of global warming, and the effects of global warming.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Chemistry of Burning

For Students 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use pipe cleaners and foam balls to build a model of a hydrocarbon molecule. They then modify it to demonstrate the chemical reaction that happens when the hydrocarbon is burned.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you understand the relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? This computer model shows factors such as clouds and carbon dioxide that could cause global temperatures to rise. Students investigate how the...
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what carbon dioxide is, where it is found, sources of it, and describes human activities that contribute to carbon depletion and increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Updated: February 22, 2013)
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Interactive
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Climate Sensitivity Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This simple calculator allows you to play around with the relationship between atmospheric CO2 concentration and average global temperatures. This is called climate sensitivity.
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Handout
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Biogeochemical cycles happen when individual elements are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. Two examples are the Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Cycle. Read an explanation of biogeochemical cycles and view a diagram of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Growing Appetites, Limited Resources Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about energy demand and resources.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Southern Ocean Carbon Sink Filling Up Fast

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Deborah Zabarenko's article explores the rising danger of the amount of carbon dioxide currently filling up the southern ocean around Antaratica.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses greenhouse gases and how they affect climate change. [May 7, 2010]
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Website
Other

Greenpeace: Stop Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Greenpeace offers an in-depth look at climate change (or global warming). Content includes a look at the cause of climate change, the scientific evidence that supports it, the problems that occur during climate change, foreboding...