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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: High and Low Pressure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will experience a hands on reference for high and low pressure as it relates to air movement. This activity will help with understanding high and low pressure behavior.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Cities Affect Their Local Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the urban heat island effect with My World GISTM and GLOBE Program surface temperature student data. After completing this chapter, students will be able to successfully download GLOBE Program datasets in the...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Texas Hurricanes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students are asked to graph data about some 20th century hurricanes that hit the Texas coastline. For each graph, they are asked several questions about any apparent correlation between the different variables. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Atmospheric Processes: Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate how different surfaces absorb heat and apply their experience with the surfaces to interpret real-world situations. From this information, they come to understand that the physical characteristics...
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Origin and Evolution of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth's atmosphere. Included in the discussion are topics such as prebiotic atmosphere, origin of atmospheric oxygen, carbon...
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Activity
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Energia Externa Del Planeta

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the energy that comes to our planet? It is the energy from the sun but how does it work? What interaction produces with the atmosphere and hydrosphere? What effects produce in the geosphere? It contains 17...
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Website
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Universo, La via Lactea Y El Sistema Solar

For Students 9th - 10th
Ministerio de Educacion: El Universo, la Via Lactea y el Sistema Solar.
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Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Atmosfera Terreste

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this site learn about the atmosphere and the air, origin and layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, clean and pullulated air and the importance of air and health. It contains many illustrations and 15 interactive activities.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Cloudy Climate Change: How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
As the Earth's surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds....
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Is Our Climate Headed for a Mathematical Tipping Point?

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists have warned that as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rise an increase in Earth's temperature by even two degrees could lead to catastrophic effects across the world. But how can such a tiny, measurable change in one factor lead to...
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Website
Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather: Humidity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how dew point is used to show the amount of moisture in the air. Gives an activity for measuring the dew point at home.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Tropical Atlantic Aerosols

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students will use real satellite data to determine where the greatest concentrations of aerosols are located during the course of a year in the tropical Atlantic region and their source of origin.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Ocean Currents and Sea Surface Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To discover the link between ocean temperatures and currents as related to our concern for current climate change.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: How Does Temperature Affect the Solubility of Co2 in Water?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
This short investigation from Carbo Europe explores how temperature relates to the solubility of carbon dioxide in water.
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Lesson Plan
Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Human Impact: Melting Ice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan examines the potential impacts of the warming of the atmosphere.
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Lesson Plan
Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Human Impact: The Ozone Hole

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Classroom activity focuses on the ozone hole. Provides list of materials needed, background information, and procedure.
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Article
Other

Wet Canvas: Aerial Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
A demonstration of how aerial perspective is achieved.
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Handout
Other

Kites as Education: Wind Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This "kite science" site offers information on wind and the atmospheric conditions that cause it. From "Principles of Aeronautics."
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Website
Other

Inta: Hechos Asombrosos

For Students 3rd - 8th
In Spanish. Could you provide an answer to each of the question presented on this page? First, write or draw the explanation to the question then reads the response on this website and then compare your answer with the given answer.
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Article
Other

Met Office: Understanding Weather

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

Inpe: National Institute for Space Research

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the homepage of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research with links to specific programs in more defined categories like space and atmospheric sciences, meteorology, space engineering and technology, and more.
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Activity
Other

Odyssey of the Mind: From a Distance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the Internet, books, and articles to research the Earth and its changes (tides, seasons, atmosphere, etc.), develop a "class exhibit about the Earth" and "a survey that includes five questions that will measure what the...
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Exploring the Environment: Earth System Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what the four spheres of the Earth are, and the interactions between them.