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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's Up With the Weather: Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine this graph from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" Web site to see dramatic increases in three greenhouse gases over the last two hundred years.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Past History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on methods used to investigate changes in processes that are, and have been, affected by climate. It also covers the discoveries that have been made about climate change in the Earth's recent and ancient past.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Ice Cores and History of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing research done in the West Antarctica, where ice cores were removed to a depth of two miles, providing information on climate change over the last one hundred thousand years. (Date published: Feb. 2, 2011)
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Ancient

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on ancient climatology. They examine past extremes of the Earth's climate, cycles of climate change, and cataclysmic climate-changing events that are believed to have occurred.
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NOAA

Noaa: Esrl: United States Climate Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A "clickable" map of the US that allows you to find information about a state's or city's climate and climate history.
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NOAA

Noaa: Esrl: United States Climate Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A "clickable" map of the US that allows you to find information about a state's or city's climate and climate history.
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Other

Paleomap: Climate History

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you wondered what the Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Click on a period to view a map and explanation of ancient Earth's climate.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Global Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA keeps its eyes on the Earth in this dynamic site that stays with news about climate change. Includes facts, articles, interactive features, visualizations such as the Climate Time Machine, videos, and lots more.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Tree Rings and Climate Timeline Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online interactive activity, you will align tree ring cores to build a long chronology of climate history.
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US Geological Survey

Lake Baikal: A Touchstone for Global Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an interesting article about Lake Baikal in Russia. This unique lake is helping scientists to learn more about the patterns of ecological change in the world and about the history of the world.
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Website
PBS

Nova: The Big Chill

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore some of the explanations for the ice ages that have occurred in the Earth's history. The explanations are all related to conditions caused by plate tectonics.
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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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Other

Mcdwn: Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wonderful site! Learn about climates and gather helpful information. When you are done, take the climates quiz to show what you have learned.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tree Rings, Ice Cores, and Varves Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about tree rings, ice cores, and varves. Includes a question to check for understanding.