King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 7: Climate Feedback Loops
This is the seventh lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. In this lesson, you will learn how several important feedback loops help drive and regulate earth's unique climate system and affect climate...
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Climate Change Institute: Climate Reanalyzer
Using interfaces for reanalysis and historical station data, the Climate Reanalyzer provides an intuitive platform for visualizing a variety of weather and climate data sets and models.
NOAA
Noaa: Climate
The collections under this theme are developed to improve climate literacy and to provide access to scientific information, which can inform personal decisions about actions that influence climate.
NOAA
Noaa: Weather and Atmosphere
The collections in this thematic area provide educational resources that introduce concepts of weather and atmosphere. It provides activities and data for exploring weather and atmospheric sciences, and link to emerging research on these...
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Lehigh University: Climate Change
An inquiry-based science unit for middle school students centered on weather and climate. The lessons integrate technology and lab activities while teaching about Earth system energy balance, greenhouse gases, paleoclimatology, and how...
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Centre for Atmospheric Science: Ozone Hole Tour
Deals with ozone hole and related atmospheric issues and research. Has a multimedia tour of the ozone hole and many related links.
ArgentinaXplora.com
Argentinaexplora.com: Convencion Sobre El Cambio Climatico Buenos Aires 2004
Spanish content; this is an article about the 2004 UN convention on climate change hosted by Argentina.
Other
Digital Library for Earth System Education (Dlese)
This resource provides materials for teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or tutorial). Site is focused on earth science, geography, and...
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Climate Solutions
This resource provides solutions to global warming issues and problems, with specific information pertaining to the Pacific Northwest.
Center for Educational Technologies
Exploring the Environment: Global Climate Change
This tutorial looks at carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how changes can impact wheat production in Kansas.
NASA
Nasa: Why Is Carbon Important?
Students explore the relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and temperature, and how these relate to climate change. Graph and map data are used as evidence to support the scientific claims they develop through...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Little Ice Age: Blooming Thermometers
In this lesson, young scholars develop an understanding of the relationship between natural phenomena, weather, and climate change, the study known as "phenology." In addition, they learn how cultural events are tied to the timing of...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Other Forecasting Methods
This site contains a couple different ways that one can forecast the weather. Methods include the Climatology Method, the Analog Method, and Numerical Weather Prediction.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Nasa Neo and Image to Explore Role of Snow Cover in Shaping Climate
This lesson plan helps students investigate satellite images displaying land surface temperature, snow cover, and reflected shortwave radiation data.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Cities Affect Their Local Climate
Young scholars 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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring Ncar Climate Change Data Using Gis
With ArcGIS and climate data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research Climate Change Scenarios GIS Data Portal, students learn the basics of GIS-based climate modeling.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Topic Guide: Paleoclimate
In this activity students form groups, conduct research into paleoclimate, and report their findings in the form of a presentation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Hands on Meteorology
A collection of interactive concept models and active learning materials for teaching meteorology that illustrate conceptually difficult processes in atmospheric science. Active learning exercises are provided as guided instruction to...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Climate Variability
Students simulate climate variability and come to understand that long-term climate averages are the result of significant annual climate variability.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Arctic Is Climate Change's Canary in the Coal Mine
William Chapman explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to climate change. [3:59]
Climate Literacy
Clean: Person on the Street (Pos) Interview About Climate Science
A media project where young scholars create a video that documents unrehearsed interviews with "people on the street" about a specific question or issue in climate science.
Other
University of East Anglia: Climatic Research Unit
This is a site from a university page of the University of East Anglia that is focused on climatic research. It offers links to information sheets, research areas, publications, and other climate links. Each of the information sheets...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Climographs: Temperature, Precipitation, and the Human Condition
A lesson where students learn how to read, analyze, and construct climographs which display monthly average temperature and precipitation. Students also practice matching climographs to various locations and summarize global-scale...
NOAA
Noaa: National Severe Storms Lab: Thunderstorm Climatology
This page provides information on climatology in relation to severe thunderstorms.