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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Geography

For Teachers 3rd
A learning module on world geography. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students investigate where their community is located, where...
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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing Global Climate Change Into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...
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Website
Other

Canterbury Environmental Education Centre: Weather Explorer

For Students 3rd - 8th
A look at the weather, how it is measured, and how it is caused. Learn what weather is like all over the world, how global warming is affecting our planet, and how "extreme" conditions like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought...
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Website
Nations Online Project

Nations Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
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McREL International

Mcrel.org.: Temperature Climate [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A worksheet regarding temperature climate and temperature in various regions around the world.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: The Big Wet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan surveys the climate of Australia and compares it to the climate of other regions around the world.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Watching Our Seas Rise

For Students 9th - 10th
Ocean levels are increasing around the world. Find out why this type of climate change has scientists concerned.
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Website
Ohio State University

Byrd Polar Research Center: Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the research of the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group. See how they are coring ice samples all around the world to help better understand Earth's changing climate. Provides links to teaching materials.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Atmosphere | Nasa Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The Earth is surrounded by a thin envelope of gases called the atmosphere. More than 500 active volcanoes erupt around the world affecting the Earth's atmosphere and global climate.
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Website
Other

International Institute for Sustainable Development

For Students 9th - 10th
The IISD--the International Institute for Sustainable Development--provides information on all aspects of sustainable development: business, climate change, economic policy, energy, and natural resources. Its website also includes...
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Geography Phenomenon: Hurricanes

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes how ocean currents affect climates around the world and the impact of the Gulf Stream, which can cause hurricanes to form. The role of wind patterns in the Caribbean is also discussed.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Little Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know there was a global 'Little Ice Age' around the time Columbus sailed across the Atlantic? Climatologists have documented changes in temperature and how countries and people around the world were affected. What caused the LIA?...
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Website
Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Water Resources and Consumption

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-four data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine water resources and issues around the world. They look at dams and reservoirs, floods, drought,...
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Website
BBC

Bbc Future: Week of 1 14 13: Will We Ever Lose All of Our Coral Reefs?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes how climate change is impacting coral reefs around the world. Includes many photographs of coral reefs.
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BBC

Bbc: Weather: Search

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information about current weather conditions anywhere in the world by entering the city and country. The site breaks down the information into specific areas and regions, which makes it convenient to search through.
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Activity
Other

Global Citizen Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This youth organization is committed to fighting global poverty. The site requires registration in order to access the tools it provides for young people wanting to make a difference. But there is plenty of information on issues such as...
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage and online publication of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides weather and environmental-related news from around the world.
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Website
Other

Worldwatch Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers current, sophisticated, topic-specific environmental research on the political and ethical consequences of not building a sustainable environment. From leading scientists to news about law and politics, the website...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexico: What Is a Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Sofia came back from a trip around the world. She noticed how each animal she saw belonged to a certain habitat. Help her learn about animal habitats and the species that live there.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Earth in Peril

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
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Graphic
Other

University of Wisconsin Marathon County: Koppen's Classification Map

For Students 6th - 8th
Keeping vegetation in mind, Koppen's Climate Classification Map is the most widely used system of measuring the combination of precipitation and temperature. This map identifies areas and labels them variations of tropical, dry,...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Copenhagen Deal: Key Points

For Students 9th - 10th
After many days of disputes and bad tempers, here are the most important points of the 2009 accord reached between the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa. However, no legally binding agreements or deadlines were worked out. Video...
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: El Nino Southern Oscillation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate fluctuation affects weather around the world.