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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Global Environment: Considering u.s. Policy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through videos and handouts, students gain a better understanding of what U.S. policy should be concerning global environmental issues. They willexplore four divergent policy options on the question of U.S. global environment policy and...
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Article
Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Realization of Global Warming [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the history of how scientists developed their current understanding of global warming. It discusses why it is difficult for some people to accept that human beings have caused the Earth to warm, without controlled...
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Did Climate Change Drive Katrina?

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Alister Doyle's article deals primarily with the issue of global warming and the possibility of it as a cause for Hurricane Katrina.
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Handout
The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
The difference between heat and temperature is explained, followed by a discussion of temperature and its relation to global climate change. Gallileo Galilee, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius, and Carl Linnaeus are mentioned in...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environmental Challenges in China

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the wonderful and fascinating country of China, and its environmental challenges that require engineering solutions, many in the form of increased energy efficiency, the incorporation of renewable energy, and new...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Changing Sea Level

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons lead inquiry-based exploration of melting sea ice and evidence that it is affecting sea level, namely glacial evidence, geologic evidence, fossil evidence, and isotopic evidence.
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Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: What Is Climate?

For Students 9th - 10th
Takes a brief look at regional climate, global climate, and climate change.
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Primary
Council of Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations: Obama Moves on Climate Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
This interview with YVo de Boer the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change provides analysis on the Obama Administration's efforts to align U.S. policy with international agreements and efforts to address...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Earth Observatory: The Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the element carbon and its importance on the Earth's atmosphere and sustainability of life on the planet. Additionally, understand the role the carbon cycle plays in global climate change over time.
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Unit Plan
Center for Educational Technologies

Cet: Exploring the Environment: Ice Caps and Sea Levels

For Students 9th - 10th
Students have just completed climate science fieldwork studying Earth's ice caps and sea levels. Analyze the data to present a report to the U.S. Panel on Global Climate Change.
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Unit Plan
Center for Educational Technologies

Cet: Exploring the Environment: Drought

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. National Park Service has asked students to advise it whether the drought that greatly impacted the Midwest and Southwest is a consequence of global climate change or just an abnormal weather pattern. In either case, they will...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Climates: Global Warming

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climate change and global warming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
Other

Geoscience Research Institute: The Little Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This very detailed article examines the long-term climate changes throughout the world. Discusses agriculture and provides graphs and illustrations. Includes lots of scientific discussion.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 3: Exploring Arctic Climate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners dig into authentic Arctic climate data to unravel some causes and effects related to the seasonal melting of the snowpack. In particular, students learn about albedo and its relationship to snowmelt. This concept applied to...
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Website
Columbia University

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

For Students 9th - 10th
Bringing people together to discuss Earth's environmental problems, The Earth Institute addresses climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, disease, and sustainable use of resources.
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Website
OneWorld UK

One World: 12 Important Things You Can Do to Help Stop Global Warming

For Students 3rd - 8th
A terrific site aimed at younger students researching different ways that people can work to prevent global warming. Brief text with easy to read ideas are presented.
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Website
Other

Nrdc: Are the Effects of Global Warming Really That Bad?

For Students 9th - 10th
The problems of global warming are examined from the following perspectives: climate pattern changes, health effects, and ecosystem disruption. You will also find a number of NRDC related webpages further amplifying the topic of global...
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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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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:world in the Balance: Who Will Take the Heat?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the environmental, economic and political issues surrounding global climate change policy. Conduct a role-play, and explore the options available to tackle global climate issues.
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McREL International

Mcrel: Climate Change Naep Released Items [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A worksheet regarding the effects of global warming.
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PPT
NASA

Nasa: Climate Time Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a trip in a "time machine" to see a series of pictures that show the how the climate of Earth has been changing. The indicators shown are: sea ice, sea level, carbon dioxide, and global temperature.
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Understanding Global Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will build models that explain how small changes in the Earth system's components and processes can produce measurable global effects.
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Article
Other

Libcom: Climate, Class, and the Neolithic Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the first in a series of articles about food under global warming. This article takes a long view of the relationship between climate, agriculture, and class society.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Navigating Our Global Future

For Students 9th - 10th
As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility...

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