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Climate Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides solutions to global warming issues and problems, with specific information pertaining to the Pacific Northwest.
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Primer on Climate Change and Human Health [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to climate change in Canada. This site offers both a national look and then looks at the implications of climate change on specific regions and provinces.
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Handout
Other

Ibcc: Canada's Boreal Forest and Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's boreal forests and peatlands have vast reserves of carbon deposits that could have a huge impact on global warming if not protected. Carbon maps and fact sheets can be accessed here and there is a good overview of the issues.
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide to climate change contains numerous BBC resources and scientific evidence for global warming.
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Unit Plan
King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 1: Introduction to Earth's Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the first lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores Earth's unique climate and atmosphere, regional climate differences, and temporal climate differences. Includes comprehension questions...
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Idea Labs: Prehistoric Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Sort fossil leaves from 55 million years ago into groups with smooth or 'toothed' edges. Then, use a formula to calculate the percentage of each type and, from there, look at how high the temperature might have risen when global warming...
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Unit Plan
Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Climate Change: Creating Solutions for Our Future [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 181-page teacher's guide to climate change presents six mini-units that address how climate change happens, what its impact is, and what humans do to cause it. Students then look at ways they can promote and practice climate change...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Heat Is On: Understanding Local Climate Change

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A activity unit where students analyze long-term weather data for Phoenix to look for changes that have occurred over time. They look at factors that would cause climate warming, including greenhouse gases and other phenomena. They then...
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Handout
Other

Satellite Images Bridge Understanding Gap Between Climate Change and Individuals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how Google Earth has brought the reality of climate change to the average person so that they can see it for themselves. The north and south poles are indicators of what is happening with climate change and an...
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Unit Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Are the World's Weather and Climate Changing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's going on with our weather? Learn about it in this lesson plan that examines the climate and weather patterns in the world today. It has a weather quiz and guidelines that help the students understand weather changes occurring...
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Unit Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Climate Feedback Loops

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is the seventh of nine lessons from a student learning module called "Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change." This lesson addresses climate feedback loops and how these loops help drive and regulate Earth's...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Coping With Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This article highlights the significance of responsible management of natural resources in an effort to curb the effects of our shifting climate.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Investigating Weather and Climate With Google Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will investigate the change in global temperature by analyzing data on Google Earth for 13 different cities. Students will then interpret the climate patterns for those cities to make conclusion about the...
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Do Scientists Agree About the Causes of Climate Change?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students follow a four-step process to debunk the myth regarding scientific consensus on climate change.
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Website
NASA

Global Hydrology and Climate Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Has information and hydrology data from around the world. It also has a section discussing human impacts on the climate and another which covers current research.