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Scientifically and pedagogically reviewed digital resources for teaching about climate science, climate change, and energy awareness
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Climate and Energy Topics
- Climate System 65 matches Includes natural processes within the climate system: orbital patterns, solar radiation, oceans, atmosphere, water cycle, the natural greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, regional climates and differences between climate and weather.
- Causes of Climate Change 115 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 72 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Climate Impacts 43 matches Includes sea level rise; extreme weather; drought; changes to ecosystems, plants and animals; melting ice and permafrost; ocean wamring; impacts to water resources, agriculture, public health and national security
- Human Responses to Climate 21 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Nature of Climate Science 8 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
- Energy Use 14 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
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Climate Literacy Principles
- Humans can take action 23 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Sun is primary energy 18 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 34 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 18 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 55 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 51 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 39 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 24 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
Energy Literacy Principles
- Energy is a physical quantity 3 matches Energy is a physical quantity that follows precise natural laws.
- Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow 36 matches Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.
- Biological processes depend on energy flow 4 matches Biological processes depend on energy flow through the Earth system.
- Various sources of energy are used to power human activities 24 matches
- Energy decisions are influenced by several factors 3 matches
- Human use of energy 13 matches
- Energy affects quality of life 28 matches The quality of life of individuals and societies is affected by energy choices.
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What is the fate of CO2 produced by fossil fuel combustion?
Students consider why the observed atmospheric CO2 increase rate is only ~60% of the CO2 loading rate due to fossil fuel combustion. They develop a box-model to simulate the atmospheric CO2 increase ...
Getting to the Core of Climate Change
This is a lab about evidence for past climate change as captured in ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Students investigate climate changes going back thousands of years by graphing and ...
Ocean Impacts on an El Nino Event
This lesson explores El Nino by looking at sea surface temperature, sea surface height, and wind vectors in order to seek out any correlations there may be among these three variables, using the My ...
My Angle on Cooling: Effects of Distance and Inclination
In this hands-on lesson, students measure the effect of distance and inclination on the amount of heat felt by an object and apply this experiment to building an understanding of seasonality. In Part ...
How do seasonal temperature patterns vary among different regions of the world?
Students use the GLOBE Student Data Archive and visualizations to display current temperatures on a map of the world. They explore the patterns in the temperature map, looking especially for ...
Global patterns in Green-up and Green-down
In this classroom activity, students analyze visualizations and graphs that show the annual cycle of plant growth and decline. They explore patterns of annual change for the globe and several regions ...
Temperature and precipitation as limiting factors in ecosystems
This classroom activity is aimed at an understanding of different ecosystems by understanding the influence of temperature and precipitation. Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those ...
Detecting El Nino in Sea Surface Temperature Data
This multi-part activity introduces users to normal seasonal sea surface temperature (SST) variation as well as extreme variation, as in the case of El Nino and La Nina events, in the equatorial ...
