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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 6 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 2 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 12 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Climate Impacts 15 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 1 match Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Nature of Climate Science 4 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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Climate Literacy Principles
- Humans can take action 1 match Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Climate is complex 3 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 5 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 4 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 11 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Climate change has consequences 14 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
Energy Literacy Principles
- Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow 1 match Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.
- Various sources of energy are used to power human activities 1 match
- Energy affects quality of life 1 match The quality of life of individuals and societies is affected by energy choices.
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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 ...
Climate Change and Arctic Ecosystems
In this activity, students learn about how climate change is affecting the Arctic ecosystem and then investigate how this change is impacting polar bear populations. Students analyze maps of Arctic ...
What if the Ice Shelves Melted?
This activity is a hands-on guided inquiry activity designed to highlight the role of an ice shelf on slowing the movement of continental ice sheets in Antarctica. Students build a model of ...
How Does Melting Ice Affect Sea Level?
In this activity, students investigate how sea levels might rise when ice sheets and ice caps melt by constructing a pair of models and seeing the effects of ice melt in two different situations. ...
Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula
In this activity about climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula, learners investigate environmental changes in the living and nonliving resources of Antarctic peninsula and the impact of these ...
Anya: Citizen Science in Siberia - Young Voices on Climate Change
Citizen scientist Anya, an indigenous Siberian girl, witnesses the changes in her community as a result of climate change after working with Woods Hole scientist Max Holmes' research team aboard her ...
A Rising Tide - Linking Ocean and Ice
This audio slideshow/video describes the Greenland ice sheet and the difficulties in getting scientific measurements at the interface between the ice and the ocean. It features the work of a ...
