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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 7 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 14 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 32 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Climate Impacts 10 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 11 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.
- Sun is primary energy 4 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 7 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 7 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 26 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 28 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 1 match Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 3 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
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Dendrochronology - Trees: Recorders of Climate Change
In this activity, students are introduced to tree rings by examining a cross section of a tree, also known as a 'tree cookie.' They discover how tree age can be determined by studying the rings and ...
Climate and Civilization: The Maya Example
This activity uses geophysical and geochemical data to determine climate in Central America during the recent past and to explore the link between climate (wet periods and drought) and population ...
Climate History and the Cryosphere
This teaching activity is an introduction to how ice cores from the cryosphere are used as indicators and record-keepers of climate change as well as how climate change will affect the cryosphere. ...
Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
This activity focuses on reconstructing the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) as an example of a relatively abrupt global warming period. Students access Integrated Ocean Drilling Program ...
Sediments and the Global Carbon Cycle
A series of activities designed to introduce students to the role of sediments and sedimentary rocks in the global carbon cycle and the use of stable carbon isotopes to reconstruct ancient ...
Vostok Ice Core: Excel (Mac or PC)
This activity with a lab report instructs students to solve and plot 160,000 years' worth of ice core data from the Vostok ice core using Excel or similar spreadsheets to analyze data. Students learn ...
From Isotopes to Temperature: Working With A Temperature Equation
In this activity, students will use oxygen isotope values of two species of modern coral to reconstruct ambient water temperature over a four-year period. They use Microsoft Excel, or similar ...
Temperature and CO2 concentration in the atmosphere over the past 400,000 years
This visualization graphically displays temperature and CO2 concentration in the atmosphere as derived from ice core data from 400,000 years ago to 1950. The data originates from UNEP GRID Arendal's ...
Climate Change: How Do We Know?
This static graph of changes in CO2 concentrations is going back 400,000 years, showing the dramatic spike in recent years.
