Climate and Energy Educational Resource Collection
The CLEAN Collection is a high-quality and rigorously reviewed collection of climate and energy educational resources and lesson plans aligned with the Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy frameworks, and the Next Generation Science Standards. Through peer-review, scientists and educators ensure scientific accuracy, pedagogic effectiveness, and classroom readiness for each resource. With nearly 1000 items in the CLEAN collection, there are multiple ways to find the resources you need. Type in a keyword, or click on the filter options, and off you go!
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- GP a Climate science improves informed policy and decision-making 58 matches
- GP b Reducing human vulnerability to and impacts on climate requires multi-disciplinary, integrated understanding 97 matches
- GP c Climate change affects national security 18 matches
- GP d Greenhouse gas reduction and carbon dioxide sequestration to mitigate climate change 56 matches
- GP e Strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emission (energy conservation, renewable energies, change in energy use) 103 matches
- GP f Strategies of human adaptation to climate change 104 matches
- GP g Actions taken by different levels of society can mitigate climate change and increase preparedness for current and future generations 130 matches
Humans can take action
144 matches General/OtherTeaching Across the Curriculum
Climate and Energy Topics
- Causes of Climate Change 73 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 161 matches Includes sea level rise; extreme weather; drought; changes to ecosystems, plants and animals; melting ice and permafrost; ocean warming; impacts to water resources, agriculture, public health and national security
- Climate System 63 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.
- Energy Use 79 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 208 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 106 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Nature of Climate Science 8 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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How Different Generations Talk About Climate Change
This video explores questions such as: What's changed since the early days of the environmental movement? How are the stakes different today? What's the best way to speak up about climate ...Reviewed Collection
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Elementary GLOBE Air Quality Module
This resource is designed as a module with a storybook or web story, and four activities. In the storybook, the GLOBE Kids investigate colors in the sky and learn how air pollution affects sky color ...Reviewed Collection
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With the help of two climate experts, this video discusses how the social cost of carbon is calculated, how it should (perhaps) be calculated, and why the effort to quantify this value is necessary ...
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This highly engaging course is comprised of five modules. Each one clearly explains the concept using readings and videos. Students are presented with the current fire and climate data and then run ...
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This is a National Geographic video that defines renewable energy and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of different examples.
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Hurricane Resilience Part 1: Hurricanes Affect Us
In this activity, students learn how people prepared for and then responded to a hurricane by analyzing news headlines about Hurricane Florence (2018). Then they analyze data about the amount of ...Reviewed Collection
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This video presents a brief introduction to an alternative energy source - ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC).
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Fostering Dialogue to Support Community Resilience
This video outlines background information about and goals of resilience with a focus on communities and climate resilience.Reviewed Collection
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Major Storms and Community Resilience
This is Unit 1 of a larger module and centers on the fundamental concepts of major storms and community resilience. In this unit, students acquire a vocabulary related to storm systems and risk, ...Reviewed Collection
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Extreme Heat and Community Health
This short video clip is part of a longer video series titled How Climate Effects Community Health. This clip focuses on human health risks from extreme heat events caused by increasing global ...Reviewed Collection
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