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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Climate Literacy Principles Show all
- 4 a Definition of climate and climatic regions 25 matches
- 4 b Climate is not the same thing as weather – defining difference 31 matches
- 4 c Climate change vs. climate variability and patterns 52 matches
- 4 d Changes in climate is normal but varies over times/ space 56 matches
- 4 e Global warming and especially arctic warming is recorded in natural geological and historic records 41 matches
- 4 f Evidence is that human impacts are playing an increasing role in climate change 73 matches
- 4 g Natural processes of CO2 removal from atmosphere is slow; Long residence time of some GHG 20 matches
Climate is variable
81 matches General/OtherTeaching Across the Curriculum
Climate and Energy Topics
- Causes of Climate Change 92 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 117 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 107 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 8 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 71 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 148 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Nature of Climate Science 14 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 Measures Ice Sheets
A short video on the satellite ICESat-2 and what it measures (ice).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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What makes a gas, a greenhouse gas?
Students act out 4 different molecules (nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor) to discover which ones are greenhouse gases and which ones are not.Reviewed Collection
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This video introduces viewers to oceanic thermohaline circulation - the system of global ocean currents that cycle warm and cold water across the planet.
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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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Green Careers for a Changing Climate
This video showcases eight green STEM careers by interviewing people working in different sectors helping to solve climate change issues.Reviewed Collection
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Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions
In this set of activities, students learn about impacts of drought through news videos of communities facing serious water shortages, analyze drought data and models, and research and evaluate ...Reviewed Collection
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Why Do We Need to Rapidly Reduce CO2 Emissions?
This resource is a high quality video with a an engaging narrative discussing the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions in order to reduce the concentration in the atmosphere.Reviewed Collection
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Elementary GLOBE Climate Module
Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and environments, and describe how ...Reviewed Collection
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What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
This video, video transcript, and accompanying poster, go beyond a description of weather and climate to highlight how NASA tracks the changes in climate and why it matters. Students will leave the ...Reviewed Collection
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