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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- 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 51 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 40 matches
- 4 f Evidence is that human impacts are playing an increasing role in climate change 72 matches
- 4 g Natural processes of CO2 removal from atmosphere is slow; Long residence time of some GHG 20 matches
Climate is variable
80 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 116 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 7 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 69 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 147 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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Educator Guide: Lab 1- Launching an Expedition
Students are charged with thinking about what it takes to 'do science'. They are introduced to the science of dendrochronology and learn how tree-ring science is executed.Reviewed Collection
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Students use an online mapping tool to investigate changes in global snow cover, develop a problem statement about global snow cover, and then use the tools to investigate a problem or question of ...
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Using a combination of clickable 360 degree landscapes, 2D and 3D videos, animations, interviews with scientists, and mini-games, the Polar Lab takes players onto the glacier ice and into the lab in ...
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Get Climate Data for Your Area and Make Temperature and Precipitation Charts
This lab, created by Salish Kootenai College faculty, steps undergraduate students through ordering, accessing, and graphing local precipitation and temperature data.Reviewed Collection
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Assess burn scars with satellite imagery
Using Landsat 8 imagery from before and after the 2015 wildfire season in Glacier National Park, Montana, learners calculate the damage using a Normalized Burn Index, digitize the burn area, and ...Reviewed Collection
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Climate Change and Risks of New Pandemics
Through this lesson plan your students will learn that human induced climate change causes biodiversity disturbances and could be responsible for the increased risk of animal virus spillover into ...Reviewed Collection
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Students model the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's atmosphere. They find that greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are uniquely shaped to catch and pass on infrared ...
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Students consider the ways their climate affects their region, by identifying a type of food unique to the region and selecting (and possibly cooking) a recipe that features that ingredient. Optional ...
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Students first learn about the complexities of Earth's climate system and the different factors contributing to Earth's energy balance. Then, students categorize the factors that influence ...
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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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