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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13 matchesClimate Literacy Principles
- Humans can take action 6 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 2 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 7 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 5 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 4 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 10 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
Teaching Across the Curriculum
Climate and Energy Topics
- Causes of Climate Change 1 match Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 8 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 2 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 1 match Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 7 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 5 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
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NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
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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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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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Precipitation Extremes and Community Health
This short video explains how climate change can lead to more extreme precipitation events and more frequent flooding. Information from the CDC has succinct information about the health downsides of ...Reviewed Collection
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Air Quality and Community Health
This video discusses ways that communities can prepare for air quality changes that will occur due to rising global temperatures.Reviewed Collection
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How Climate Affects Community Health
This animated video discusses how climate change is altering the environment and increasing disease risk from air pollution, spread of disease vectors, increased high temperatures, violent storms and ...Reviewed Collection
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I Live in the Eastern US - Does Climate Change Matter to Me? | Global Weirding
This video discusses impacts that the Eastern US is experiencing due to climate change. It describes the seasonal shifts that may affect tourism in New England, extreme heat in the Southeast, how ...Reviewed Collection
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Southern Great Plains and Southwest | Global Weirding
This video discusses impacts that the Midwestern US is experiencing due to climate change. It describes how climate change is affecting agriculture, tourism, drought and flood, water cycles and ...Reviewed Collection
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Assessing Drought in the United States
This easy-to-understand video animation describes drought and explains the different categories of drought used by the drought monitor. It discusses the effects of and contributions to drought, what ...Reviewed Collection
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An interactive data visualization map of the USGS data of water usage from 2015 of the USA and US territories.
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Show Your Stripes - Changes in Temperature
These 'warming stripe' graphics are visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country over the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the temperature in that ...Reviewed Collection
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