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
- Humans can take action 229 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Sun is primary energy 74 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 185 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 110 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 165 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 219 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 178 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 259 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
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Climate and Energy Topics
- Causes of Climate Change 153 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 280 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 213 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 123 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 258 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Nature of Climate Science 25 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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Here students use data from the NOAA carbon dioxide monitoring sites, such as Mauna Loa, to graph the Keeling Curve for themselves on large sheets of paper. Each group graphs one year, and the graphs ...
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Tracking Water Using NASA Satellite Data
Using real data from NASA's GRACE satellites, students will track water mass changes in the U.S., data that measures changes in ice, surface and especially groundwater. The background ...Reviewed Collection
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Choosing Earth's Climate Future
Students focus on the three interconnected choices global society faces as Earth's climate continues to change—suffer, adapt, and mitigate—to analyze and predict current and future impacts ...Reviewed Collection
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Scientific Consensus: A Tsunami of Evidence
This is the first lesson in a series of 6 lessons about climate change from the National Center for Science Education. The 'Tsunami of Evidence' module directly addresses common ...Reviewed Collection
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Back to the Future: Climate Edition
This activity engages students through an exploration using real data of paleoclimate proxies, such as ice cores, tree rings, and sedimentary analysis that provide evidence for past climates.Reviewed Collection
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This activity allows students to make El Nino in a container, but it might work better as a teacher demonstration. The introduction and information provided describe El Nino, its processes and its ...
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This very short video introduces the concept of sea level rise and ties it back to global warming. The video is brief, basic, and clear. It can be used for a quick introduction, but nothing deeper ...
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I Live in the Midwest and Northern Great Plains - Does Climate Change Matter to Me?
This video features Katharine Hayhoe presenting a lively discussion of impacts that the Midwestern US is experiencing due to climate change. It steps through evidence for how climate change is ...Reviewed Collection
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This model of ocean-atmosphere interaction shows how carbon dioxide gas diffuses into water, causing the water to become more acidic. The video demonstration and instruction provide an explanation of ...
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
In this short video, learn about actions that humans can take to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions about climate change and to ...Reviewed Collection
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