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 10 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Sun is primary energy 12 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 11 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 8 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 9 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 19 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 9 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 11 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 5 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 17 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 36 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 11 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 22 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Nature of Climate Science 1 match Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts Show all
- K2-C1 22 matches Patterns
- K2-C2 20 matches Cause and effect
- K2-C3 11 matches Scale, Proportion and Quantity
- K2-C4 10 matches Systems and System Models
- K2-C5 6 matches Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation
- K2-C6 6 matches Structure and Function
- K2-C7 9 matches Stability and Change
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39 matches General/OtherNGSS Science and Engineering Practices
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Rising Tides: Protect Your Home from the Waves
Warming oceans and melting landlocked ice caused by global climate change may result in rising sea levels. This rise in sea level combined with increased intensity and frequency of storms will ...Reviewed Collection
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Children experiment with freezing water to observe a state change of water, and discover that it is less dense as a solid (ice) than it is as a liquid (water). Amazing Expanding Ice is an overnight ...
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Children observe an ice cube in water and discuss the amount of ice above and below the water, discuss density of ice, and make predictions. Based on what they have observed about small ice chunks, ...
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This activity introduces the concept of weather. Students follow the first stages of the scientific process to investigate the four factors that contribute to making weather what it is.
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Flubber Flow is a 30-minute activity in which teams of four to five children experiment with Flubber and investigate how a solid can flow! They predict and model the properties of glaciers, view ...
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NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 - What Is Ice?
This 3-minute eClip video from Nasa's Our World series introduces students to the unique properties of water.Reviewed Collection
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NASA eClips: Our World: Cool Clouds
This eClip video is part of NASA's Our World series and introduces students to the basics of cloud formation.Reviewed Collection
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Children get to know each other through an icebreaker activity that introduces the importance of water on Earth.
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Children create a wind streamer out of common materials and use it to determine the wind's direction.
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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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