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 78 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Sun is primary energy 25 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 59 matches Climate is regulated by complex interactions among components of the Earth system
- Life affects climate; climate affects life 34 matches Life on Earth depends on, is shaped by, and affects climate
- Climate is variable 45 matches Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes
- Our understanding of climate 68 matches Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling
- Humans affect climate 54 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 72 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 43 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 78 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 65 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 44 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 78 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 74 matches Instrumental measurements, proxy data, climate model projections
- Nature of Climate Science 10 matches Includes the process of science and common misconceptions about climate science
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This highly engaging course is comprised of five modules. Each one clearly explains the concept using readings and videos. Students are presented with the current fire and climate data and then run ...
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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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What's the Bigger Picture? Using the Power of Art to Teach Science
In this lesson, students combine art and science to interpret and illustrate graphical art. They first learn about artists who develop images based on climate graphs and then create their own.Reviewed Collection
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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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Major Storms and Community Resilience
This is Unit 1 of a larger module and centers on the fundamental concepts of major storms and community resilience. In this unit, students acquire a vocabulary related to storm systems and risk, ...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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In this activity, students develop concept maps of the carbon cycle through a die-rolling game that simulates carbon reservoirs and fluxes. By the end of this activity, students should be able to ...
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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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The Extreme Events Game is an in-person role-playing game that allows participants the experience of building community resilience in the face of disaster. Players work together to make decisions and ...
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