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 20 matches Humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.
- Sun is primary energy 8 matches The Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system
- Climate is complex 14 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 13 matches Human activities are impacting the climate system
- Climate change has consequences 19 matches Climate change will have consequences for the Earth system and human lives
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41 matchesClimate and Energy Topics
- Causes of Climate Change 7 matches Includes natural changes (cyclic variability, volcanic eruptions, solar output) and human-caused changes (due to GHG emissions and land use changes)
- Climate Impacts 23 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 22 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 6 matches Sources of energy, usage trends, conservation, policy
- Human Responses to Climate 16 matches Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
- Measuring and Modeling Climate 20 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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Learning activities help students explore and describe soil, consider what is found in soil such as rocks, roots, critters, and organic material, and explain the importance of soil to plants and ...
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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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Elementary GLOBE Clouds Module
A suite of hands-on activities to give students the opportunity to describe the shape and appearance of clouds and learn the types of weather that are associated with clouds. The module includes ...Reviewed Collection
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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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Fostering Dialogue to Support Community Resilience
This video outlines background information about and goals of resilience with a focus on communities and climate resilience.Reviewed Collection
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Elementary GLOBE Earth Systems Module
Several activities that introduce students to the concepts of earth as a series of systems that are all connected. All of the activities reinforce the idea that water, air, soil, and living things ...Reviewed Collection
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Elementary GLOBE Seasons Module
In these activities and story book, students wonder why hummingbirds have stopped visiting their school. They learn about the needs of the hummingbirds, the seasonal changes where they live, and the ...Reviewed Collection
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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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Carbon Dioxide Absorbs IR Energy: An Art and Science Climate Change Collaboration
This video focuses on two experiments with two different wavelengths of light--visible and infrared--to better understand some of the basic processes responsible for the temperature of the ...Reviewed Collection
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