Teaching Tips

• A nice introduction to show how we know what we know about increasing global temperatures and what some of the effects of this warming will be.
• Only minimally focused on Colorado, the video is appropriate for all US.

About the Content

• Leading climate scientists describe their work and how their research points to increasing temperatures and changes in the ecosystem.
• The tone of this video is conversational rather than rigorous. Specific points made by the scientists are, however, supported with appropriate images and satellite photos.
• Comments from expert scientist: Links research and data from polar regions to local climate in Colorado. The video includes interviews with scientists from the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in which they talk about their research. The title of the video is "Climate and Colorado's Future", but a majority of the video is about changes in the polar regions. The discussion of Colorado's future doesn't start until about the last minute of the video.

About the Pedagogy

• The video is not integrated with a particular lesson plan, but the website provides lesson plans and complementary resources and activities that can be used to expand the reach of this video. These are well organized.
• A young scientist is interviewed, which will engage students.

Technical Details/Ease of Use

• High quality visuals may be engaging for audience.

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