Instructional Video4:05
Wonderscape

Climate Change: The Intensifying Greenhouse Effect

K - 5th
Learn how the enhanced greenhouse effect, driven by human activities, leads to global climate change. Delve into the role of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in trapping more heat in the atmosphere, and discover the...
Instructional Video5:48
Wonderscape

Consequences of Global Warming: Ecosystems at Risk

K - 5th
This video details the effects of global warming, highlighting its impact on marine life, polar ice melt, rising sea levels, and disrupted animal hibernation patterns. It emphasizes the significance of increased greenhouse gases from...
Instructional Video1:05
Next Animation Studio

Climate change affecting soil's ability to absorb CO2

12th - Higher Ed
A new research paper studied how climate change affects the capability of soil to trap carbon dioxide emissions.
Instructional Video1:40
NASA

NASA | Ask a Climate Scientist: CO2 and Temperature

3rd - 11th
Is there any merit to the studies that show that historical CO2 levels lag behind temperature, and not lead them? In the pre-industrial age, the CO2 response to temperature was that the temperature would go up and CO2 would go up. Or if...
Instructional Video
Other

Media Storm: Airsick: Industrial Devolution

9th - 10th
Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk took twenty thousand still pictures in a span of twenty days and created this powerful video about global warming. It is certain to stimulate thoughtful discussion in a classroom.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Atmosphere and Climate

9th - 10th
Explore climate change on a geologic time scale, and consider recent human impacts on climate and the atmosphere. [3:38]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Paint the Town White

9th - 10th
Replacing dark roofing and pavement with lighter, more reflective materials could reduce temperatures in cities and offset significant quantities of carbon dioxide emissions.