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BBC

Bbc News: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide to climate change contains numerous BBC resources and scientific evidence for global warming.
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Other

Satellite Images Bridge Understanding Gap Between Climate Change and Individuals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how Google Earth has brought the reality of climate change to the average person so that they can see it for themselves. The north and south poles are indicators of what is happening with climate change and an...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Little Ice Age: Dark Skies: Volcanic Contribution to Climate Change

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this activity, young scholars learn how volcanic eruptions affect global climate.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Do Scientists Agree About the Causes of Climate Change?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students follow a four-step process to debunk the myth regarding scientific consensus on climate change.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Climate Change

For Students 3rd - 8th
What do people around the world need to do in order to slow the process of climate change? This resource dives into the dangers of change and proposes solutions.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Paradise Lost?: Teaching Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is designed as a resource for high school and middle school teachers on the topic of climate change. The emphasis of this site is on providing hands-on activities. Includes activities that involve language arts, social...
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BBC

Bbc: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this online game to see if you can persuade European nations to reduce their carbon emissions to help our global climate. You are the president, "the future is in your hands!" Archived.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Global Atmospheric Change: People and Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The impact that climate and climate change have on humans is explored in this lesson. Students learn about climate zones, and factors that affect climate, e.g., proximity to the ocean and greenhouse gases. The lesson and accompanying...
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National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about what climate change is and how it impacts wildlife and ecosystems.
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Other

Lehigh University: Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An inquiry-based science unit for middle school students centered on weather and climate. The lessons integrate technology and lab activities while teaching about Earth system energy balance, greenhouse gases, paleoclimatology, and how...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing in a Global Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students use Microsoft Excel to manipulate and statistically analyze large climate databases of precipitation., temperature, stream discharge, tree ring data, ice core data, and ENSO to determine climate relationships and...
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Other

United States Global Change Research Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This government program integrates federal research on global climate change. Agency offers many resources regarding global as well as American climate change. For example, click on the section of the country where you live. Key issues,...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce students to environmental issues by studying a time of rapid global warming that occurred 50 million years ago. Lessons, video segments and interactive activities will engage students as they learn about average annual...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2: A Record of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study Earth's climatic history for the last 250,000 years by drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores. Includes background reading...
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King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 8: Climate Change and the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the eighth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores the role that oceans play in global climate change. Includes comprehension questions and interactive tools for understanding the...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan examines the possibility that the contemporary climate change is due to natural solar cycles. Objectives are to review the evidence of total solar irradiance, analyze data to understand the influence of solar variability, and...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Global Climate Change: Cryosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the effects climate has on the snow and ice covered cryosphere and see live data gathered from the North and South Poles.
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Skeptical Science: Global Warming & Climate Change Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
Close to two hundred myths about climate change are listed, with a detailed scientific response beside each. The myths can be sorted in a number of ways, e.g., by categories or popularity. Responses may include images, charts, or videos,...
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King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 1: Introduction to Earth's Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the first lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores Earth's unique climate and atmosphere, regional climate differences, and temporal climate differences. Includes comprehension questions...
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Other

Niwa: Climate Change, Global Warming, and Greenhouse Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to learn more about climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases? This web page contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about these. Topics include climate shift, greenhouse effect,...
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OneWorld UK

One World: Hot Earth: Climate Change for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Younger students will love this colorful yet educational site on global warming and climate change. Easy to read factual information is included. Available in many different languages.
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University of Minnesota

U Mn: Global Rem: Climate Change, Developing Countries/regions, & Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource consists of maps and texts about climate change and its impact on migration. The module's goal is to reveal how less developed regions such as Africa suffer disproportionately from climate change and to stimulate critical...
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A good introduction to what climate change is, what causes it and what individuals can do to help prevent it.

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