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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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NASA

Nasa: Climate Change: How Do We Know?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides extensive evidence of the many ways scientists have observed and recorded climate change on a rapid, global scale. Lists different events observed, such as receding ice sheets and evidence in rocks, and presents graphs, images,...
Lesson Plan
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Climate Change and Michigan Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A comprehensive 10-lesson plan unit on how climate change affects the forests of Michigan. Covers many of the NGSS life science standards for middle school. Includes teacher's guide, PowerPoints, video links, student handouts, standards...
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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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May Institute: Helping Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Adjust to Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article contains several strategies to help students adjust to change. This article is targeted to those who work with autistic students but the strategies are appropriate for all students who struggle with changes and transitions.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Changing Social and Institutional Perceptions

For Students 9th - 10th
The problem faced by congresswomen and other women in society in post-war America was how to balance domestic responsibilities and professional life. Times were changing and congresswomen began to buck traditional congressional practices...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Acid Alert! The Effects of Climate Change on Ocean Ecology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students answer the question of how does climate change affect ocean ecology? Students explore a wide ranging effects of climate change through this online lab simulation. Lesson plan includes teacher notes, activity worksheets, and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Predicting the Effects of Changing Slope in Problem Situations

For Students 9th - 10th
Given verbal, symbolic, numerical, or graphical representations of problem situations, the student will interpret and predict the effects of changing the slope in the context of the situations.
Article
Pew Research Center

Pew Charitable Trusts: Two Decades of Change in Federal and State Higher Education Funding

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth analysis of the changes in both federal and state spending on higher education since 2000.
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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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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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Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Climate Change and Coral Reefs

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the devastating effects climate change is having on Florida's coral reef ecosystems.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this cross-curriculum inquiry, students use a cooperative approach to investigate the effect of climate change on the ecosystem of the Antarctic Peninsula. The activity stresses the importance of evidence in the formulation of...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)
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King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 4: Climate: A Balancing Act

For Students 9th - 10th
How does the Earth's energy balance regulate climate? This is the fourth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. This lesson explores how different factors can impact the amount of energy that enters and...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Changing Matter

For Teachers 1st
Investigate the concept of water changing states.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Structural Changes in the Economy and Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a speech given by Alan Greenspan December 5, 2000. It discusses the economic changes the United States had undergone in the 1990s. The reading is sophisticated, but some of the information is written to be accessible to...
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Canyons, Cultures, and Environmental Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A colorful site giving an introduction to the Colorado Plateau, a land region covering parts of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Learn about the people, places, tools, and changes it has undergone. A few links no longer work.
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NASA

Nasa: Introduction to Earth's Dynamically Changing Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NASA and PBS have joined forces to provide a lesson plan that will enable students to analyze data that documents a warming planet. Videos and other necessary documents for the lesson plan are provided. PBS TeacherLine also provides a...
Article
CBS

Cbs: Zd Net: Covid 19: Here's How One Pandemic Will Change Our Lives, Forever

For Students 9th - 10th
While it is too early to assess the damage caused by this global pandemic, there are signs that it will permanently change the way society functions. From its impact on the global economy to our daily lives, COVID-19 will leave an...
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Other

Brainspire: Technology and Society: How Technology Changed Our Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how technology and society change each other. When technologies change, societies change as well and those changes often result in the need for more technology. This creates a cyclical relationship between the two....
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: How and Why Characters Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan examines and makes inferences into the change and development in characters. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Effect of Changing Volume on Equilibrium Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how volume changes affect gas-phase reactions by altering their concentrations and reaction rates. View examples with solutions and a table of predicted equilibrium changes. Also find links to tutorials and animations of other...
Article
Time

Time: 5 Trends That Will Change How You Use Social Media in 2015

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at potential changes in 2015 in how people use social media. These include tools to make financial transactions, new types of networks, shopping features, social networking features on more smart devices, and the demand for more...

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