EEA RESOURCES

Climate Change Course (a work in progress)

 
COMING SOON . . .   RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
​from EEA's Curated Collection of Climate Change Lesson & Activities
​ -  Researching Climate Change from Evidence and Indicators
 -  Investigating Climate Change Effects through Field Investigations
 -  Implementing Climate Change Solutions 

Instructional Strategies for Teaching Climate Change 
  -  Surveying Primary Sources and Evaluating Evidence
     -  The CRAPP Test and CRAPP Test Rubric
  -  Making and Using Models, Simulations and Algorithms
     -   The Climate Impact of Neighborhoods, Mapped:  Interactive 
​
Intro - What Have You Heard About Climate Change? from Understanding CC
              -  Climatology Basics Lab from SERC.Carleton

 How do we know Climate Change is happening?  Climate Change INDICATORS
            -  EPA's 24 Climate Change Indicators
           -  Collecting Data
                -  Community / Participatory Science Projects related to Climate Change
                     -  Project BudBurst (phenology)
                     -  Journey North
                     -  Symbolic Monarch Migration
           -   Analyzing and Interpreting Data
                      -  Exploratorium's Graphing the Keeling Curve from Mauna Loa's CO2 Data
                      -  Data Nuggets Climate Change modules

 Why is Climate Change happening?
     -    (Ruling Out) Naturally Occurring Planetary Cycles and Forces
                -  Background Info on Planetary Motions
                        - Why Orbits are Elliptical; Kepler's Laws; Gravity; Newton's Constant lessons
                              -  pHet Simulations for Planetary Motions 
                -  Milankovitch Cycles: Precession, Orbital Tilt and Eccentricity
​                         - CLEAN interactive Applet for exploring Milankovitch Cycles and worksheet
                         - Milankovitch Case Study: Cycles Cannot Explain Persistent Climate Change Purdue
                -  Solar Radiation: Sun Spot Cycles from Solar Science
                
      -   How Do We Know What Climate was Like in the Past? Paleoclimatology
               -  Climate Detectives
               -  Pollen Data from Pond Sediment Cores (from Earth Science Puzzles)
               -  Tree Rings  & Paleoclimate  / Data from Tree Rings (Columbia Tree Ring Laboratory)
               -   CO2 in Past Ice Core Data 
               -   Volcanic Eruptions and Snowball Earth feedback loop

​       -  Modern Anthropogenic (human-caused) Actions / Causes
           -  Greenhouse Gas Emissions   
                -  Carbon Dioxide
                           -  CO2 Slider from NASA Climate Time Machine
                           -  CO2 Measured at Mauna Loa - Current and Historic Data from NOAA
                           -  Carbon Emissions from Burning of Oil and Gas for Electricity and Transportation
                                 -  Keeling Curve
                                 -  Non-Renewable vs Renewable Energy as Sources of  CO2 Emissions
​                                 -  Generate: The Game of Energy Choices from EPA
                                 - Comparing Efficiency of Fuel Types by Converting to Common Units (BTUs)
                           -  Carbon Emissions from Burning of Oil and Gas for Plastic Production
                                  -  The Age of Plastic: from Parkesine to Pollution
                                  -  Trash or Recycling? Plastic Keeps Us Guessing
​              -  Ocean Acidification as an Indicator of Increased Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations
                           -  Ocean Acidity Data from EPA
                           -  Ocean Carbon Data from NOAA via CO2.Earth
                           -  More Acidic Oceans:  Effect of Acid on Marine Animals' Shells (Clime Time)
               - Methane
                               -  Global Methane Sources (NASA video from Vital Sign of the Planet)
                               -  Cattle Planet: Visualizing the Biomass of the World's Mammals
                               -  Methane Monitoring Lesson from Our Climate Future
              Annual Greenhouse Gas Index  
                 -  Nitrous Oxide
                                 -  Laughing Gas and Climate Change - Stanford article
                                 -  The Forgotten Greenhouse Gas - BBC article
                 -  Fluorinated Gases
                 -  Water Vapor
​            The Greenhouse Effect
​                          - Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks
                                     - Data on Global Temperatures from NOAA via CO2-Earth   

Climate Change IMPACTS
    Global Warming : Avg. Surface Temperatures Trending Upwards
    Phenomenon: Global Temperatures from 1880 -2022 in spiral chart video - NASA
        Higher Global Temps --> 
            Extreme Weather 
              -   Extreme Weather Climate Lab from SERC.Carleton
                    -  Earth's Energy Balance Lab from SERC.Carleton
                    -  Surface Temperature Change Data from 1880 - 2022 (NASA Time Machine)
                    -  Extreme Heat (New York Times interactive article)
                    -  Global Warming 101 (NRDC article)
              -  Weather Extremes are Increasing in Frequency
​                    -  Role of Climate Change in "Once in a Generation" Winter Storms
                    -  Role of Climate Change in Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
                    -  Tornadoes and Climate Change Connection? - It's Complicated!
             Wildfire Risks
                    -  Climate Change and Wildfire -  NASA lesson unit
             Warming Oceans 
                            -  Heat Capacity of Water (NASA Vital Signs of the Planet)
                            -  Experiment: Thermal Expansion of Water  (UCAR Center for Science Ed)
                            -  Modelling Thermal Expansion (NASA Jet Propulsion Lab)
                           -   Ocean Heat Content (NASA Climate Time Machine)
                            -  Sea Level is Rising (NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer simulation)
            Snow and Ice Melt
                     -  Sea Ice is Melting (NASA Climate Time Machine) --> no net effect on sea level
                              -  Chasing Ice movie
                     -  Glaciers are Shrinking -->  Sea Level is Rising
                            -  Land Ice Masses (Glaciers) are Melting (NASA Climate Time Machine images)
                            -  Loss of Light Surfaces and Albedo --> feedback loop
            Sea Level Rise
                     -  Sea Level Slider from NASA Climate Time Machine
            Ecosystem Changes related to Climate Change
                   -   Loss of Wildlife Habitat
                            -   Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live
                            -   Now You "Sea" Ice, Now You Don't: Impact of Climate Change on Penguins
                            -   The Connection betweeen Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss 
                            -   Coral Bleaching
                                         Chasing Coral movie
                   -   Change in Timing or Intensity of Cyclical Weather and Seasonal Events
                           -  Phenology: Project Budburst 
                           -  Climate, Weather and Trees Lab from SERC.Carleton
              Human Health and Well-being / Environmental Justice and Climate Change
                   -   Climate Change is Disproportionately Impacting Some People More than Others
                           -   Climate Change Inequality: Heat interactive NYT article
                           -   The Heat Island Effect and the Legacy of Bank Redlining Practices
                           -   Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations - EPA
                                   -  Climate Change and Social Vulnerability Report ​             
                                   -  How Income, Education, Race, Age and Location Affect Climate Burden
                                       https://www.epa.gov/cira/social-vulnerability-report

Solving Local, Real-World Problems
        -  Flooding: Clime Time Flooded Playground (elem)
        -  Global Warming / Greenhouse Gases:  Carbon Gardening and Tree Planting
​                      - Calculating Tree Value 
        -  Carbon Capture vs Carbon Emission Prevention? NYT
        -  Designing Buildings for a Warmer World: Lesson Plan re Pritzker Prize winner Kere
        
  Student-Directed Projects and Actions
      -  Purdue's What Can I Do About Climate Change? poster series
      -  David Suzuki Foundation's Climate Change Solutions
      -  Project Drawdown's Solutions 
      -  The Solutions Game including lesson plan and video demo
      -  Climate Justice initiatives including Planeteer Alliance's GreenHeart Challenge 

  Climate Change as a Global, Systemic Problem AND a Local Problem

   Other
​      Energy Conservation 
       -  Bike Ice Cream

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