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Exploring Tools to Survey Primary Sources
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Be aware that many people experience stress when learning about Climate
A formative assessment is an informal way of evaluating what students already know about climate science - and what they need to learn. It can be as simple as a short quiz, a card sort, signs that students stand near to indicate agreement, polls, student explanations, drawings, or any other quick and easy, low stakes (ungraded) way to find out what students are thinking. Formative assessments can be pre-tests but - more importantly - they can also be useful tools mid-way through a lesson, enabling the educator to see which concepts stuck and which ones need to be retaught a different way.
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Phenomena
"Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get." Explorations: Data Analysis, Modeling, and Investigations - Weather, Climate and Water Cycling Storyline unit from OpenSciEd - ESRI How's the Weather exploration from GeoInquiries - Climate, Weather, and Plants in Your Region lesson from SERC Projects and Problem-Solving - Create a Weather Station where students mount weather instruments and collect data |
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EPA's 24 Climate Indicators
Phenomena - Climate Time Machine - Key Indicators - NASA explainer Explorations: Data Analysis, Modeling, and Investigations - Collecting Data through Community & Participatory Science Projects - Project BudBurst community science project related to phenology - Fall Leaf Change Predictions Map Reporting Tool - Journey North Monarch Migration - data maps and reports by Estela Romero - Symbolic Monarch Migration cultural exchange project for students - Water Quality Monitoring / Adopt A Stream community science projects - Analyzing and Interpreting Data - Exploratorium's Graphing the Keeling Curve lesson using Mauna Loa's CO2 Data - Data Nuggets Climate modules multiple lessons from Data Nuggets - Predicting Regional Climate based on Regional Temp Anomalies - Interpreting Graphs of Surface Temps in Urban Areas - NASA Mini-Lesson - All Earth as a System Mini-Lessons from My NASA Data https://static.nsta.org/pdfs/samples/PB225Xweb.pdf |
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Exploring Ancient Climates with Proxy Data
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Naturally-Occurring Planetary Cycles, Forces and Events
What Natural Phenomena Affect Earth's Climate? UCARR web page Background Info on Planetary Motions - Why Orbits are Elliptical; Kepler's Laws; Gravity; Newton's Constant lessons - pHet Simulations of Planetary Motions Milankovitch Cycles: Precession, Orbital Tilt and Eccentricity - Interactive Models of the Milankovitch Cycles - NASA - Animation of the Orbital Cycles - NASA - CLEAN interactive Applet for exploring Milankovitch Cycles and worksheet Solar Radiation - Sun Spot Cycles from Solar Science Role of Planetary Cycles in Current Global Warming and Climate Change - Milankovitch Case Study: Cycles Cannot Explain Persistent Climate Change Cataclysmic Events, such as Meteor Impacts an Volcanism - Dust Might Have Snuffed Out the Dinosaurs - NYT - How Volcanoes Influence Climate - UCAR |
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It depends on how you look at it!
By country or region - CO2 Emission Timeline Sliders from Our World in Data By person (per capita) - pictured to the right By current trend (up or down) - color-coded (red = increasing / green = decreasing) Including land use changes, which minimizes the role of countries that cleared forests for agriculture before the data was collected (e.g. Europe) and maximizes the role of countries clearing forests now (e.g. South America) Or excluding land use changes, which exaggerates the impact of countries clearing forests now (vs. those who cleared forests for agriculture earlier) |
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A changing climate is different from other environmental challenges because of the phenomena of feedback loops. Negative loops can moderate effects. But positive loops act as "accelerators" that amplify effects. The more one thing happens, the more it causes a second thing to happen, in a spiral of responses until a "tipping point" is reached, from which the processes cannot be reversed. Positive feedback loops are what lends urgency to climate change.
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Average Surface Temperatures are Trending Upwards
Phenomena: Global Temperatures from 1880 -2022 in spiral chart video - NASA - 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) Thermal Properties of Materials - Thermal Properties of Materials - Concord Consortium lessons |
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Impacts of Additional Carbon in the Atmosphere and Ocean
Ocean Acidification as an Indicator of Increased Atmospheric CO2 - 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) - Slideshow on 7 Things Everyone should Know About Ocean Acidification: Diving into Ocean Acidification Toolkit - K-12 curriculum with slide decks by UC Irvine - includes elementary material - The Ocean Protector game is a free, decision based online learning tool Impacts of Toxic Metals in the Ocean Mercury and other Heavy Metals - How Heavy Metals in the Ocean Become more Toxic Impacts of Increased Heat Weather Extremes - Extreme Weather Climate Lab from SERC.Carleton - Role of Climate in "Once in a Generation" Winter Storms - Tornadoes and Climate Connection? - It's Complicated! - Extreme Weather and Climate Change - NASA - Climate Change in Your Own Backyard lesson - NCSE - Warmer Air Holds More Moisture - Climate Central - Tornado Alley Moves East towards GA - Scientific American Increased Wildfire Risks - Climate and Wildfire - NASA lesson unit - Goats Clearing Buffer Zones to Reduce Wildfire Risks - article Freeze/Thaw Cycles and the Keeling Curve - Breathing Boreal Forest lesson -Project Wet Climate Resilience p34-49 Warming Oceans / Thermal Expansion --> Sea Level Rise - 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) - Sea Level Slider from NASA Climate Time Machine - Chasing Coral movie and related curriculum (project challenges) - Coral Death due Ocean Warming, Algae Blooms mitigated by King Crabs Snow and Ice Melt due to Warming Temps - Sea Ice is Melting (NASA Climate Time Machine) -> no effect on sea level - Arctic Sea Ice Story Map lessons from My NASA Data - Chasing Ice movie (or school screening license) and curriculum . . . - Discussion Guides for Middle School, High School, and University - Loss of Sea Ice Causes Crash in Emperor Penguin Breeding (article) - Glaciers are Shrinking --> Sea Level is Rising - Land Ice Masses (Glaciers) are Melting (NASA Climate Time Machine) - The Last Glaciers (I-Max trailer and related lessons) - Loss of Light Surfaces and Albedo --> ice/albedo feedback loop - Effects of Melting Sea Ice vs Melting Land Ice (Glaciers) - My NASA Data - When Land Ice Melts lesson from My NASA Data - When Floating Ice Melts lesson from My NASA Data - Slushy Snowball Earth feedback loop (web article) - How Volcanoes Froze the Earth Twice (PBS Eons video) Ecosystem Changes due to Warming Temps - Loss of Wildlife Habitat - Climatology and Biomes lab from SERC Carleton - Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live - article New York Times - Polar Bears and Thinning Sea Ice - NASA article - Now You "Sea" Ice, Now You Don't: Impact of Climate on Penguins - The Connection between Climate Trends & Biodiversity Loss article Natl History Museum Tring - Coral Bleaching - caused by warming oceans: Chasing Coral movie - Changes in Timing / Intensity of Cyclical Weather Events Affect Species - Phenology: Project Budburst community science project - Climate, Weather and Trees Lab from SERC Carleton - Changes in Species Range or Habitat due to Warming Trend - Future Forests Lab re: impact on maple syrup from SERC Lab - Shifting Plant Hardiness Zones article from Climate Central - New Plant Hardiness Zone Maps (enter zip code) from USDA - Shifts in Planting Zones over Time (ARC GIS map sequence) - 58 GA Bird Species At Risk in Warming Climate - Birds Georgia - Impacts of Climate on GA Ecosystems - GA Climate Info Portal - GA Marine Species Affected by Climate - NOAA - Impact of Warmer Winters on GA Peach Crop - EPA - Impact of Flooding, Droughts, and Warm Water on Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Riverkeeper articles |
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- Little Ice Age - Britannica article
- How the Little Ice Age Changed History - John Lanchester / The New Yorker article - What Did the Little Ice Age Teach Us about Climate Change? Dr. Aritina Haliuc - Climate Change Summit article - Living During the Little Ice Age - UCAR lesson - Climate Trends, Exploration and the Beaver Fur Trade - How Volcanoes Affect World Climate (and Frankenstein) Karen Harpp for Scientific American - Mt Tambora and the Year without Summer - UCAR article - Did Colonialism Cause Global Cooling? - Dagomar Degroot Georgetown University Historical Climatology - Effects of the Little Ice Age; The Great Dying; Glaciers in Art Smith College Climate in Arts & History |
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"Our decisions today make a difference. We can't rewrite the past but we can choose how sustainable the future will be." - EN-Roads Climate Solutions Simulator - Climate Initiative - Beat the Uncertainty: Planning Climate-Resilient Communities - NOAA - Project Drawdown Solutions - Drawdown.org - Drawdown Solutions Game including lesson plan and video demo - NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit - NOAA - Youth Climate Summit Toolkit - The W!ld Center |
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-Making a Difference
- Seven Climate Solutions and a graphic organizer - NYT Implementing Solutions to Real-World Problems - Place-based Ingenuity Nature.com - Place-based Climate Case Studies - IfNotUsThenWho.me Tree Planting - Carbon Gardening and Tree Planting - Calculating Tree Value in terms of C Sequestration Agricultural Practices - Going Underground to Investigate Carbon in Soils - Data Nuggets lesson - Planting a No-Till Garden, Cover Crops, and Minimizing Fertilizer Run-Off - Reducing Food & Crop Waste to Reduce Methane Emissions Building Design - Designing Buildings for a Warmer World: Lesson on Francis Kéré from NYT - How Francis Kéré Uses Local Materials to Design for Climate - ArchDaily - An AfroFuturist Architect Builds for a Better Future - Wired - Francis Kéré and the Pritzker Architecture Prize - PritzkerPrize.com Materials Use - Alternatives to Fluorinated F-Gases for Cooling and Fire Retardants - Alternatives to Single Use Plastics - Princeton University Household / Lifestyle Changes - Handprinter.org - comparing relative impacts of different actions - Meatless Monday, Wear-It-Again Wednesday, and other Swaps Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation - Conserving Energy to Reduce Fossil Fuel Emissions - Converting from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Sources - UNEP - Choosing Lower Emission Fossil Fuels during Transition to Renewables |
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Green Schoolyards & Green Infrastructure in response to increased flooding
- Flooding: Clime Time Flooded Playground (elementary lesson) - Green Playgrounds: An Overlooked Climate Solution - Reimagining Schoolyards for Health and Learning - Governing magazine Coastal Protection in response to sea level rise and more extreme storms - Beach Erosion Experiment lesson from Defending Scotland's heritage - Living Shorelines vs. Jetties and Sea Wall Structures - EPA - Shoreline Structures and their Impacts - Beachapedia - Living Shoreline Projects in the Southeastern US - Sea Grant - What is a Living Shoreline? - NOAA Carbon Capture Technology in response to increased carbon in the atmosphere - Carbon Capture vs Carbon Emission Prevention? NYT Policy and Financing in response to human enterprises that impact climate - Climate Policy & Financing a Swiss Perspective (MyClimate) |
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Misconceptions, Misinformation and Disinformation
- Global Warming and Climate Myths Explained Skeptical Science - Debunking Myths about Climate Change United Nations Environment Programme - The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change - House Natural Resources Committee Staff Hearing Report 2022 - How to Spot 5 Climate Change Disinformation Tactics The Guardian - Climate Misconceptions Top Ten List - Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - K-12 Students' Misconceptions about Global Warming Journal of Physics |
Illustration by John Cook / Review of Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change -Lin Andrews, National Center for Science Education
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