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This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching climate change. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about climate issues or global warming, let us know about them.
Subject: Atmospheric Science
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WINDS: Measuring Ocean Winds from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides access to images and data gathered by the SeaWinds scatterometer, a microwave radar sensor designed specifically to measure ocean near-surface wind speed and direction. The site ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations
Ocean World part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Ocean World site has a wide variety of information regarding the ocean. Established by Texas A and M University's Jason Project, Ocean World provides a wealth of information on weather, forams, ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection
Exploring Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Using imagery and visualizations, this site offers investigations of almost every Earth science topic imaginable. It is structured to follow the unit and chapter headings of an Earth science ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Collections, Pedagogic Resources, :Collection, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Scientific Argumentation in Earth System Science Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection
We investigate the merit of including deliberate instruction on argumentation and debate in an undergraduate Earth system science course. We examine sample student evaluations of arguments ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Research Study on Student Learning in a First-Year Seminar on Abrupt Climate Change part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a online summary of research findings on student learning in a first-year seminar on abrupt climate change. The focus of this research was on how students 'stretch' in their learning - how ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This report, by an NSF advisory committee, details many of the environmental challenges facing our planet and our society, and issues a call to action for NSF, for researchers, and for educators, to ...Resource Type: Policy Resources, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
Climate Change: Confronting Student Ideas part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This journal article from Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment discusses student-centered, inquiry-based instructional strategies and learning goals for helping students learn about climate ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Misconceptions as Barriers to Understanding Science (Ch. 4 from Science Teaching Reconsidered) part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This resource is a chapter of Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Topics covered include the role of misconceptions in the learning process, descriptions and examples of some common ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Research Results
Guidebook of the Helena Area, West-Central Montana: Guidebook for the 12th Annual Field Conference part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Road logs in this volume include coverage of gold deposits, sapphire deposits along the Missouri River, Quaternary geology and faulting in the Helena area and metamorphism and structure along the ...
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus part of SERC Print Resource Collection
We recently reported the discovery and preliminary characterization of Mimivirus, the largest known virus, with a 400-nanometer particle size comparable to mycoplasma. Mimivirus is a double-stranded ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
