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Global Climate Change
Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
× Consequences of global climate change already include: increased drought, heat waves, flood intensity, glacial retreat, and sea level rise. Solutions are needed to reduce human impact on our climate system ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory

Paleoclimatology
Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
This course introduces students to the methods of paleoclimatology and provides a survey of major climatic events over the history of the Earth. The course incorporates journal articles and web resources to teach ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
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Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)

Physical Geography - The Atmosphere
Jill Trepanier, Louisiana State University
The topical focus of GEOG 2050 "Physical Geography: The Atmosphere" includes: (1) basic concepts in atmospheric science, including atmospheric structure and composition, energy balances, and atmospheric ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)

The Earth's Climate System
Louisa Bradtmiller, Macalester College
This course will be taught once per year. It provides an introduction to the climate system through lectures, labs, discussions and activities. It uses lecture and inquiry based activities to help students gain ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, El Nino/La Nina, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Paleoclimate records, Climate feedbacks, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:El Nino, Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Paleoclimate records, Climate feedbacks, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Global change modeling
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory

Climatology
Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
This course is designed to help students gain a scientific understanding of the physical aspects of Earth's climate system and the factors that influence climate change. We explore the global balance of energy ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Energy, heat and temperature, Atmospheric circulation, Seasonal patterns, Extreme weather, Forecasting, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Solar radiation, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Hydrologic cycle, El Nino/La Nina, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
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Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)

Sustainability Science
Lisa Harrington, Kansas State University
A mid-level lecture-based undergraduate course that focuses on sustainability concepts, approaches, and decision-making. Includes use of videos, and relation of sustainability to environmental, economic, and ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Upper (15-16)

Grand Valley State University: Weather for K-8 Preservice Teachers
Steve Mattox, Grand Valley State University
Weather for K-8 Pre-service Teachers is the atmospheric science content course in the integrated science teacher development sequence. The course uses hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory experiments in a combined ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)

Extreme Weather
Perry Samson, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
This course provides an introduction to the physics of extreme weather events. We examine solar eruptions, ice ages, climate change, monsoons, El Niño, hurricanes, floods, droughts, heat waves, thunderstorms, ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory

Conservation of Natural Resources
Jeff Wilson, The University of Texas at Brownsville
This course utilizes current literature seminar-style discussions and integrates the virtual world software SECOND LIFE into some of the content/presentations.

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Air Quality, Energy, Sustainability, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
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Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)

Meteorology
Elizabeth Malcolm, Virginia Wesleyan College
This lecture/lab course explores topics of weather, climate and air pollution and is taken by majors and non-majors. The goal of the laboratory is to develops students' understanding of the atmosphere through ...

Subject: Atmospheric Science: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)