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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.
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Diurnal Temperature Changes and Water Vapor Content part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this activity, students will examine data for air temperature and dewpoint temperature for two different days at the same station to understand how moisture in the air affects the diurnal ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Analyzing Greenhouse Gases and Global Temperature Data Over Time part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this activity, students plot data on the concentrations of various greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere and look for trends. They will learn that greenhouse gases allow the Sun's light ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Ocean Surface Topography from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The "Global Conveyer Belt" shows how the oceans move energy from the tropics to the poles and back again in order to moderate Earth's climate. This is accomplished through long-term ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities:Classroom Activity
Ocean Surface Topography from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The "Global Conveyer Belt" shows how the oceans move energy from the tropics to the poles and back again in order to moderate Earth's climate. This is accomplished through long-term ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities:Classroom Activity
Counting on the Havoc of Hurricanes: Comparing Statistics of Hurricane Floyd to Other Hurricanes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this lesson from the New York Times Learning Network, students define and classify the various ways in which numbers are used in forecasting and coping with the effects of a hurricane. This is ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
The Greenhouse Effect part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides an overview of the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect by briefly exploring the atmospheres of nearby planets and discussing the greenhouse gases of our atmosphere, such as, ...Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
GOES Hurricane Linda part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA lithograph presents a GOES satellite image of Hurricane Linda as it approached Baja, California on September 12, 1997. A brief explanation of how hurricanes are formed and a classroom ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Ocean World part of SERC Web Resource Collection
An ocean-science web site for students, teachers, faculty, and the general public. Visitors can learn about many important ocean processes, linked to teaching material and sources of real-time ocean ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Activities, Assessments, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Boiling Water Below Its Boiling Point part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Mars has such low atmospheric pressure that any water at the surface would boil away. In this activity, students see that they can get water to boil below its "typical" boiling temperature ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Differences Between Climate and Weather part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This activity will provide students with first hand knowledge of local weather changes and how they relates to local climates. After this activity students will understand the general distinctions ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity