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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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Educator Guide: Lab 1- Launching an Expedition part of CLEAN Collection
Students are charged with thinking about what it takes to 'do science'. They are introduced to the science of dendrochronology and learn how tree-ring science is executed.Learn more about this review process.
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It is a slippery slope part of CLEAN Collection
This is a demonstration that includes a review of scientific abstracts that show how warm water currents speed up ice sheet loss and sub-ice water infiltration into the Southern Ocean.Learn more about this review process.
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Global Snow Cover Changes part of CLEAN Collection
Students use an online mapping tool to investigate changes in global snow cover, develop a problem statement about global snow cover, and then use the tools to investigate a problem or question of ...Learn more about this review process.
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HEART Force Drought Game part of CLEAN Collection
In this interactive game, students solve challenges that their community faces during the course of an extreme drought event by using available individual and community resources. Students work in ...Learn more about this review process.
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Translating Climate Change into Music part of CLEAN Collection
In this lesson, students collect outdoor observational data to create a song about climate change. Intermediate music students will not only earn a greater appreciation for Alaska, but also for ...Learn more about this review process.
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Rising Tides: Protect Your Home from the Waves part of CLEAN Collection
Warming oceans and melting landlocked ice caused by global climate change may result in rising sea levels. This rise in sea level combined with increased intensity and frequency of storms will ...Learn more about this review process.
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Pixels on Fire part of CLEAN Collection
In this activity, students use measurement and area skills to learn about remote detection of wildfires from space. After detecting mock wildfires with mobile devices, students then study ...Learn more about this review process.
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Mapping a Personal Story of Environmental Change part of CLEAN Collection
This is a very simple but effective lesson that engages students with drawing a map of their local environment, then annotating their map with environmental changes they've observed. The ...Learn more about this review process.
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Fired Up Over Math: Studying Wildfires from Space part of CLEAN Collection
Students learn how scientists assess wildfires using remote sensing, then use some of the same techniques to solve grade-level appropriate math problems.Learn more about this review process.
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Product Development and the Environment part of CLEAN Collection
Students describe the steps in a product life cycle assessment and suggest ways to reduce the environmental impacts of engineered products.Learn more about this review process.
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