Additional Resources

https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/lesson-plans/rain-gauge-a...

In this hands-on inquiry-based activity, students face an engineering challenge based on real-world applications. They are tasked with developing a tool they can use to measure the amount of rain ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities

Solar Convection

https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/sola...

Lawrence Hall of Science
In this activity, students will use hot and cold water to see how fluids at different temperatures move around in convection currents.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities

What is a watershed?

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58ac4417893fc0e09...

Izaak Walton League
In this activity students build a model of a watershed to learn where water goes when it rains. Students then make predictions and draw what they observe.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities

Elementary GLOBE Earth Systems Module

https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-globe/overview/eart...

Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner
Several activities that introduce students to the concepts of earth as a series of systems that are all connected. All of the activities reinforce the idea that water, air, soil, and living things ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities, Curriculum Description

Scientific Consensus: A Tsunami of Evidence

https://ncse.ngo/scientific-consensus

This is the first lesson in a series of 6 lessons about climate change from the National Center for Science Education. The 'Tsunami of Evidence' module directly addresses common ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Natural causes, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities

SciJinks: What causes a thunderstorm?

https://scijinks.gov/thunderstorms-video/

SciJinks
This short video demonstrates what causes a thunderstorm.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video

Carbon Dioxide Absorbs IR Energy: An Art and Science Climate Change Collaboration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0whyoyNYUrk

This video focuses on two experiments with two different wavelengths of light--visible and infrared--to better understand some of the basic processes responsible for the temperature of the ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video

Parts per Million: A Little is a LOT (In the Greenhouse #18)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxJExAi8a0

The current concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is over 400 parts per million. This video explains what one part per million (ppm) is, and what impact a trace gas – or any ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Greenhouse gas emissions, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video

Can We Gas Up... Without Gas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-YtC3nwWwU

This video explores the benefits and challenges of electric vehicles, and looks at some of the ways we can decarbonize much larger modes of transportation.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video

Actions to Fight Climate Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvSqCa_neL0

This 14-minute video from the Paleontological Research Institution explores solutions to climate change by comparing how people utilize energy in Paris versus a US city. People, energy consumption, ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video