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Through Tribal Eyes: Change on the Menominee Nation
United States Climate Resilience ToolkitIn this video, members of the Menominee nation discuss their experiences with climate change.
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Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Restoration/Reclamation, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Ecosystems:Habitats:Invasive species, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biodiversity, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems:Ecology, Environmental Science, American Studies, Biology:Plant Biology, Environmental Science:Forest Resources:Deforestation, Environmental Science:Forest Resources, Air Quality:Acid Rain, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Anthropology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Recent climate data, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Recent climate data, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Biology:Ecology:Abiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Habitats, Habitats:Freshwater, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Air quality:Acid Rain, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Orbital patterns, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Air Quality, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity:Studio Teaching
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity:Studio Teaching
Earth Science Modules from the Concord Consortium
These free online curriculum lessons were developed for five days of classroom instruction and include one or more Earth systems models plus assessment items. Topics include plate tectonics, ...Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population, Energy, Air Quality, Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Earthquakes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Course Module
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Course Module
This short activity uses GIS to explore hurricane track information to understand factors that encourage the formation of hurricanes. This site includes all materials needed for an instructor to ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual
This short activity uses GIS to task students with observing, comparing, and contrasting the natural resources throughout the five regions of the U.S. This site includes all materials needed for an ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Mineral Resources, Forest Resources, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
California Burning: A multimedia project
Amy QuintonThis multimedia resource provides an overview of wildfire risk and response to the risk in California. Text, video, images, and data are used to discuss how drought and overgrowth of forests play a ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Policy, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Drought, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Wildfires, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Forest Resources, Sustainability
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual
Expanding boundaries of exploration
The appetite for mining beyond the confines of the land does not end with the deep ocean: celestial bodies, too, have stirred commercial interest. The prospect of mining the ocean floors and bodies ...Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Ethics/Values, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science, Geoscience, Geology:Environmental Geology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Earth Science Puzzles: Making Meaning From Data
Kim A. Kastens, Margie Turrin
This book is a collection of data-rich activities for use in the high school earth science classroom. In addition, there is an introduction that places the exercises in the context of the critical ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Education, Environmental Science, Geoscience
Resource Type: Curriculum Description
Resource Type: Curriculum Description
EPA Water Science and Technology for Students and Educators
United States Environmental Protection AgencyDiscover lesson plans, games, and other resources for you and your students, as well as links to EPA's online training academies. The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the ...
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Health Sciences, Environmental Science, Chemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Pedagogic Resources, Activities
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Pedagogic Resources, Activities
NIH Office of Science Education
National Institutes of Health: Office of Science PolicyThe Office of Science Education (OSE) coordinates science education activities at the NIH and develops and sponsors science education projects in house. These programs serve elementary, secondary, ...
Subject: Biology, Geoscience, Environmental Science, Chemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Activities, Pedagogic Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Activities, Pedagogic Resources
United State Department of Agriculture: Forest Service
Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. The mission of the Forest ...
Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. The mission of the Forest ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Forest Resources, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Activities, Pedagogic Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Activities, Pedagogic Resources