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Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions Lesson Plan
Through this set of lessons, students learn about the impacts of water shortages due to drought, make connections to climate patterns, and explore community resiliency solutions. The lessons engage ...Learn more about this review process.
The Colorado River: Lifeblood for the American Southwest
For more than 100 years the Colorado River's water has been split between seven states, Native American tribes and Mexico thanks to a compact that experts say was written using outdated data. ...Learn more about this review process.
Unrelenting Drought on the Colorado River
The Colorado River is a critical resource for the western U.S. But a megadrought that began around the year 2000 and exacerbated by climate change is jeopardizing the river's future and ...Learn more about this review process.
NOAA Temperature and Precipitation Tools
This activity provides information on how to access and use a wealth of data and tools from NOAA to analyze climate through time. A video tutorial and background information are provided and show ...Learn more about this review process.
Sounding Climate in the Classroom
This interactive simulation from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: Center for Science Education uses sonification of data to represent changes in precipitation, temperature, and ...Learn more about this review process.
Adapting a Garden to Heavy Rain
This activity focuses on adapting to climate change and building resilience to heavy rainfalls in the context of a garden. Students devise, create, and test ideas for protecting a garden from heavy ...Learn more about this review process.
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Georgia's peach crop devastated by warm winter conditions
An unusually warm winter damaged Georgia's peach crop in 2023. As climate change continues, researchers are working to develop a peach that will be more resilient to warmer weather.Learn more about this review process.
Lake County Cascading Hazards Unit
The unit gives a brief introduction to several natural hazards that impact communities in California; drought, flooding, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfire, and connects the hazards by introducing ...Learn more about this review process.
Introduction to Climate Resilience: Elementary School
This lesson introduces students to climate resilience by emphasizing that everyone has a role to play in helping others during weather emergencies. The lesson starts by activating students’ ...Learn more about this review process.
Drought is devastating crops in the Midwest
In 2023, much of the US Midwest was abnormally dry, according to official drought monitor figures. In this video farmers describe how they are feeling about the adverse effects of climate change.Learn more about this review process.
Climate Change and Agriculture | The Resilient Ones
This video examines the effects of climate change on agriculture in New York. As temperatures rise and extreme weather patterns increase the risk of flooding and drought conditions, experts turn ...Learn more about this review process.
Critical infrastructure is vulnerable to climate change—and it's not just coastal cities at risk
Taking into account rising sea levels and severe weather events, a non-profit research group assessed the flood danger to infrastructure in the US over the next thirty years.Learn more about this review process.
Fired Up Over Math: Studying Wildfires from Space
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.
Educator Guide Lab 4 - Sharing a River: The Colorado River Story
Students take a journey to the Colorado River Basin near Lees Ferry. They explore aspects of the Colorado River Basin using a variety of resources, interactive maps, and tools such as Google Maps. ...Learn more about this review process.
Project Resilience: Case Studies of Coastal Change
Students use primary resources to investigate three case studies of environmental change, including how the combined effects of sea level rise and sinking land are projected to impact the Louisiana ...Learn more about this review process.
Climate Emergency Feedback Loops Atmosphere Video
This video describes the influence of global warming on the water vapor feedback loop and weather pattern frequency/intensity by using expert scientists and graphical illustrations.Learn more about this review process.
Project Resilience: Resilience in Action
In this activity, students explore resilience toolkits to better understand their value. Students then draw upon these toolkits to design a resilience plan for their school campus as the culminating ...Learn more about this review process.
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