Name of Resource: Earth Exploration Toolkit: Regional Climate Change
Climate Change Theme: Climate Variability
Sponsoring Organization: SERC/TERC
Intended use: Background Material, Learning Activity
Intended audience: Educators and Learners
URL: http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/climate/index.html
Average Review Ratings (Poor to Excellent, 1-5 scale): 
Description: From the website: "Using climatological data from the University of
New Hampshire's EOS-WEBSTER, users will obtain annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum
temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for Minnesota and California to explore this regional variability. Data
will span the years 2000 through 2100. Users import the data into a spreadsheet application and analyze it to
interpret regional differences. Finally, users download data for their state and compare them with the other two states
to answer a series of questions about regional differences in climate change."
Summary of Reviews
Reviewer: Kirsten Butcher 
Comments: High-level activity is indicated as appropriate for college students and advanced high school classes. Planning
ahead will be necessary to order data and educators will need to familiarize themselves with the process of
data analysis to support students.
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Reviewer: Jack Ganse
Comments: Once students became comfortable with accessing and ordering data, I think this could be a powerful
learning tool-the amount of available data is huge. I do see a lot of time required to familiarize both teachers and
students in ordering and processing data.
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