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Browse Other Climate Resources

Here are additional resources relating to aspects of Climate Change from the SERC catalog. These resources have not been reviewed by the Climate Change Collection review team.
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The Water Cycle part of CLEAN Collection

This activity was developed to give participants an understanding of Earth's water cycle by completing a WebQuest and building a model of the water cycle.
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)

Cloudy vs. Clear part of CLEAN Collection

Students analyze and interpret graphs to compare the flow of shortwave energy from the Sun toward China over the course of a year on cloudy versus clear days.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

NASA eClips: Our World: ICESat-2 Measures Ice Sheets part of CLEAN Collection

A short video on the satellite ICESat-2 and what it measures (ice).
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)

Renewable Energy 101 part of CLEAN Collection

This is a National Geographic video that defines renewable energy and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of different examples.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

El Niño 101 part of CLEAN Collection

This video explains what El Niño is and provides the definition of El Niño. It goes into detail about the devastating terrestrial and aquatic effects El Niño can have on living organisms and the ...
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)

What makes a gas, a greenhouse gas? part of CLEAN Collection

Students act out 4 different molecules (nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor) to discover which ones are greenhouse gases and which ones are not.
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

Flow: Currents and Climate part of CLEAN Collection

This video introduces viewers to oceanic thermohaline circulation - the system of global ocean currents that cycle warm and cold water across the planet.
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Informal, Intermediate (3-5), Graduate/Professional

Solar Convection part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students will use hot and cold water to see how fluids at different temperatures move around in convection currents.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)

What's the Bigger Picture? Using the Power of Art to Teach Science part of CLEAN Collection

In this lesson, students combine art and science to interpret and illustrate graphical art. They first learn about artists who develop images based on climate graphs and then create their own.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)

What is a watershed? part of CLEAN Collection

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.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)