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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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Translating Climate Change into Music part of CLEAN Collection

In this lesson, students collect outdoor observational data to create a song about climate change. Intermediate music students will not only earn a greater appreciation for Alaska, but also for ...
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)

Tiny Ice: Bits From Antarctica Video Series part of CLEAN Collection

This video series highlights the travel, science, and life at the South Pole research station. In this 10-part series, topics are explained in 3-4 minute, digestible segments which include photos and ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

Rising Tides: Protect Your Home from the Waves part of CLEAN Collection

Warming oceans and melting landlocked ice caused by global climate change may result in rising sea levels. This rise in sea level combined with increased intensity and frequency of storms will ...
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Informal, Middle (6-8), Primary (K-2)

Pixels on Fire part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students use measurement and area skills to learn about remote detection of wildfires from space. After detecting mock wildfires with mobile devices, students then study ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

Mapping a Personal Story of Environmental Change part of CLEAN Collection

This is a very simple but effective lesson that engages students with drawing a map of their local environment, then annotating their map with environmental changes they've observed. The ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Informal, Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

On the Rise part of CLEAN Collection

In this 60-minute interactive demonstration, students use ice blocks and heat lamps to model what will happen to coastlines around the world as glaciers melt. They explore why glaciers are melting as ...
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

Catching a Heat Wave part of CLEAN Collection

Students model the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's atmosphere. They find that greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are uniquely shaped to catch and pass on infrared ...
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

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)

Why Do We Need to Rapidly Reduce CO2 Emissions? part of CLEAN Collection

This resource is a high quality video with a an engaging narrative discussing the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions in order to reduce the concentration in the atmosphere.
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), General Public, High School (9-12), Informal, Middle (6-8)

Elementary GLOBE Climate Module part of CLEAN Collection

Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and environments, and describe how ...
Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)