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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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Educator Guide: Lab 1- Launching an Expedition part of CLEAN Collection

Students are charged with thinking about what it takes to 'do science'. They are introduced to the science of dendrochronology and learn how tree-ring science is executed.
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), Informal, High School (9-12)

It is a slippery slope part of CLEAN Collection

This is a demonstration that includes a review of scientific abstracts that show how warm water currents speed up ice sheet loss and sub-ice water infiltration into the Southern Ocean.
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)

Global Snow Cover Changes part of CLEAN Collection

Students use an online mapping tool to investigate changes in global snow cover, develop a problem statement about global snow cover, and then use the tools to investigate a problem or question of ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

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)

En-ROADS Climate Change Solutions Simulator part of CLEAN Collection

This climate simulation tool makes it intuitive to see how changes in energy, land use, agriculture, and other policies will affect Earth's projected temperature. Users move sliders on various ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Informal, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Climate Action Simulation part of CLEAN Collection

This interactive role-playing simulation is conducted as a simulated emergency climate summit organized by the United Nations that convenes global stakeholders to establish a concrete plan that ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), Informal

Living Landscapes: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Fish part of CLEAN Collection

Interactive map tool to assess how rising stream temperatures could affect native fish of the Northwest. Lesson concepts include the relationship between water temperatures, dissolved oxygen levels ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

HEART Force - Adapting to Extremes: Exploring the Science of Wildfire in Colorado part of CLEAN Collection

In this lesson, students analyze and synthesize data, and design local wildfire preparation strategies to answer the question "What can we learn from past wildfires to prepare for ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Get Climate Data for Your Area and Make Temperature and Precipitation Charts part of CLEAN Collection

This lab, created by Salish Kootenai College faculty, steps undergraduate students through ordering, accessing, and graphing local precipitation and temperature data.
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Assess burn scars with satellite imagery part of CLEAN Collection

Using Landsat 8 imagery from before and after the 2015 wildfire season in Glacier National Park, Montana, learners calculate the damage using a Normalized Burn Index, digitize the burn area, and ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)