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NASA S'COOL Lesson: Cloud in a Bottle part of CLEAN Collection
Students participate in a demonstration to explore how clouds form and what conditions are necessary for cloud formation.Learn more about this review process.
GLOBE: From Weather to Climate - Looking at Air Temperature Data part of CLEAN Collection
Students will work with short-term and long-term air temperature data in order to better understand the differences between weather and climate.Learn more about this review process.
GLOBE: Cloud Watch part of CLEAN Collection
Students observe cloud type and coverage, as well as other weather conditions over a five-day period and correlate these observations. Students make and test predictions using these observations.Learn more about this review process.
GLOBE: Observing, Describing and Identifying Clouds part of CLEAN Collection
Students observe, sketch, and describe clouds on their own before learning to identify cloud types by comparing photos of different clouds to their sketches.Learn more about this review process.
Earth Artistically Balanced part of CLEAN Collection
Students first learn about the complexities of Earth's climate system and the different factors contributing to Earth's energy balance. Then, students categorize the factors that influence ...Learn more about this review process.
Geology of Yosemite Valley part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
This is a four-part module designed to be flexible in duration and student grade-level. (1) Geology of Yosemite Valley Virtual Field Trip. A 43-stop web-based Google Earth tour with embedded views, hyperlinked ...
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Lesson 3: The Value of a Water Footprint (High School) part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Session 1 of this lesson begins with a quick activity to get students thinking about their direct and virtual water use. It introduces a few new ideas for virtual water use that may surprise students, including the ...
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Metamorphic Rock Identification part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Metamorphic Rock Identification online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore the various characteristics of metamorphic rocks and then apply them to identify unknowns.
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Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions part of CLEAN Collection
In this set of activities, students learn about impacts of drought through news videos of communities facing serious water shortages, analyze drought data and models, and research and evaluate ...Learn more about this review process.
Examining Sea Level Rise and Differential Shoreline Response part of CLEAN Collection
In this activity, students make and manipulate physical shoreline models to discover the features of resilient shorelines and to critically evaluate the impacts of rising seas. Students will use ...Learn more about this review process.
Choosing Earth's Climate Future part of CLEAN Collection
Students focus on the three interconnected choices global society faces as Earth's climate continues to change—suffer, adapt, and mitigate—to analyze and predict current and future impacts ...Learn more about this review process.
Carbonated Communities part of CLEAN Collection
This series of two lessons uses cutting-edge scientific research on the effects of climate change on communities in the intertidal. Through a combination of a dynamic presentation and several videos, ...Learn more about this review process.
Let's Look Inside the Earth part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students will analyze USGS seismology data in the classroom using spreadsheets and scatter plots to look for patterns and structure in the Earth's crust. Before analyzing data, students will learn about the ...
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Ocean Acidification in a Cup part of CLEAN Collection
This model of ocean-atmosphere interaction shows how carbon dioxide gas diffuses into water, causing the water to become more acidic. The video demonstration and instruction provide an explanation of ...Learn more about this review process.
Thermal Expansion Model part of CLEAN Collection
This activity allows students to demonstrate the thermal expansion of water for themselves using water bottles and straws. The discussion allows them to explore the connection between this concept ...Learn more about this review process.
Your Own El Nino part of CLEAN Collection
This activity allows students to make El Nino in a container, but it might work better as a teacher demonstration. The introduction and information provided describe El Nino, its processes and its ...Learn more about this review process.
What is a Model? part of CLEAN Collection
In this interactive activity students will create a very simple climate model. They use worksheets, chips/tokens, and follow rules for heat exchange. The activity only models temperature but there ...Learn more about this review process.
Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions Lesson Plan part of CLEAN Collection
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.
Graphing Sea-Level Trends part of CLEAN Collection
Students use long term sea-level rise data set to create models and compare short-term trends to long-term trends. They then determine whether sea-level rise is occurring based on the data.Learn more about this review process.
Lessons in Sea-Level Rise part of CLEAN Collection
This activity allows students to examine graphs of sea level rise data as well as global temperature data. They calculate amounts and rates of sea level rise for various time periods and answer ...Learn more about this review process.