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This page allows searching across the SERC catalogs: the set of resources from the web and in print that have been selected as relevant by SERC-supported projects. The catalog draws from collections created directly by our partners as well as those harvested from other digital library collections.



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Flubber Flow part of CLEAN Collection

Flubber Flow is a 30-minute activity in which teams of four to five children experiment with Flubber and investigate how a solid can flow! They predict and model the properties of glaciers, view ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

Climate Change and Risks of New Pandemics part of CLEAN Collection

Through this lesson plan your students will learn that human induced climate change causes biodiversity disturbances and could be responsible for the increased risk of animal virus spillover into ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

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 ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

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 ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

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 ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change
Resource Type: Activities

Data Puzzle: To Reflect or Not to Reflect part of CLEAN Collection

Students analyze and interpret Arctic albedo data to evaluate the effect of declining sea ice on the Arctic system. They connect this information to climate and finish by constructing a conceptual ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

Wildfires: Impact of Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

This activity provides opportunities for students to embed themselves in the process of science as they follow the efforts of the scientist collecting field data. Although data is not provided with ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities

Be an Energy Star part of CLEAN Collection

This resource from AK Energy Smart uses background text, a worksheet, and a classroom activity to teach concepts related to calculating energy usage and cost per appliance by region. This resource ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Resource Type: Activities

Energy from the Sun part of CLEAN Collection

In this lesson, students will discuss how we use energy every day and where it comes from. Students will then draw or sort energy flow diagrams and write a paragraph to explain their diagrams.
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Activities

Energy Stories Reader's Theater part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity students learn about the story of coal, firewood, wind, and how energy gets transferred to these different sources. It is set in a Reader's Theater type activity where students ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels
Resource Type: Activities