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Teaching about Climate Change part of Climate Change
This site allows educators to locate and use the best resources for teaching about Earth's climate system and the changing climate over the past one million years. Here you will find climate data, visualizations, teaching activities and case studies. By learning from past climate changes, we can apply this to present-day and future climate shifts.
Climate Change part of Teach the Earth:Themes
Key Resources Climate and Energy materials Selected and Reviewed by CLEAN Teaching Climate Change site from On the Cutting Edge Hurricane - Climate Change Connection Paleoclimatology and Climate Proxies Join the ...
Science of Post 2012 Global Climate Change Treaty part of Library:Quantitative Writing:Examples
This project examines the role of science in political and economic decision of a selected country so as to project what the selected country's position might be in 2012 Global Climate Change Conference.
Quantitative Review of an Article part of Library:Quantitative Writing:Examples
Students will read an academic article critically and write a review of the article.
Carbon Sequestration of Eastside Neighborhood Trees part of Library:Quantitative Writing:Examples
Carbon Sequestration of Eastside Neighborhood Trees in Northfield, MN
Mystery in Alaska: A Study of the 2000 Fishing Ban part of Library:Quantitative Writing:Examples
Solving Mystery in Alaska and investigating the role of science in July 2000 Alaska fishing ban with the intention to protect Steller sea lions.
Do Quantitative Indicators Make Qualitative Meaning?: Analysis of World Development Indicators, Human Development Indicators, and Happy Planet Indicators part of Library:Quantitative Writing:Examples
The following urls contains relevant materials for this assignment: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-data/files/happy-planet-index-2-0.pdf http://go.worldbank.org/UWABM2F1J0 http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI_methodology.pdf
The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on High School Graduation Rates in Florida part of Library:Undergraduate Research:Example
In this individual research project, a senior thesis student conducts a regression analysis that investigates the effects of race, ethnicity, and poverty on high school graduation rates in Florida. The data are easily obtainable from the Florida Department of Education. The project can be modified to be a group research project in a Research Methods Class or a Special Topics Upper Level Economics class.