Teaching Activities

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

https://serc.carleton.edu/trex/labs/lab1_launch.html

Nicole Davi, Pat Pringle, Frank Wattenberg
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)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

It is a slippery slope part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.polartrec.com/resources/lesson/it-is-a-slipp...

Glenn Clark
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)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Global Snow Cover Changes part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.polartrec.com/resources/lesson/global-snow-c...

Missy Holzer
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)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

HEART Force Drought Game part of CLEAN Collection

https://cires.colorado.edu/outreach/resources/game/heart...

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
In this interactive game, students solve challenges that their community faces during the course of an extreme drought event by using available individual and community resources. Students work in ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Translating Climate Change into Music part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.polartrec.com/resources/lesson/translating-c...

Angela Mazur
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)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
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
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

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

https://ncse.ngo/rising-tides

Kate Carter
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)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
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
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Pixels on Fire part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/pixels-on-fire/

California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
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
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Mapping a Personal Story of Environmental Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://arcticandearthsigns.alaska.edu/learning-activiti...

Arctic and Earth SIGNs
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)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Fired Up Over Math: Studying Wildfires from Space part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/fired-up-ove...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Students learn how scientists assess wildfires using remote sensing, then use some of the same techniques to solve grade-level appropriate math problems.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Product Development and the Environment part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_lif...

Malinda Schaefer Zarske, Janet Yowell, Kaelin Cawley
Students describe the steps in a product life cycle assessment and suggest ways to reduce the environmental impacts of engineered products.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

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