Teaching Activities

Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner
In these activities and story book, students wonder why hummingbirds have stopped visiting their school. They learn about the needs of the hummingbirds, the seasonal changes where they live, and the ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Curriculum Description
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Orbital patterns, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Through Salmon Eyes part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indiane...

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
This activity tells a story through the eyes of a salmon, as told by Indigenous tribes of the Northwest. It celebrates traditional knowledge and how humans can think about the natural world through ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Pika Models + Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.baesi.org/pika-models-climate-change-lesson-...

Bay Area E-Stem Institute
Students explore the life of pikas, tiny mammals that live in alpine areas, and how they are being impacted by climate change. After a brief introduction which includes a reading, a short video, and ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Investigating Deforestation Through An Earth Systems View Using Landsat part of CLEAN Collection

https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/lesson-plans/investigat...

My NASA Data
This activity has students use an Earth Systems perspective to identify the various causes associated with changes to Earth's forests as they review Landsat imagery of site locations from around ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Forest Resources:Deforestation, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Biology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

The Methane Circus  part of CLEAN Collection

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/edu/lessonplans/me...

In this activity from NOAA's Okeanos Explorer Education Materials Collection, learners investigate how methane hydrates might have been involved with the Cambrian explosion.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Rules of Contouring part of GeoMapApp Learning Activities:Learning Activities
Familiarity with contour lines helps us explore topographic relief shown on maps. In this activity, we learn the basic "rules" of contouring. Rules of Contouring: Annotated Teacher Edition (Microsoft ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology