Teaching Activities

Susan Powers, Jan DeWaters, A number of Clarkson and St. Lawrence University students in the K-12 Project Based Learning Partnership Program
Students work in pairs to pick black and white beads out of a bag to represent the percent of renewable and nonrenewable resources used in different countries, and then graph the information.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy Stories Reader's Theater part of CLEAN Collection

https://akenergysmart.org/lesson-plans/energy-stories-re...

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 ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
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
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Black Carbon: Dirty Sidekick of CO2 part of CLEAN Collection

https://ourclimateourfuture.org/resource/black-carbon-di...

Our Climate Our Future
This resource explores the concept of black carbon and its contribution to climate change and human health through videos and discussion questions, and engages students in discussions about these ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary