Teaching Activities

Teach Engineering
This is a STEM activity to learn how different colors absorb light better than others. Vocabulary and investigating questions are included to facilitate discussion, and a rubric is provided for ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change, Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Renewable Energy: Solar part of CLEAN Collection

https://oercommons.s3.amazonaws.com/media/courseware/rel...

Pacific Education Institute
In this eight-lesson unit, students explore cultural connections with the sun, learn about light and discover how light interacts with other materials through hands-on activities, literacy ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Solar radiation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Renew-a-Bead Game part of CLEAN Collection

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

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

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

Energy Efficiency and Climate part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-energy-efficiency-educ...

In this activity, students listen to a podcast about energy efficiency; read a brief history of energy efficiency in the United States; do a qualitative energy audit of their classroom, including ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable, Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

How Much Water Do You Eat? part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/how-mu...

California Academy of Sciences
This lesson will help students understand water use in food production and ways to use less water.

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

Energy Justice Lesson Plan part of CLEAN Collection

https://ourclimateourfuture.org/resource/lesson-plan-ene...

Our Climate Future
This resource utilizes an easy-to-use tool to discuss energy justice and household energy burdens. The lesson plan covers a variety of different topics that discus the complexity of energy use and ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy from the Sun part of CLEAN Collection

https://akenergysmart.org/lesson-plans/energy-from-the-sun/

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.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Build a Wind-Powered Machine part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.earthathome.org/build-a-wind-powered-mac...

Ingrid Zabel
This activity involves building a tiny, wind-powered elevator in the form of a small cup lifted by a pinwheel. The elevator could be used to lift things from the ground floor to the second floor of a ...

Energy Card Game part of CLEAN Collection

https://nso.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Energy-Card-G...

The National Solar Observatory
In this card game, participants trace back the source of energy for a variety of items to find that they ultimately derive from the Sun. This is a simple activity that lets students move around and ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary