Teaching Activities

Jonathan Griffith
This resource uses datasets, videos, text, and discussions to support an understanding of patterns in megafires under climate change conditions. This resource provides an excellent scientific ...

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

Understanding Climate Modeling part of CLEAN Collection

https://ncse.ngo/climate-models

National Center for Science Education
This lesson plan is the second in a series of 6 modules on climate change. This lesson plan defines common vocabulary such as model, trend, projection, prediction, weather, and climate. Students will ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Informal, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Ojibwe Lifeway: Maple Sugaring and Birchbark Harvesting part of CLEAN Collection

http://g-wow.org/en-us/maple_birch/default.aspx

Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban (G-WOW)
In this resource, students will investigate impacts of a warming climate on sugar maple and paper birch, two trees of special importance to the Lake Superior Ojibwe. Making maple sugar and harvesting ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Biology, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/the-he...

California Academy of Sciences
This lesson focuses on causation vs. correlation for temperature rise and includes videos, worksheets, and classroom discussions for exploration. Students pretend to live in Solutionville, where town ...

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

Farming and Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-farming-warmer-planet-...

This resource from MIT includes a 14-minute podcast on the relationship between agriculture and climate change from a NASA scientist, and additional activities that support an understanding of using ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, 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, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Ojibwe Lifeway: Fishing part of CLEAN Collection

http://g-wow.org/en-us/trout_walleye/default.aspx

Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban (G-WOW)
In this activity, students will investigate impacts of a warming climate on cold and cool water fish species in Wisconsin. They will also explore how fishing is an important source of food and ...

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

NOAA Data in the Classroom: Understanding Ocean and Coastal Acidification part of CLEAN Collection

https://dataintheclassroom.noaa.gov/ocean-acidification/...

Data in the Classroom
Through the five lessons in this module, students will explore relationships between carbon dioxide, ocean pH, and aragonite saturation state. By examining these parameters using interactive graphs ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Biology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
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

NOAA Ocean Odyssey: Cycles in the Ocean part of CLEAN Collection

https://aambpublicoceanservice.blob.core.windows.net/oce...

National Ocean Service
In this activity, students connect art and science by creating a drawing and conceptual model of the thermohaline circulation. Students get to create drawings to understand how water moves in the ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Tackling Climate Change through Student Innovation: Decarbonizing the Electric Grid part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.ecorise.org/clean-si/

EcoRise
This two-part resource from GreenVision Energy broadly introduces students to vocabulary like renewable energy, load and demand response, carbon capture and sequestration, and environmental justice. ...

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