Teaching Activities

Environmental Solutions Initiative
In this activity, students listen to a podcast and then investigate causes of and solutions to food waste, plant-based recipes to get excited about, and the diversity and variety of heirloom foods.

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

Redford Center Stories part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.redfordcenter.org/resources/redford-center-y...

Redford Center Stories
Redford Center Stories is an environmental storytelling initiative for students in grades 5th-12th, designed to empower youth as changemakers to impact environmental justice, restoration, and ...

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

Gas or Electric? Thinking Algebraically About Car Costs, Emissions and Trade-offs part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/learning/gas-or-elect...

Dashiell Young-Saver
This is an activity that uses basic algebra to assess the costs and savings of electric vehicles. It uses math to measure the trade-offs of buying electric versus gas-powered car models.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Renewable & Alternative Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Supply Chains and Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-cleaning-up-clean-tech...

Laur Hesse Fisher, David Lishansky, Aaron Krol, Sabrina Gaitan
This 11-minute podcast and accompanying lesson guide encourage students to evaluate the supply chain of green technologies in the context of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

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

Met 101: Basic Weather Processes part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/mobile/moddescription.php?id=...

The COMET Program
This activity is an overview of basic weather processes, starting with incoming solar radiation and how that establishes basic atmospheric processes.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Envisioning a Resilient Future part of CLEAN Collection

https://cires.colorado.edu/outreach/resources/lesson/env...

HEART Force
In this lesson, students create a vision for the future of their community and identify what resources are most important to them as a starting point for resilience planning.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

HEART Force - A Changing Climate: Understanding Drought in Colorado part of CLEAN Collection

https://cires.colorado.edu/ceee/resources/lesson/changin...

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
In this lesson, students build an understanding of drought in Colorado through exploring case studies, authentic data, and online resources. After completing this lesson, students will be able to ...

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

Climate Super Solutions part of CLEAN Collection

https://ncse.ngo/climate-solutions

This lesson is the fifth and final module in the climate change curricula from the National Center for Science Education. It aims to teach students about the economic, social, and scientific ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8):Middle - 7, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8):Middle - 8, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Postcards part of CLEAN Collection

https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/climate-postcards

Lisa Gardiner
Students learn about the climate zones of the world by interpreting graphed data, identifying climate zones described in postcards, and deciding what they should pack to visit each of the locations ...

Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Regional climates, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 3: Simulating glacier flow part of Teaching Activities
Lizz Ultee, Middlebury College
This is a lab activity to involve students in understanding glacier flow, and how ice flow is a defining factor in how glaciers react to climate change. The activity introduces two resources: A video of ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change