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The Changing Geographic Distribution of Malaria with Global Climate Warming part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Mary Savina, Carleton College; Kendra Murray, The University of Arizona
In this exercise, students analyze climate data to find areas in the southern United States that are now close to having conditions in which the malaria parasite and its mosquito hosts thrive and then attempt to forecast when areas might become climatically suitable.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Biology:Ecology:Metabolism
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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What is the fate of CO2 produced by fossil fuel combustion? part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Paul Quay
A box model is used to simulate the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during the industrial era and predict the future increase in atmospheric CO2 levels during the next century.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling, Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Applications of Vector Operators for Surface Atmospheric/Oceanic Processes part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
David Smith, United States Naval Academy
This lab exercise provides students with activities utilizing vector operations within the context of the atmospheric and oceanic environments.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Winds, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation, Air pressure
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Air-sea Interactions: Activities in Oceanography part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Steve LaDochy, California State University-Los Angeles
This online set of activities help students learn properties of ocean waves, wind-wave relationships and properties of tsunamis.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Assessments, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Laboratory Activity: The Sun and Climate part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Peter Selkin, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
In this physical geography lab, students examine the relationship between solar altitude, solar declination, and temperature regimes. Using data collected in the field, mathematical relationships, and temperature records available on the Internet, students compare the insolation and climate in their location to that of other locations.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Geology, Lunar and Planetary Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Modeling Earth's Temperature part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
Students use the STELLA program to create hierarchies of models of increasing complexity to understand the absorption of solar energy by the Earth and its radiation of that energy back to space.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Energy, heat and temperature
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Introduction to Texas Hurricanes part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Oney Fitzpatrick, Jim Jordan, and Jim Westgate - Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Students graph data from 20th century hurricanes that affected the state of Texas. Along the way they answer questions that ask them to interpret what they see represented on the graphs.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Time Series Analysis of Lehigh Valley Instrumental Climate Records part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Zicheng Yu, Lehigh University
In this lab activity the students will learn basic statistical and graph skills by analyzing real world climate data sets.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review