Teaching Activities

Stefani Hines
In this activity, students conduct a short hands-on demonstration that simulates ocean acidification resulting from excess atmospheric carbon dioxide and discuss potential implications of increases ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Exploring Patterns: ENSO on the Global Stage part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/c...

Cynthia M. Fadem
In this activity, students analyze data maps of sea surface temperature anomalies for a 14-year interval and create an ENSO time line in a case study format. Based on their findings, students ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Natural causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Variability in the North Atlantic part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/c...

Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
In this activity, students examine climate variability in the North Atlantic associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NOA) in a case study format.

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

Predicting Patterns: What Does La Niña Look Like? part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/c...

Cynthia M. Fadem
This is an activity designed to allow students who have been exposed to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation to analyze the La Niña mechanism and predict its outcomes in a case study format.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Climate Change:Natural causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Variability in the Equatorial Pacific part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/c...

Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
In this activity, students work with climate data from the tropical Pacific Ocean to understand how sea-surface temperature and atmospheric pressure affect precipitation in the tropical Pacific in a ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Data in the Classroom: Understanding Sea Level part of CLEAN Collection

https://dataintheclassroom.noaa.gov/content/sea-level

This module contains five activities, in increasing complexity, that focus on understanding how to interpret and manipulate sea level data, using real data from NOAA. Students first need to ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Curriculum Description, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

What happens to ice in water? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Sharon Browning, Baylor University; Cornelia Harris, Marist College; Kristine DeLong, Louisiana State University; Mellie Lewis, TCOE
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Climate Workshop, held in June, 2011 and are not ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Climate Change and the Oceans part of CLEAN Collection

https://explainingclimatechange.com/lesson8/lesson8.html

The King
This activity covers the role that the oceans may play in climate change and how climate change may affect the oceans. It is lesson 8 in a nine-lesson module Visualizing and Understanding the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Thermal Expansion and Sea Level Rise part of CLEAN Collection

https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/thermal-expansion-water

Lisa Gardiner
In this short but effective demonstration/experiment, students investigate how thermal expansion of water might affect sea level.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Problem part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Erik Christensen, South Florida Community College
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were created by faculty as part of the CLEAN Climate Workshop, held in May, 2012 and are not ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Acids & Bases, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review