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Teleconnections part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Kaitlin Farrell, University of Georgia; Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Ecosystems can be influenced by teleconnections, in which meteorological, societal, and/or ecological phenomenon link remote regions via cause and effect relationships. Because it is difficult to predict how ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:El Nino, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Allison Jacobel, Middlebury College
This module guides students through an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be correlated with ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geography, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
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Unit 8: Thermohaline Circulation part of Modeling Earth Systems
David Bice, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
In this module, students first review some background material on density-driven deep currents in the oceans, and then create a STELLA model of the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The model ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Impacts of climate change, Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change
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Unit 3: Simple Climate Models part of Modeling Earth Systems
Louisa Bradtmiller, Macalester College
Students will explore Earth's radiation budget using several versions of a simple climate model often referred to as a "layer model." Earth receives energy from the sun, some of which is reflected ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
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Unit 4: Daisyworld part of Modeling Earth Systems
Louisa Bradtmiller, Macalester College
Students explore Daisyworld, a model of a self-regulating system incorporating positive and negative feedbacks. Daisyworld is a planet on which black and white daisies are the only things growing. The model ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Environmental Science:Ecosystems
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Unit 3. Urban Water - Atmospheric Environment Interactions part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
Unit 3 addresses concepts related to urban-atmosphere interactions. The content explores how urban landscapes and atmospheric constituents modify or interact with the atmosphere to affect temperature, clouds, ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Engineering, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
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Unit 4.1 - Energy Budgets part of Critical Zone Science
Jim Washburne, The University of Arizona
The purpose of this unit is to explore, compare, contrast, and calculate energy fluxes from different CZO field sites to better appreciate the critical differences in the driving radiative forces affecting each ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Sustainability Metrics part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/teaching_materials/modul...
Natalie D. Hunt, Eddy Project
Sustainability is a complex term applied to many different contexts in a variety of ways. As a result, it can be challenging to determine how sustainable something really is. In this module, students ...
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy
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Tracking Water Using NASA Satellite Data part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/tracking-wat...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Using real data from NASA's GRACE satellites, students will track water mass changes in the U.S., data that measures changes in ice, surface and especially groundwater. The background ...
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Scientific Consensus: A Tsunami of Evidence part of CLEAN Collection

https://ncse.ngo/scientific-consensus
This is the first lesson in a series of 6 lessons about climate change from the National Center for Science Education. The 'Tsunami of Evidence' module directly addresses common ...
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Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Natural causes, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Natural causes, Greenhouse gas emissions
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