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Unit 3: Climate Change and Food Security part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Rebecca Boger, Brooklyn College, CUNY; Russanne Low, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Amy Potter, Armstrong State University
This unit applies a flipped classroom model. Students complete a self-study tutorial prior to attending class. Students are then asked work independently or in pairs to generate a time-aware climate change Web map ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology :Regional climates, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geography, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Unit 5: Balancing the Radiation Budget: A Jigsaw Exploration of the Global Climate System (Part 2) part of Earths Thermostat
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Bob Mackay, Clark College; Allison Dunn, Worcester State University
In this two-day activity spanning Units 4 and 5, students analyze spatial variation in climate through a map-based jigsaw exploration of NASA's Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) Energy ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Unit 4: Earth's radiation balance - a map and graph-based jigsaw part of Earths Thermostat
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Bob Mackay, Clark College; Allison Dunn, Worcester State University
In this two-day activity spanning Units 4 and 5, students analyze spatial variation in climate through a map-based jigsaw exploration of NASA's Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) Energy ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Global energy balance
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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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 ...
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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

Get Climate Data for Your Area and Make Temperature and Precipitation Charts part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.skclivinglandscapes.org/alaska_arctic/Labs_T...
This lab, created by Salish Kootenai College faculty, steps undergraduate students through ordering, accessing, and graphing local precipitation and temperature data.
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Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

GLOBE: From Weather to Climate - Looking at Air Temperature Data part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.globe.gov/documents/358135/358605/From_Weath...
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program
Students will work with short-term and long-term air temperature data in order to better understand the differences between weather and climate.
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Grade Level: High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Precipitation Towers: Modeling Weather Data part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/precipitatio...
In this activity students use stacking cubes to graph precipitation data.
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Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Regional climates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Change in Your Own Backyard part of CLEAN Collection

https://ncse.ngo/local-climate-impacts
National Center for Science Education
In this lesson set, students begin unpacking the complex aspects of climate change by analyzing the global impacts of extreme weather events. After that, they narrow their focus through various ...
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Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Recipe for a Region part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/ice/activitie...
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Students consider the ways their climate affects their region, by identifying a type of food unique to the region and selecting (and possibly cooking) a recipe that features that ingredient. Optional ...
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Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Regional climates, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
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.
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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