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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
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Unit 1: Energy, Space, and Earth's Effective Temperature part of Earths Thermostat
Allison Dunn, Worcester State University; Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Bob Mackay, Clark College
This unit is designed to engage students by introducing them to patterns in recent climate and investigating possible reasons for recent changes. Students work in small groups to plot and analyze real-world ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Global energy balance
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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
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Unit 3: Energy Flows and Feedback Processes part of Earths Thermostat
Bob Mackay, Clark College; Allison Dunn, Worcester State University; Phil Resor, Wesleyan University
In this unit, we use energy flows within the climate system to introduce climate feedbacks and system diagrams. The class session uses an interactive lecture approach having students work on multiple tasks ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
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Did Early Farmers Alter Climate? part of Teaching Activities
Sue Swanson, Beloit College
The overarching goal of this exercise is for students to explore the early anthropogenic hypothesis, which claims that early agriculture had a substantial impact on greenhouse gases and global climate thousands of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution:Agricultural Revolution, Geoscience:Soils, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Anthropogenic causes, Anthropology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate
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Rain Gauge Activity part of CLEAN Collection

https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/lesson-plans/rain-gauge-a...
In this hands-on inquiry-based activity, students face an engineering challenge based on real-world applications. They are tasked with developing a tool they can use to measure the amount of rain ...
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Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), Informal
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
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Elementary GLOBE Soils Module part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-globe/overview/soils
Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner, Sandra Henderson, Lynne Hehr
Learning activities help students explore and describe soil, consider what is found in soil such as rocks, roots, critters, and organic material, and explain the importance of soil to plants and ...
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Grade Level: Informal, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Curriculum Description
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Elementary GLOBE Water Module part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-globe/overview/water
Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner, Sandra Henderson
Students learn about the water cycle and hydrology through a series of three lessons, two coloring book pages, and an e-Book. The themes covered in this resource tie into Climate Science and ...
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Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Curriculum Description, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Elementary GLOBE Air Quality Module part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-globe/overview/air-...
Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner, The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program
This resource is designed as a module with a storybook or web story, and four activities. In the storybook, the GLOBE Kids investigate colors in the sky and learn how air pollution affects sky color ...
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Grade Level: Informal, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition
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Elementary GLOBE Earth Systems Module part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-globe/overview/eart...
Becca Hatheway, Kerry Zarlengo, Lisa Gardiner
Several activities that introduce students to the concepts of earth as a series of systems that are all connected. All of the activities reinforce the idea that water, air, soil, and living things ...
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Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Curriculum Description, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary