Teaching Activities

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 ...

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

Carbon Cycle Role Play part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/carbon...

California Academy of Sciences
Carbon cycle activity to demonstrate how carbon moves throughout the atmosphere. The activity ends with a discussion of how humans impact the carbon cycle.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Build a Wind-Powered Machine part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.earthathome.org/build-a-wind-powered-mac...

Ingrid Zabel
This activity involves building a tiny, wind-powered elevator in the form of a small cup lifted by a pinwheel. The elevator could be used to lift things from the ground floor to the second floor of a ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Temperature Detectives part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.earthathome.org/temperature-detectives/

Ingrid Zabel
In this lesson students learn about how temperature values can vary depending on color (white vs. black) and light (direct light vs. shade) by making a hypothesis and testing it with thermometers. ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, 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:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Did You Feel It? part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Did you have an earthquake where you live and want to participate in Community Science? Would you like students to better understand how earthquake intensity is determined? This guide provides ideas about how you can incorporate the online USGS tool: Did You Feel It? into your classroom.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Solar Structures part of CLEAN Collection

https://tryengineering.org/wp-content/uploads/solarstruc...

Try Engineering
This activity explores solar energy and the difference between passive and active solar design. Students will design and build a solar structure in order to test how radiation and conduction ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Using NASA Earth-Observing Satellites to Help Improve Agriculture and Water Usage part of CLEAN Collection

https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/sites/default/files/lesso...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
In this resource, students learn about freshwater resources, how NASA uses satellites to measure precipitation, and how that data can be used in agricultural practices. Students use data from the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Change and the Water Cycle part of CLEAN Collection

https://swclimatehub.info/education/climate-change-and-w...

Stephanie Haan Amato
This unit consists of seven distinct activities that teach climate change, the water cycle, and the effects of the changing climate on water resources through the use of games, science experiments, ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

The (Young) People's Climate Conference part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.zinnedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03...

Rowan Shafer
This resource is based on the 2015 Climate Change Summit, and it shares both environmental and social concerns related to climate change. This is an activity for students to role-play people affected ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Intermediate (3-5)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Impacts of climate change, Geography:Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Geography, Environmental Science:Policy, Ecosystems, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Ethics/Values, Global Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy Card Game part of CLEAN Collection

https://nso.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Energy-Card-G...

The National Solar Observatory
In this card game, participants trace back the source of energy for a variety of items to find that they ultimately derive from the Sun. This is a simple activity that lets students move around and ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary