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National Security and Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-national-security-educ...
Environmental Solutions Initiative
In this set of activities, high school students model changes in climate and their effects on international relations, investigate local climate impacts and solutions and observe global climate ...
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Carbon Travels - Then and Now part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.baesi.org/carbon-travels-then-and-now/
Bay Area E-STEM Institute
Students play the role of carbon atoms to learn about the carbon cycle and how it is changing. Students create two carbon cycle diagrams—visual models of the cycle before and after the Industrial ...
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Grade Level: Informal, College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Climate Models and Uncertainty Educator Guide part of CLEAN Collection

https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-uncertainty-educator%2...
Environmental Solutions Initiative
In this resource, students play a climate resilience game and then explore the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th Assessment Report to learn more about how climate scientists handle ...
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Global change modeling, 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.
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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

Ocean Acidification and Modern Extinctions part of Teaching Activities
Steve Wang, Swarthmore College
This lesson plan and lab activity is designed for middle school students and is intended to take two classes or lab periods. Students learn about pH, ocean acidification, and the connection to modern extinctions. ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

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 ...
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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

"Reef Survivor" Board Game - High School Aquatic Sciences Edition (Simple) part of Teaching Activities
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin; Enrique Reyes, The University of Texas at Austin; Sabrina Ewald, The University of Texas at Austin
"Reef Survivor" is a board game that can be used as an active learning tool in a class or lab to promote understanding of Earth processes (Geology), Aquatic Sciences, and Marine Biology. The educational ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Evolution, Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution

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 ...
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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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

Stories from the Climate Crisis: A Mixer part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/climate-crisis-m...
Bill Bigelow
Students will embody a specific person who is impacted by climate change and engage in conversations during a mixer. In these conversations, the students will learn how people from around the world ...
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Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Direct Air Capture and The Future of Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://chemistryshorts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/D...
Short Films About Chemistry
This activity engages students with the concept of Direct Air Capture. Students watch an engaging film, participate in a reading and writing activity, and then model carbon dioxide ...
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary