Elementary GLOBE Earth Systems Module part of CLEAN Collection

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 ...

Elementary GLOBE Seasons Module part of CLEAN Collection

In these activities and story book, students wonder why hummingbirds have stopped visiting their school. They learn about the needs of the hummingbirds, the seasonal changes where they live, and the ...

What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate? part of CLEAN Collection

This video, video transcript, and accompanying poster, go beyond a description of weather and climate to highlight how NASA tracks the changes in climate and why it matters. Students will leave the ...

Precipitation Extremes and Community Health part of CLEAN Collection

This short video explains how climate change can lead to more extreme precipitation events and more frequent flooding. Information from the CDC has succinct information about the health downsides of ...

Air Quality and Community Health part of CLEAN Collection

This video discusses ways that communities can prepare for air quality changes that will occur due to rising global temperatures.

Just how long have we known about climate change anyways? part of CLEAN Collection

An engaging and informational video describing the history of our knowledge about climate change.

The Carbon Cycle Game part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students develop concept maps of the carbon cycle through a die-rolling game that simulates carbon reservoirs and fluxes. By the end of this activity, students should be able to ...

Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota part of CLEAN Collection

In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected the flowering date in American elm trees. After students learn to manipulate the elm data ...

Renew-a-Bead Game part of CLEAN Collection

Students work in pairs to pick black and white beads out of a bag to represent the percent of renewable and nonrenewable resources used in different countries, and then graph the information.

Sustainability Metrics part of CLEAN Collection

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 ...