The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate part of CLEAN Collection

This lesson focuses on causation vs. correlation for temperature rise and includes videos, worksheets, and classroom discussions for exploration. Students pretend to live in Solutionville, where town ...

Farming and Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

This resource from MIT includes a 14-minute podcast on the relationship between agriculture and climate change from a NASA scientist, and additional activities that support an understanding of using ...

Ojibwe Lifeway: Fishing part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students will investigate impacts of a warming climate on cold and cool water fish species in Wisconsin. They will also explore how fishing is an important source of food and ...

NOAA Data in the Classroom: Understanding Ocean and Coastal Acidification part of CLEAN Collection

Through the five lessons in this module, students will explore relationships between carbon dioxide, ocean pH, and aragonite saturation state. By examining these parameters using interactive graphs ...

Energy Justice Lesson Plan part of CLEAN Collection

This resource utilizes an easy-to-use tool to discuss energy justice and household energy burdens. The lesson plan covers a variety of different topics that discus the complexity of energy use and ...

NOAA Ocean Odyssey: Cycles in the Ocean part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students connect art and science by creating a drawing and conceptual model of the thermohaline circulation. Students get to create drawings to understand how water moves in the ...

Through Salmon Eyes part of CLEAN Collection

This activity tells a story through the eyes of a salmon, as told by Indigenous tribes of the Northwest. It celebrates traditional knowledge and how humans can think about the natural world through ...

Observations and Models Module part of CLEAN Collection

This resource from NOAA provides a full unit on observation vs. modeling. It includes a series of 8 activities that use a virtual reality model and graphs to introduce concepts in the construction ...

Earth Artistically Balanced part of CLEAN Collection

Students first learn about the complexities of Earth's climate system and the different factors contributing to Earth's energy balance. Then, students categorize the factors that influence ...

Recipe for a Region part of CLEAN Collection

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 ...