Unit 2.2 - Basic Critical Zone Concepts part of Critical Zone Science
Students will learn about geoscience-specific methods used to analyze data in the Critical Zone from data-driven activities and short presentations by their peers. The topics include the use of carbon isotopes, ...

Unit 4: Impacts of Environmental Change on Organisms: Horses part of Changing Biosphere
In this unit, students will gain a deep-time perspective on how life evolves on a dynamic planet. They will use the Equidae (horse family) as a case study to examine the relationship among climate, biomes, and ...

Global Cycles of Energy and Matter Playlist part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
This activity is a Google Slides playlist that will provide a way for students to learn about which elements are especially significant to the cycling of matter and energy. Includes the energy cycle, water cycle, ...

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 ...

Fire in the Mojave Desert: A Landscape in Transition part of CLEAN Collection

This video describes the connection between fires in a desert ecosystem and climate change. In the Mojave desert, fires provide an opportunity for invasive plants to take root, which in turn leads to ...

Polar Lab part of CLEAN Collection

Using a combination of clickable 360 degree landscapes, 2D and 3D videos, animations, interviews with scientists, and mini-games, the Polar Lab takes players onto the glacier ice and into the lab in ...

Living Landscapes: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Fish part of CLEAN Collection

Interactive map tool to assess how rising stream temperatures could affect native fish of the Northwest. Lesson concepts include the relationship between water temperatures, dissolved oxygen levels ...

Through Tribal Eyes: Change on the Menominee Nation part of CLEAN Collection

In this video, members of the Menominee nation discuss their experiences with climate change.

ADAPTATION: Coral Reefs of Vanuatu part of CLEAN Collection

The coral reefs of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are the backbone of the island's environmental and economic health. Today they face destruction from a silent predator that can ...

Data Puzzle: The Tipping Point part of CLEAN Collection

In this activity, students analyze and interpret data on the reproduction of moss campion plants to explore how increasing temperatures could impact these specialized tundra plants.