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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 ...
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Scientific Consensus: A Tsunami of Evidence part of CLEAN Collection

This is the first lesson in a series of 6 lessons about climate change from the National Center for Science Education. The 'Tsunami of Evidence' module directly addresses common ...
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Back to the Future: Climate Edition part of CLEAN Collection

This activity engages students through an exploration using real data of paleoclimate proxies, such as ice cores, tree rings, and sedimentary analysis that provide evidence for past climates.
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Is It Real? Climate Misinformation Video part of CLEAN Collection

This is a ~3-minute video addressing misinformation about climate change.
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Is Earth Running Out of Water? part of CLEAN Collection

This video is an episode of Above the Noise from PBS Digital Studios that engages students in thinking about drought and water shortages worldwide. Supporting materials include background reading on ...
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SciJinks: What causes a thunderstorm? part of CLEAN Collection

This short video demonstrates what causes a thunderstorm.
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Carbon Dioxide Absorbs IR Energy: An Art and Science Climate Change Collaboration part of CLEAN Collection

This video focuses on two experiments with two different wavelengths of light--visible and infrared--to better understand some of the basic processes responsible for the temperature of the ...
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Parts per Million: A Little is a LOT (In the Greenhouse #18) part of CLEAN Collection

The current concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is over 400 parts per million. This video explains what one part per million (ppm) is, and what impact a trace gas – or any ...
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Can We Gas Up... Without Gas? part of CLEAN Collection

This video explores the benefits and challenges of electric vehicles, and looks at some of the ways we can decarbonize much larger modes of transportation.
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Actions to Fight Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection

This 14-minute video from the Paleontological Research Institution explores solutions to climate change by comparing how people utilize energy in Paris versus a US city. People, energy consumption, ...
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