NASA LIFT-OFF/BAESI
Earth's Changing Climate
Presentations from Pat and Ellen
California's Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI)
Standards-Based Lesson Template
(Word doc)
California
Science Standards
Link to Climate Change podcasts (in progress)
Resources recommended by workshop participants
Activities
What Do
Concentrations Mean? - Original (This is an example of an
activity from Project LEARN - see link below under "Curricular Stuff")
Word doc used in the workshop
Sunspots and Climate - Teacher's Guide (PDF) (This is an example of an activity from the Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide see link below under "Curricular Stuff")
Carbon cycle lessons from the California Academy of Sciences (we did the Carbon Cycle Role Play) Student sheet
Climate Hotspots with Google Earth
Teacher and
student guide and investigation sheet from Lehigh University
climatehotspots.kmz
Modeling Deep Ocean Circulation (Word doc of version we
did in the workshop)
NOAA version with more about ocean salinity
Ecological footprint calculators
Myfootprint.org
Web sites - General
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Climate Literacy - The Essential Principles of Climate Science
NASA Global Climate Change
Tips n' Tricks for Teachers (PDF)NASA Earth Science for Teachers (NEST)
Earth's Albedo and Global Warming - Interactive from Teacher's Domain
NASA
Global Climate Change Education - includes catalog of teaching resources
Web sites - Impacts of Climate Change
1. Global
Global Warming Effects - interactive map from National Geographic
2. Impacts in California
CA Climate Change Portal
Dept. of Water
Resources: Climate Change 101
Curricular Stuff
Facing the Future - free downloads of units that address climate change/sustainability
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions (grades 6-8). Source of the global mall and carbno footprint lessons presented at the workshop
Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Lessons appropriate for grades 5–9; adaptable to other grades.
Project LEARN—Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Lessons appropriate for grades 6–9; adaptable to other grades.
Windows to the Universe: Lesson plans and activities for the classroom; Beginner (grades K–5), intermediate (grades 6–9) and advanced (grades 9–12) levels).
Especially recommended:
Climate Resources
Our Changing Planet - brief videos with accompanying activities
Facing the Future: Scroll down to "Climate Change: Connections and Solutions" (middle and high school versions) (near bottom of long page).
Climate Status Investigations from the Keystone Center. Lessons for middle and high school.