Toolkit: Infrared Energy

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (182 KB)

Toolkit: Infrared Detection of Carbon Dioxide

(Grades 9-12) (929 KB)

Toolkit: Greenhouse in a Beaker

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (473 KB)

Toolkit: Greenhouse in a Beaker - Student Handout

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (483 KB)

Toolkit: Photosynthesis drives change in atmospheric CO2

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (660 KB)

Toolkit: Rate of Change of Atmospheric CO2

(Grades 6-8) (957 KB)

DATA FOR ACTIVITY (xlsx file, 112 KB)

Spreadsheet: Data for Rate of Change of Atmospheric CO2 activity

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Toolkit: Thermal Expansion and Sea Level

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (1.06 MB)

Toolkit: Juice-from-Juice, a solar cell activity from the Cornell Center for Materials Research

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Toolkit: Wind Power

(Grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13-14) (425 kB)

Toolkit: Build a Wind-Powered Machine

(Grades K-5) (181 KB)

Toolkit: Calculating tree biomass and carbon storage

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (322 KB)

Toolkit: Measuring the diameter and height of plants

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (286 KB)

Toolkit: Climate in a tree stump

(Grades K-5) (212 KB)

Blog Post: My Phenology Diary

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Blog Post: My Phenology Diary, Part 2

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Toolkit: How Many Molecules Make a Trace Gas?

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (880 KB)

Toolkit: Watershed Comparisons at US Critical Zones Observatories

(Grades 9-12) (2.06 MB)

DATA FOR ACTIVITY (xlsx file, 53 KB)

Hydrologic Cycle Overview

(Grades 9-12) (1.47 MB)

Watershed Comparisons / Hydrologic Cycle: Student Handout

(Grades 9-12) (2.81 MB)

Spreadsheet: Data for Watershed Comparison activity

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Toolkit: Solar Energy and Soil Temperature

(Grades 6-8, 9-12) (1.02 MB)

K-12 Teachers Guide to Changing Climate: Our Future, Our Choice Exhibit

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A guide to help use the Museum of the Earth’s exhibit, Changing Climate: Our Future, Our Choice, as a teaching tool. The guide contains activities and discussion questions for each section of the exhibit. Click here to go the online version of the exhibit.

Here on Earth: Regional Guides to Earth Science

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Earth Science guides to regions of the United States, including sections on climate.

Online Exhibit: Changing Climate: Our Future, Our Choice

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An interactive, online version of the Museum of the Earth’s exhibit about climate change science and solutions.

Online Exhibit: Climate Change in Central New York

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An interactive, online version of the Cayuga Nature Center’s exhibit about climate change in Central New York, its impacts, and solutions.

Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching About Climate & Energy

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This list is nothing like comprehensive, but offers a sampling of resources that support teaching climate change across the curriculum, in disciplines including the sciences, humanities, math, technology, agriculture, music, driver education, and more.

Teaching About the IPCC

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What is the IPCC, and what information does it produce? What are the most important takeaways from IPCC reports? Can I use IPCC data sets in my teaching? Why should I—and my students—care about IPCC reports? Learn about these things here.

The Keeling Curve (CO₂ data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii)

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Graphs of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The graphs combine data from measurements taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and from Antarctic ice cores, and the time scales range from measurements taken during the current week to data from 800,000 years ago to the present.

The Climate Explorer

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Graphs and maps of historical and projected climate variables for cities and any county in the contiguous United States.

Energy Information Administration Independent Statistics and Analysis (eia.gov)

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A vast amount of data, graphs, maps, and analyses about energy production and use, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.

Article: "Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather Events: Yes, No, or Wrong Question?"

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An article by Ann Reid, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, about teaching about climate change and extreme weather and the growing field of climate change attribution science.

Critical Zone Observatories Education Resources

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Education resources for learning about the Critical Zone—Earth’s near-surface layer, from the tops of the trees to the bottom of the groundwater. Resources can be filtered by grade level and include videos and Virtual Fieldwork Experiences.

CLEAN - Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network

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A collection of over 700 free, ready-to-use learning resources rigorously reviewed by educators and scientists, suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms. CLEAN also provides guidance on teaching about climate change and energy, and fosters an active network of educators.

SubjectToClimate

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A portal for credible, engaging, and unbiased climate change teaching resources, for teachers of all subjects. The portal includes inquiry-based lesson plans designed by teachers for teachers.

EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator

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A calculator that translates energy use and/or greenhouse gas emissions into equivalents from everyday activities such as driving a car, using electricity in a home, charging a smartphone, or running a coal-fired power plant. It also compares emissions avoided by recycling, using wind energy, and switching to LED lighting, and emission sequestered by planting trees.

Global Climate Dashboard

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Graphs of climate variables and climate change indicators such as changing sea level, Arctic sea ice extent, and changes in glaciers.

NASA Global Time Series of Temperature Change

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Animated map of global temperature change from 1884 to the present.

Sea Level Trends

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A global map showing sea level trends measured by tide gauges.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

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Information and tools to help communities understand and address their climate risks.

Project Drawdown

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Descriptions and analyses of solutions to reach Drawdown, the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. The solutions focus on all aspects of the climate equation—stopping the sources of greenhouse gas pollution, supporting and enhancing the sinks of carbon dioxide found in nature, and helping society achieve broader transformations.