CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
"Overview: The students get to be climate detectives as they make a model of sediment cores using different kinds of glass beads and sand. They learn how to examine the types, numbers, and conditions of diatom skeletons in the model sediment cores and tell som...
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Cranky Uncle's 5 techniques of science denial
"Overview: This 2.5 minute video presents techniques used in climate change denial argumentation in a humorous cartoon format. The argumentation techniques addressed are misleading cherry picking, fake experts, logical f...
Energy For You
"Overview: In this activity, students explore what types of energy resources exist in their state by examining a state map and data from the Energy Information Administration. Students identify the different energy sourc...
Energy Expedition
"Overview: In this lesson, students think about where the energy they use on a daily basis comes from, including completing a tour of their school boiler/furnace room led by maintenance staff. Students will then confirm...
Coping With Climate Change: Green Roofs of Chicago
"Overview: A set of eight photographs compiled into a series of slides explain how urban areas are facing challenges in keeping both their infrastructure and their residents cool as global temperatures rise. Chicago is t...
El NiÃo and La NiÃa Explained
"Overview: This short video illustrates the phenomena of El NiÃo and La NiÃa: their relationships to tradewinds and surface water temperatures, and their effects on precipitation in North America. Subject: Environmental...
Energy Enigma
"Overview: This activity is a learning game in which student teams are each assigned a different energy source. Working cooperatively, students use their reading, brainstorming, and organizational skills to hide the iden...
Energy Efficiency and Climate
"Overview: In this activity, students listen to a podcast about energy efficiency; read a brief history of energy efficiency in the United States; do a qualitative energy audit of their classroom, including lighting, hea...
Energy Consumption Rates across the USA and the World
"Overview: Students use Google Earth to analyze oil consumption per capita in the US and around the world. Students then use spreadsheets to create graphs and calculate statistics regarding per capita energy use among va...
El NiÃo
"Overview: This National Geographic video explains the origins of the El NiÃo Southern Oscillation using animations and shows the impacts on humans, wildlife and habitat, particularly in the United States. Subject: Envi...
Contribution of the Cryosphere to Changes in Sea Level
"Overview: This web page from the National Snow and Ice Data Center contains two related visualizations and supporting information about them. The first visualization gives an estimate of the percent contribution to sea...
Energy Choices and Climate Change
"Overview: This interactive provides two scenarios for students to look at issues related to energy and climate change: from the perspective of either a family, or a monarch. Subject: Environmental Science, Physical Sci...
Energy Card Game
"Overview: In this card game, participants trace back the source of energy for a variety of items to find that they ultimately derive from the Sun. This is a simple activity that lets students move around and discover an...
Energy Calculators
"Overview: This online calculator converts from one energy unit to another - from gallons to British thermal units (Btu), kilowatt/hours to megajoules, short tons to metric tons. Subject: Environmental Studies, Physical...
The Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Systems
"Overview: This set of five activities focuses on how climate change can affect agriculture, including crop production and ranching. The activities in this guide are appropriate for both formal and informal settings and...
Energy 101: Wind Turbines
"Overview: This video provides a simple introduction to wind turbines and how they generate electricity. Subject: Environmental Studies, Physical Science Level: Middle School, High School, Community College / Lower Divi...
Connections in the Earth System
"Overview: In this activity, students demonstrate their knowledge of connections between natural systems and the built environment in which they live. This conceptual activity uses prompt cards and a discussion to sup...
Energy 101: Solar PV
"Overview: This video, from the US Department of Energy, shows the basics of how a PV panel converts light radiated from the sun into usable power, whether on the electric grid or off, and without emissions or the use of...
Energy 101: Home Energy Assessment
"Overview: This video explains what is involved in conducting a home energy audit. Such an audit evaluates how much energy you use in your house and suggests the most cost-effective measures you can take to improve the e...
The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate
"Overview: This video illustrates how atmospheric particles, or aerosols (such as black carbon, sulfates, dust, fog), can affect the energy balance of Earth regionally, and the implications for surface temperature warmin...
Energy 101: Geothermal Heat Pumps
"Overview: This introductory video describes the basic principles of residential geothermal heat pumps. Subject: Environmental Studies, Physical Science Level: Middle School, High School, Community College / Lower Divis...