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Curricular Stuff
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).
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.
NASA Earth Science
Cindy Schmidt (NASA) presentation about NASA and Earth's Climate System
Cindy Schmidt's My NASA DATA activity
NASA studies of hurricanes (video)
Global Climate Change: NASA's Eyes on the Earth provides information on all aspects of climate change. Examples of what you'll find on the site:
• Earth's vital signs: Values and trends in Arctic sea ice coverage, CO2 levels inthe atmosphere, sea level, the ozone hole, and global temperature.
• Interactive visualizations of NASA's Earth-observing missions, sea-level change, and climate change.
• NASA's role in climate-change research, plus explanations of key climate indicators, evidence, causes, effects, uncertainties, and solutions.
Earth Observatory features articles, images, maps, and news about NASA's Earth-observing activities. Browse by topic (atmosphere, land, heat, life, oceans, snow and ice, human presence, remote sensing, biography) or year.
Visible Earth is a large catalog of NASA images and animations of Earth.
My NASA Data (Mentoring and Inquiry using NASA data on Atmospheric and Earth Science for Teachers and Amateurs) contains lesson plans and science projects for grades 4-12.
Other Classroom Activities and Related Resources
Sunspots and Climate (NCAR)
Climate on an Imaginary Continent
Climographs: Make a climograph w/Excel World Climate Statistics
Blank Climographs Analyzing Climographs (expanded interactive version)
Interactive climograph maps
National Drought Mitigation Center: World United States
World climates (UW Stevens Point)
Carbon cycle games: Carbon Travels from Windows to the Universe (interactive)
Time & Cycles: Dendrochronology (LEARN: Atmospheric Science Explorers / UCAR)
Carbon Footprint Calculators: EPA Global Footprint Network