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Weather Online: Climates of the World: Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Austria's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Weather Online: Climate of the World: Luxemburg

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Luxemburg's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Weather Online: Climates of the World: Switzerland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Switzerland's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Climates of the World Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Germany's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Paleomap: Climate History

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you wondered what the Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Click on a period to view a map and explanation of ancient Earth's climate.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Climate: Country Comparison to the World

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a brief description of the climate of every country in the world.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Studying Eco Climatic Domains

For Students 9th - 10th
After learning about the climates of different ecological regions of the United States, students investigate the impact of climate change on plants that live in those regions. By looking at changes over time, they can better understand...
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World InfoZone

World Info Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed, comprehensive information on countries and people all over the world. Great tool for discovering facts on world issues, seeing photos, and just exploring the world in general. Also includes quizzes based on the website's content.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
The CIA World Factbook provides an extensive page of information on Ecuador, a neighbor to Colombia. Includes information on this country's economy, climate, geographical location, government, size, and much more.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Tajikistan

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Tajikistan. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
The CIA World Factbook provides this excellent resource on Argentina. The content includes geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
The CIA World Factbook provides detailed information on Bolivia. The content includes geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Peru. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...
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Other

Innovate Us: What Is Climate?

For Students 9th - 10th
Climate is the first factor that is considered before visiting a particular destination for your holidays. We all know that climates all over the world are largely different from each other. The specific climate of a region is mainly...
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq World Atlas: The Climate of El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
View facts about the climate of El Salvador compiled by GeographyIQ from selected publications of the U.S Department of State and from the CIA World Fact Book. Peruse the tables of data about average temperature highs and lows for three...
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Other

World Wildlife Fund: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Wildlife Fund offers a comprehensive overview of climate change, also known as "Global warming." Content includes basic information about the process and its effect on the environment, the science to back it up, conservation...
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NASA

Nasa: Introduction to Earth's Dynamically Changing Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NASA and PBS have joined forces to provide a lesson plan that will enable students to analyze data that documents a warming planet. Videos and other necessary documents for the lesson plan are provided. PBS TeacherLine also provides a...
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Globe

The Globe Program: Climate Module

For Teachers K - 1st
Climate change affects the whole world, from the tropics to the poles. Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and...
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CNN

Cnn: Toys to Tackle Climate Change: A Young Inventor Wants to Inspire Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This article profiles a young woman named Ann Makosinski who has been hailed as a 'child prodigy' for her toy inventions that use renewable energy. She earlier invented, for example, a flashlight that is powered by heat from the hand and...
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of India: Rice Cultivation

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS explores the agriculture of India through an in-depth look into rice cultivation and its impact on India's economy. Identifies the origins of rice in India, the role of India in the world market of rice cultivation, and the locations...
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Other

World Resources Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Resources Institute is a non-profit environmental organization. They monitor environmental degradation around the world, such as from deforestation, and work at promoting development that is environmentally sustainable.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Climatic Data Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Search the world's largest archive of weather data or click on the links to learn about extreme weather. Look up weather information about your city or town.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Earth's Warming Climate: Are We Responsible?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We obviously don't want to feel responsible for the warming climate, but are we? In this lesson plan you will analyze CO2 data sets and study barriers involved in teaching about global climate change. PBS TeacherLine also provides a...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The activities in this comprehensive weather unit are designed for Grade 6 and up. Students will use real time data from around the world to conduct an investigation about weather and climate.