Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:world in the Balance: Who Will Take the Heat?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the environmental, economic and political issues surrounding global climate change policy. Conduct a role-play, and explore the options available to tackle global climate issues.
Website
Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Climate Change Is Here.

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource that looks at the causes and effects of climate change on the world-at-large. Find out how climate change affects animals like birds and the polar bear. The site also offers strategies for how we can reduce global warming...
Primary
John Wiley & Sons

Wiley: Environment: Chapter 21: The Atmosphere, Climate and Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion site to the textbook, Earth as a Living Planet. This chapter discusses global warming and how to deal with it.
Website
Other

Ecological Enterprises, Inc.: Climate Ark

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links, a search tool, and an archive to climate change related news stories on topics including greenhouse effect, deforestation, alternative energy sources, global warming, and other environmental issues.
Website
Other

The Greenhouse Effect: Natural and Amplified Warming

For Students 3rd - 8th
This concise resource presents a thorough drawing which simplifies the explanation of the greenhouse effect into six easy to understand steps.
Interactive
English Club

English Club: Esl Games: Vocabulary: Global Warming Game

For Students 6th - 8th
Complete an informational text about global warning by filling in the blanks with words from a word bank. A percentage score is provided once answers have been checked.
Article
BBC

Bbc News: Rising Sea Levels: A Tale of Two Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
When people talk about the impact of rising sea levels, they often think of small island states that risk being submerged if global warming continues unchecked.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Global Warming

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about global warming and changes in the Earth's climate. What are some causes? Teach greenhouse gasses and carbon footprint.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
This quiz will discuss the importance of global warming and the affect it has on the Earth. It will also talk about the causes of global warming and what we can do to help stop it from ruining our planet. The Earth is heating up at an...
Handout
Other

Natural Resources Defense Council: Global Warming Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) offers a section focusing on frequently asked questions about global warming. Learn what causes global warming, if the earth is really getting hotter, whether or not there is cause for...
Article
Other

Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Limit Food Waste

For Students 2nd - 6th
Each year, people throw out millions of tons of food that could still be eaten. That is a lot of food! Even when we compost food waste there are still some negative impacts. Resources like water and energy are used to grow and transport...
Handout
National Wildlife Federation

Natural Wildlife Federation: Live Green

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what you can do to reduce global warming in this succinct but informative resource. Several links are provided to related sources.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Global Warming

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that provides information about global warming, and the issues associated with green energy production and usage.
Graphic
Other

The Canary Project

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're looking for photographic evidence of global warming, then this is a good resource to check out. Photographs from around the world document the effects of global warming.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be an Energy Saver

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out what you can do to be an energy saver and help slow global warming.
Website
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Modelling Climate Change in a Box

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students model climate change in an experiment. Provides directions and models to accomplish this experiment on global warming.
Lesson Plan
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Let's Do Science Programs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Site provides three lesson plans about global warming including one that discusses scenarios for future generations.
Website
National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Global Warming and Hurricanes

For Students 9th - 10th
Will global warming make stronger hurricanes? This informative resoruce delves into this question and provides an insight into what the prevailing school of thought is on this subject.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Brief Guide to the Steps of the Carbon Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th
Outlines the steps for the movement of carbon along the carbon cycle through photosynthesis, food chains, being dissolved into the ocean, the decomposition of organisms, fossil fuel formation, industrial use of fossil fuels, carbon...
Website
Other

Greenpeace: Stop Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Greenpeace offers an in-depth look at climate change (or global warming). Content includes a look at the cause of climate change, the scientific evidence that supports it, the problems that occur during climate change, foreboding...
Lesson Plan
Other

Student Activities: Greenhouse Warming, What Is It? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan resource contains a series of activities that allow the learners to learn about the issue of global warming. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Global Warming

For Students 1st - 6th
This resource discusses the causes and effects of global warming.
Article
Other

Conserve Energy Future: Is Global Warming Real?

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents arguments for and against whether global warming is really happening, and discusses why there is dissension about the issue.
Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Paleoclimates: Climates of the Past

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how climate has changed in the past and how it relates to global warming. Links to related material.