[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the convection cells present in our atmosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the convection cells present in our atmosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how heat is transferred in the atmosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Earth's atmosphere and oceans formed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Earth's atmosphere and oceans formed.

This simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research portrays annual patterns in water vapor and precipitation across the globe, illustrating general circulation patterns as well as seasonal and regional variation. [4:52]

Understand heat transfer in the atmosphere using this study guide.

Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-ESS2-6: atmospheric and oceanic circulation.

A project based lesson where students' mission is to conduct a series of tasks that enable them to audit Earth's energy budget and help answer a number of science questions.

Imagine our weather if Earth were completely motionless, had a flat dry landscape and an un-tilted axis. This, of course, is not the case; if it were, the weather would be much different. The local weather that impacts our daily lives...

A course lecture on the external processes that shape the Earth, specifically the hydrologic system. This system is powered by the Sun's energy. The components of the Earth's energy budget are described, and how these drive the movement...

A great description of the global scale circulation and heat energy. Discusses a single-cell model, a three-cell model, jet streams and more.

This site from the University of Oregon provides a great explanation of the Coriolis Effect and then gives several chart type examples to help the understanding of it.

An explanation of ocean chemistry, supported by illustrations, for example, of the global carbon cycle in the 1980s and the annual carbon dioxide flux. The concentration of nutrients in the ocean is discussed for its impact on marine...

This lab uses a robust model of the carbon cycle to give an intuitive sense for how carbon circulates through the atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, and crust.

A diagram which shows how the process of atmospheric and ocean circulation works. It features such important terms as precipitation, evaporation, sublimation, snow, accumulation, wind redistribution, melt, runoff, heat, ice flow and...

This lab uses a robust model of the carbon cycle to give students an intuitive sense for how carbon circulates through the atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, and crust. It allows them to experiment with how human input to the cycle might...

A student inquiry into properties of the ocean's carbonate buffer system, and how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may affect ocean pH and biological organisms that depend on calcification.

Read about Earth's oceans and the effects that climate have had on the rising temperatures over the past one hundred years. Discover how the Earth's ocean and atmosphere are interlocked so that when one changes, the other is affected.

This activity is meant to be one of many common experiences that help students understand that convection is a major driving force on our planet.

In this activity learners form groups, conduct research into paleoclimate, and report their findings in the form of a presentation.

To discover the link between ocean temperatures and currents as related to our concern for current climate change.

Check out this site for global climate animations. "Get a feel for why we have seasonal weather changes or why other regions have different weather than you do."

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key processes that determine the type of climate. Includes several questions to check for understanding.