PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Choosing Earth's Climate Future
Students focus on the three interconnected choices global society faces as Earth's climate continues to change -- suffer, adapt, and mitigate -- to analyze and predict current and future impacts to Earth's systems. Using videos excerpted...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change and Public Health
Article discussing the very real impact of climate change on human health, and the importance of adaptation planning to address public health problems. These problems can include heat-related distress, chronic conditions affected by...
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 11 25 13: Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Surpasses 5,200
Article provides an update on the destruction caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Killer Tornado of 1928
This resource provides a remarkable first-hand account of the day a tornado struck a small town in Nebraska in 1928 taking lives, injurying many, and causing much devastaion.
Middle School Science
Hurricane Unit
In this comprehensive site you will find links to the following topics: parts of the hurricane, naming hurricanes, stages of development, rating hurricanes, online tracking of hurricanes, printable tracking maps, hurricane safety,...
Other
Union of Concerned Scientists: Global Warming
This resource provides statistical evidence, backgrounders, FAQs, climate impact reports, and suggested solutions to the global problem.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Drought?
Learn about droughts, their causes, different types, effects, and other interesting facts.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: El Nino
The photo shows some of the extreme weather effects cause by the El Nino weather pattern. Huge water swells and waves crash into a seaside pier.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Global Warming and Hurricanes
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.