Students study the work of Dr. Hajo Eicken through an audio conference. They engage in a conference call with Dr. Eicken to identify how ice core research is designed and conducted. After asking Dr. Eicken questions, they record their...

In this geography worksheet on Australia, students fill in blanks in a paragraph about Australia with words from a word bank; the paragraph contains basic facts about geography, settlement, etc.

Students create a set of graphs that facilitate comparison of climate change predicted for various states. They also use Microsoft Excel to create a graph showing precipitation data.

Provides large colorful maps of climate data about each continent for the current week, month, or previous quarter.

The signs of global climate change are becoming more and more evident. The EPA provides an excellent guide for students that acquaints them with the basic causes, effects on people and the environment, and solutions that they can engage...

Examines climate change, its impacts on people and countries, and policies and practices that countries and individuals can use to make a difference. Includes a section on common misconceptions about climate change.

Sixteen essential questions lead student learning about Earth's atmosphere and global warming as they have to do with global climate change.

In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how factors such as ocean currents, topography, and air currents affect weather patterns. You will also learn the similarities and differences between weather and climate.

Interact with this world map from McDougal Littell/TERC to highlight different climate zones and see a photograph of each one. Ten climate zones are represented, including tundra, desert, humid subtropical, and others.

A look at the climates and related statistics for many cities and areas in Australia.

A collection of activities which provide background for educators and students on the role of sediment cores in revealing the climate change history of Earth.

This interesting site examines climatic changes over the last 10,000 years, temperature changes over the last 100 years, causes of global warming, and the effects of global warming.

In this science-themed literacy lesson, students read for and differentiate between qualitative and quantitative information.

Through this interactive module, students learn that the atmosphere is so much more than air, its complex role on Earth should be explored, and its quality carefully monitored and protected.

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...

Students run the climate modeling software, Educational Global Climate Modeling Suite (EdGCM), to visualize how temperature and snow coverage might change over the next century.

With ArcGIS and climate data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research Climate Change Scenarios GIS Data Portal, young scholars learn the basics of GIS-based climate modeling.

Examine the effects climate has on the snow and ice covered cryosphere and see live data gathered from the North and South Poles.

Would you like to find out how Japan's climate compares to where you live? Read about the climate, topography, and natural disasters. There are many pictures and a quiz at the end.

An effective presentation of six main climate controls: latitude, land vs. water, geographic position, altitude, currents, pressure and winds.

A great description of Japan's nature and typical climate. Beautiful pictures and graphs accompany the text.

Check out the whole story of climate from ancient times through greenhouse gasses with this interactive resource.

In this module, students will explore how claims, counterclaims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective argument. Students will read an article that addresses the question, "Should Congress consider comprehensive climate...

In this module, we will explore the concept of pollution and discuss how human use of resources relates. We will discuss the evidence for and against human-caused climate change. Students will compare and contrast pollution cleanup with...