NASA
Nasa: Global Climate Change
NASA keeps its eyes on the Earth in this dynamic site that stays with news about climate change. Includes facts, articles, interactive features, visualizations such as the Climate Time Machine, videos, and lots more.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Climate Change
Information about what climate change is and how it impacts wildlife and ecosystems.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Global Climate Change: Cryosphere
Examine the effects climate has on the snow and ice covered cryosphere and see live data gathered from the North and South Poles.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Global Climate Change: Research Explorer
Explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, oceans, areas covered by ice, and living organisms in all these domains. Interpret past and present climate data to predict future climate change and its possible effects.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Effects of Human Activities
This site reviews the effects of agricultural development, urban and industrial development, drainage of the land surface, modifications to river valleys, and modifications to the atmosphere have on ground water and surface water.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Greenhouse Effect Lab
Students measure temperature changes inside soda bottles filled with CO2 and air as incandescent light is shined on them to model the Greenhouse Effect.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
Students can investigate the greenhouse effect on the atmosphere with this simple lesson. The steps are easy and the materials needed are basic.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Global Warming Nature's Response
Discussion on how nature responds to the Earth's climate changes and the adaptations that may take place. Links to related activities.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
Discusses greenhouse gases and how they affect climate change. [May 7, 2010]
Other
Student Activities: Greenhouse Warming, What Is It? [Pdf]
This lesson plan resource contains a series of activities that allow the students to learn about the issue of global warming. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Global Climate Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the harmful contributions of burning fossil fuels on the environment and understand the impact of the acidification of the earth's oceans.
Other
Planet Ark: Cheap Air Travel Adding to Global Warming
Interesting presentation of information to suggest that cheap airline prices are causing more people to fly, resulting in more jet fuel burning which pollutes the environment. Use this site to obtain a new perspective on the effects of...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Everyone Counts (Post Assessment)
A post-assessment at the end of a unit on global atmospheric change. Students write persuasive letters about an issue related to it, e.g., the greenhouse effect or ozone loss. The letters encourage the recipient to protect the atmosphere...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Greenhouse S'mores
Students learn about climate change as they investigate how different materials are affected by a greenhouse effect. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can both be downloaded.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Dimming the Sun
An online presentation of NOVA's program Dimming the Sun. You can read a transcript of the show, read an essay on the effect of contrails on global warming, and view slideshows tracing a timeline of climate change and new technologies...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Climate Patterns, Causes, and Effects
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.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Carbon Cycle
Useful introduction to the carbon cycle with a diagram and a discussion of the effects of carbon dioxide on the greenhouse effect and global warming.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Repeat Photography Project
The Repeat Photography Project pairs historic images with contemporary photos thus documenting glacial decline through photography while communicating the effects of global warming.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: It's Really Heating Up in Here!
Students create and observe a greenhouse effect model and discuss the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves and the Earth.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Climate Change
The World Wildlife Fund is an environmental organization that spans the globe. This website looks at the organization's efforts and education on climate change and global warming issues. Students can get involved with tracking particular...
Other
Clean Japan Center: Recycling
Japanese content for elementary students. Helps younger children explore environmental issues. Topics include recyling, ozone destruction, global warming, and stewardship of natural resources. Good illustrations. Also includes reading...
Read Works
Read Works: The Heat Is On
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives information about global warming and its threat to the polar bears in the Arctic. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
BBC
Bbc: News: Guide to Climate Change
The BBC offers an interactive guide to climate change, including a sliding scale depicting climate change from 1885 to 2099, animation which explores how the greenhouse effect works, and detailed diagrams exploring the carbon cycle, the...
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Ocean and Climate Fact Sheet
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.