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Climate Change Teaching Toolkits

Climate Science

• Energy & Atmosphere
  • Infrared Energy
    •  Video1: Seeing (Infra)Red
    • Video 2: Long & Short Wavelengths
    • Toolkit: Infrared Energy
  • IR Absorption by CO2
    •   Toolkit: Infrared detection of carbon dioxide
  • Carbon Dioxide & Temperature
    •   Video: Greenhouse in a Beaker
    • Toolkit: Greenhouse in a Beaker
      • Student Handout
  • Box Model: Steady State v. Non-Steady State Behavior
    •   Video: When Input ≠ Output
  • Heat Capacity
    •  Video: Feel the Heat (Capacity)
  • Thermal Expansion of Water
    •  Video: Thermal Expansion & Sea Level
    • Toolkit: Thermal Expansion & Sea Level
  • Forcing Functions
• Carbon Cycle
  • Diurnal Variations in CO2
    •   Toolkit: Photosynthesis drives change in atmospheric CO2
    • Data Image: Diurnal CO2 variation
  • Direct Measurement of Photosynthesis
  • Measurement of Soil Respiration
  • How Many Molecules Make a Trace Gas?
    •   Toolkit: How Many Molecules make a “Trace Gas?”
  • NOAA MLO Data and Rate of CO2 Increase
    •   Video: Rate of Change of Atmospheric CO2
    • Toolkit: Rate of Change of Atmospheric CO2
    • Data for activity
  • Paleoclimate: Vostok & MLO Data
  • Estimation of Schoolyard CO2 Flux
• Hydrologic Cycle
  • Rainfall & River Response
    •   Toolkit: Watershed comparisons @ US Critical Zone Observatories
    • Hydrologic Cycle Overview 
      • Student handout
      • Data for activity
  • pH of Surface Water & Ocean Acidification

Mitigation

• Solar Energy
  • Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
    • Toolkit: Juice-from-Juice, an activity from the Cornell Center for Materials Research
  • Near-Surface Geothermal Energy
    • Video: Solar Energy & Soil Temperature
    • Toolkit: Solar Energy & Soil Temperature
  • Wind-Powered Elevator
    •   Toolkit: Wind-powered elevator (K-5)
• Carbon Sequestration
  • Afforestation: Tree Biomass & CO2 Storage
    •   Toolkit: Measuring the diameter and height of plants
    •   Toolkit: Calculating biomass and carbon storage for trees 
    •   Toolkit: Climate in a tree stump (K-5)
  • Home Energy Choices
    • The Sustainability House

Resilience

• Go-Bags

Communication & Advocacy

• Citizen Science
  • Phenology
    • Video: Trees Awake! #1 Intro to Spring Tree Phenology
    • Video: Trees Awake! #2 Spring Trees, Cayuga Nature Center NY
    • Video: Trees Awake! #3 Using Nature’s Notebook Tools
    • Video: Trees Awake! #4 Sugar Maple Budburst
    • Video: Trees Awake! #5 Climate Change & Phenology

Many thanks to the following groups for helping to develop resources and to distribute The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change!  Sustainable Tompkins, Climate Generation, New York State Master Teacher Program, New York City Department of Education, the Los Angeles Unified School District, Prince George’s County School District MD, Cornell University Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, US Critical Zone Observatory National Program, Cedar Tree Foundation, National Wildlife Federation