KEY CONCEPTS:
| Energy and the Environment” Core Concepts | “Introduction to Energy in the Earth System” problem set | Weather Basics (2013 AMS Teacher Workshop, Austin TX) |
SLIDESHOWS AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
SELECTED WEBSITES
| “AMS at LDEO” | “Global Climate Change and Human Health” with “CHANGE Viewer” (CIESIN) | LDEO “Climate Kids Corner” |
| National Weather Service home page | Climate.gov | PMEL NOAA “El Nino Theme Page” |
| National Climate Assessment 2014 | National Climate Assessment 2018 | Climate Convenings Toolkit (Climate Generation A Will Steger Legacy) |
CLIMATE CHANGE HUMAN HEALTH PROJECT
| (CIESIN)Food Security Lessons | Natural Disaster Lessons | Water Resources Lessons |
|---|---|---|
| Food Security Lessons: Background | Natural Disaster Lessons: Background | Water Resources Lessons: Background |
| Food Security Lessons: Activities | Natural Disaster Lessons: Activities | Water Resources Lessons: Activity |
| Food Security Lessons: Answers | Natural Disaster Lessons: Answers | Water Resources Lessons: Answers |
BOOKS
Beach, Richard, et al. (2017) Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference. NCTE. ISBN 9781138245259
Kolbert, Elizabeth (2006, updated 2015) Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.
Bloomsbury, New York. ISBN 978-1-62040-988-6
Participant Suggestions:
- BetterLesson.com home page Master Teacher lessons NGSS lessons
- Weather Wiz Kids
- The Happy Scientist (Robert Krampf)
- Discovery Education (Use search features to find Weather and Climate related resources)
- “Global Weather Awareness Tour” (IGES “Investigating the Climate System” Activities)
- “Teaching about Global Climate Change” (Association of American Geographers)