Climate+Change

**Teaching Climate Change**
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association: [|http://www.education.noaa.gov/tclimate.html#Climate]

 The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was mandated by Congress in 1989. Thirteen departments and agencies participate in this program. This link is to “Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands.” []

 Malnor, C.L. 2008. A Teacher’s Guide to “How we know what we know about our changing climate.” Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines about Global Warming.

 Project BudBurst is a national campaign to study Phenological changes that are associated with changing climate. [|www.budburst.org]

 The Climate Change Project is a national project developed to help educate people on the effects of human activity on Earth climate patterns. [|www.theclimateproject.org]

 For an international economic development perspective, visit the website of the Office for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is an international organization that seeks to unite countries to find solutions to international issues (such as science and mathematics literacy OR climate change education OR economic trade and development). []

 Climate Change Education website has several links to teacher resources and some entertaining links (like music about climate change). []

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is very committed to educating young people about Earth System Science and global climate change. Check out the link to PBS video modules and the Global Ice Viewer. []

Colorado State University houses the CloudSat Outreach efforts; however, this is an international education/ outreach program. http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/education

CoCoRaHS is the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network....great resources for teachers of Earth Systems Science http://www.cocorahs.org/

"Walk through the water" Year http://epresence.psdschools.org/1/Page/Published/3.aspx An educational series produced by the Colorado Climate Center with CIRA and the Poudre School District. Colorado State Climatologist Nolan Doesken is coordinating this effort with attention to the limitations of living in an arid climate.

The Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes at Colorado State University is committed to education and outreach. Their goals are to help teachers, students, and citizens understand atmospheric science and climate change. They host many Professional Development workshops for area teachers and have teamed up with CSU's Little Shop of Physics to provide these PD opportunities. http://www.cmmap.org/directory/contact-eod.html

From the NASA Langley Research Center, this site provides lesson plans that use MY NASA DATA (real scientific data) for grades 5-12. All lessons on this site have been peer reviewed through the NASA Earth & Space Science Education Product Review. []

You can use authentic data from the IPCC. Go to the following link to learn how... [|http://ncse.com/blog/2013/10/how-can-you-use-ipcc-your-classroom-0015093]

Students sometimes confuse weather with climate; however, understanding both are important for being Earth science literate. This page was developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science: http://weatherschool.aaas.org/

Here is a great jigsaw activity published by Constible et al in The Science Teacher. It centers on how climate change affects the Adelie penguin population.

Here is another article that was developed for undergraduate students. It is also jigsaw activity that centers on global versus local (Western US) impacts of climate change on rangelands.