INFORMATION for KIDS

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Climate Change Basics video  by the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) (3 minutes)

Climate Change Basics articles  by the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

What is Climate Change? by National Geographic Kids

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Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change by NASA Climate Kids

Climate Change Articles, Graphics and Videos for Kids  by UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)

Fossil Fuels by NASA Climate Kids

Greenhouse Effect by NASA Climate Kids

Ocean and Climate Change   by NASA Climate Kids

Permafrost and Climate Change   by NASA Climate Kids

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Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye video  by National Geographic (4 minutes)

Climate 101 with Bill Nye video  by Climate Reality (5 minutes)

Climate Animation video  by Nina Ree-Linstad (5 minutes)

Climate Change Around the World (and other videos)  videos by UEN (Utah Education Network) (3 minutes)

Climate Change: Crash Course Kids #41.2 video  by Crash Course Kids (4 minutes)

Climate Change Seen in U.S. National Parks  video series by United States National Park Service (each video is 3 – 10 minutes)

Fragile Environment: How We Impact Our Surroundings video series by BrianPop (each video is 3-4 minutes) (paid subscription required)

Greenhouse Effect video  by NASA (2 minutes)

Greenhouse Effect video  by the U.S. EPA (2 minutes)

How Does Climate Change Affect Animals? video  by DW News (2 minutes)

Ocean-Weather-Climate Connection with Teek and Tom   animated video series by NOAA Ocean Today (each video is 9 – 16 minutes)

Recycling Video Tour Grades 3-5 video by Republic Services (7 minutes)

Water Cycle video  by NOAA (2 minutes)

What if All the Ice Melted on Earth? with Bill Nye video  by ASAP Science (6 minutes)

What is Climate Change?  video by Archipelago Creative for the Australian Government (3 minutes)

Explore

Computer Model to Understand CO2 and Global Warming  computer modeling interactive by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Water Cycle Models by USGS (United States Geological Survey)

WHAT CAN KIDS DO?

Actions Kids Can Take by the AMNH (American Museum of Natural History) Actions

Activate Change by National Geographic Kids

Become a Climate Activist by Kids Fight Climate Change

Carbon Footprint: Ways to Reduce video by Planet Nutshell (2 minutes)

Can Kids Help? video by Gladstone Central School Greenscenes (2 minutes)

Green Tips  by National Geographic Kids

Recycling for Kids: Teaching the Importance of Recycling  by Recycle from Home

Young Voices for the Planet  by Lynne Cherry and Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

You Can Make a Difference  video by the Utah Education Network, Planet Nutshell (2 minutes)

HOPE for Earth by Kottie Christie-Blick

WHAT SHOULD GROWN-UPS DO?

Energy 101 Videos  by the Department of Energy (fifteen 4-minute videos)

How the World Can Tackle Climate Change video by the Utah Education Network (3 minutes)

Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World  by the United Nations

Reducing Your Personal Contribution to a Warming Planet by The New York Times (paid subscription required)

Solutions for Drawing Down Carbon Dioxide from the Air by Project Drawdown

What We Can Do by Climate Communication

GAMES & ACTIVITIES

Climate Activities for Kids by NASA’s Climate Kids

Climate Games for Kids by NASA’s Climate Kids

Crossword Puzzles and Games, Energy Kids   by EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

INFORMATION FOR OLDER STUDENTS

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Climate Change 101   by NCSE (National Center for Science Education)

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Actions for a Healthy Planet by the United Nations

Big Picture Climate Change by Skeptical Science

Can We Fix Global Warming?  by Skeptical Science

Causes of Climate Change by NASA

Chemistry and Physics of Global Warming  by Columbia Climate School

Climate Change: How do We Know?  by NASA

Climate Change Science  by Climate Nexus

Computer Climate Models  by National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Computer Climate Models & Coding  by CarbonBrief

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawke

Effects of Climate Change by NASA

Extracting Gas from Ice by MIT Technology Review

Fires and Climate Change by Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, C2ES

Fires and Climate Change Connection by Yale Climate Connections

Fires Fueled by Climate Change by SnappyWords

Frequently Asked Questions About Climate Change by NASA

Glaciers by NOAA climate.gov

Global Warming is Happening: Fact, Myth, Fallacy  by Skeptical Science (click to download)

Global Warming vs. Climate Change by NASA

Happy Eco News by Happy Eco Media

Human Activities are Impacting the Climate System by CLEAN (the Climate and Literacy and Energy Awareness Network)

Ice Cores Tell Us About Climate Change by the British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council

Net Zero Goal by the United Nations

New York Climate Change Plans and Programs by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Ocean Acidification Monitoring Program by NOAA

Physics of Global Warming: The Energy Budget by UCAR Center for Science Education

Polar Ice Caps Melting  by The Guardian

Sea Level Rise, History to Modern by Smithsonian

Short Answers to Hard Questions about Climate Change by The New York Times (paid subscription required)

Societal Impacts of Climate Change by NOAA

Solving Climate Change by UCAR Center for Science Education

Student Climate Activists: How to Become One by Sunrise Movement

Volcanoes or Human Activity? Which Emits More CO2? by NOAA

Warmest Year on Earth  by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Water Vapor Amplifies Greenhouse Effect  by NASA

What Drives Climate: Integrated Systems  by NASA

What is Climate Change?  by United Nations

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Anthropocene video by Smithsonian Magazine (3 minutes)

Arctic Warming and Feedback Loops video by TED Ed (4 minutes)

Carbon Crisis in 90 Seconds video by Dr. Peter Griffith and NASA (2 minutes)

Chemistry and Physics of Fusion: Could We Build a Miniature Sun on Earth? video by TED Ed (5 minutes)

Causes and Effects of Climate Change video by National Geographic (3 minutes)

Children Will Rise Up! video by Nandi Bushell (5 minutes)

Climate Change, Lines of Evidence by The National Academies of Sciences (a series of 7 videos, each 2-5 minutes)

Climate Science  video series by the Utah Education Network (eleven 3-minute videos)

Climate Science: What You Need to Know video by PBS It’s Okay to be Smart (6 minutes)

Coral Reefs  video series by National Ocean Services, NOAA (1-6 minutes)

Coral Reefs at Severe Risk  video (2 minutes) and article by USA Today

Decoding the Weather Machine  NOVA video by PBS (1 hour, 53 minutes)

Earth in 2050  video by TED Ed (5 minutes)

Earth: The Operators’ Manual by Dr. Richard Alley, a series of 12 videos (each 2-9 minutes)

Environmental Science and Practices (advanced) by Bozeman Science, a series of 35 videos (each 6-13 minutes)

Erosion and Flooding in Alaska  video by CNN (6 minutes)

Feedback Loops  video series by Climate Emergency (Launched by the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg)

Fires in Australia video (4 minutes) and article by CBS

Geoengineering video (14 minutes) by Patreon

Greenhouse Effect Physics: “How the Greenhouse Effect Really Works” by Science with Sabine (19 minutes)

Greta Thunberg to World Leaders video by Guardian News (5 minutes)

Gulf Stream Explained by Kurzgesagt (5 minutes)

Ice and Animals videos by NOAA Ocean Today (1-6 minutes)

Ice Cores in Antarctica video by Natural History Museum (3 minutes)

Ice Viewer by Nasa

Natural or Unnatural? Global Weirding by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and PBS (8 minutes)

Ocean Acidification video by ACE (Action for the Climate Emergency) (3 minutes)

Ocean Acidification’s Impact on Oysters and Other Shellfish video by NOAA (6 minutes)

Ocean Research videos by NOAA Ocean today (1-3 minutes)

Our Climate Our Future video by ACE (Action for the Climate Emergency) (40 minutes)

Physics: How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming video by TED (5 minutes)

Polar Vortex and Climate Change video by Canale25 News (2 minutes)

Powering the Planet  video by Earth: The Operators’ Manual (54 minutes)

Recycling Center Video Tour Grades 6-8 video by Republic Services (16 minutes)

Recycling Center Video Tour Grades 9-12 video by Republic Services (16 minutes)

Redwoods and Climate Change  video by KQED (12 minutes)

Sea Level Rise & Rising Tides  video by NASA (2 minutes)

Sea Level Rise and Thermal Expansion (advanced)  video by The Paleontological Research Institution (10 minutes)

Sea Level Rise on West Coast of USA video by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (5 minutes)

Take Aim at Climate Change  video by Rapper Polar-Palooza (4 minutes)

Where Will You be Able to Live in 20 Years? video  by TED-Ed (5 minutes)

Why Some People Don’t Believe in Climate Science video by PBS It’s Okay to be Smart (8 minutes)

 

For Teachers, Because I Get It

Lesson Plans To begin teaching climate change, plunge right in!

Antarctica Research Photo Gallery by COLDEX

Bad Future, Better Future  by Julia Rosen, New York Times  (subscription needed)

Carbon Footprint: 35 Ways for Kids & Grown-Ups to Reduce by Constellation Energy

Carbon Footprint: Is Your Carbon Footprint BS? podcast by How to Save a Planet

CLEAN Collection climate resources to use in the classroom

Cli-Fi: Climate Fiction for Middle School and High School by Kottie Christie-Blick

CNN Call to Earth: Our Shared Home 2023 (download) PBL Lesson Plans by Kottie Christie-Blick

Ecofiction for Children by Kottie Christie-Blick

Explore Nature Together with Little Kids  by Kottie Christie-Blick et al.

Fast Finishers in Your Class  1) Read an MIT Explainer; 2) Write a 5-sentence summary; 3) Present to class

Feedback Loops: Climate Emergency videos with discussion guides for middle school and high school launched by the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg

Fulbright Teacher Exchanges  Climate Change Education: the perfect focus for a Fulbright project!

Funding for Stewardship Projects  from NOAA Planet Stewards

Greenhouse Effect Game adapted from Climate Generation

Greenhouse Effect Model Worksheet click to download

Happy Eco News  positive news stories

Hurricanes  videos by NOAA Ocean Today (1-3 minutes)

Ice Reflectivity Experiment & Model  by Kottie Christie-Blick (click to download)

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report  the physical science basis of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Lorax Guiding Questions by Kottie Christie-Blick (click to download)

National Center for Science Education  Climate change education teacher support

News about Climate Change  by CNN, articles and videos

Next Generation Science Standards & Climate Change  click to download

NOAA Education Resources  filter search by grade, topic, NGSS

NOAA Planet Stewards Program  grants for American educators

Ocean Acidification Experiment and Lesson Plan by Kottie Christie-Blick (click to download)

Ocean Influences Climate Lesson Plan by Kottie Christie-Blick (click to download)

Ocean Influences Climate Model Worksheet  by Kottie Christie-Blick (click to download)

Recycling Program at School: How to Start  by ImperialDade

Sea Level Rise Hands-On Activity for Elementary  by Kottie Christie-Blick, NCSE

Sea Level Rise Learning Modules  by NOAA

Sea Level Rise Lesson Plans  by Data in the Classroom (download)

Skeptical Science  explaining the science and rebutting misinformation

Spreading the Word About Climate Change by Kottie Christie-Blick (download)

Stewardship Projects for Your Students  by NOAA Planet Stewards

Talking to Your Children about the Birds and the Bees and Climate Change  by Kottie Christie-Blick, CNN

Talking with Children about Climate Change  by Kottie Christie-Blick, NOAA

Talking with Children Who Have Climate Anxiety or Eco-Anxiety  by Kottie Christie-Blick

Talking with Climate Deniers & Climate Skeptics  by Dr. John Cook

Teacher-Led Climate Action (Including Kids Against Climate Change)  by Teachers for the Planet

Teaching Climate & Energy in Elementary School more resources by CLEAN (Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network)

Teaching Climate & Energy in Middle School and High School more resources by CLEAN (Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network)

Teaching Climate Change in the NGSS Classroom 2-unit online course for formal and informal educators taught by Kottie Christie-Blick, University of San Diego

Teaching Climate Literacy by NOAA

Teaching Science: Instructional Strategies  by Clean Harmonics

United Nations  Sustainable Development Goal #13

Virtual Experiences in the Arctic  by MOSAiC, University of Colorado Boulder

Vital Signs for the Planet  teacher resources by NASA

Vocabulary for a Changing Climate  by Kottie Christie-Blick

Water & Climate Change Teaching Box for Middle School and High School  by UCAR

Writing for Climate Change: Opinion Writing Primer by Kottie Christie-Blick

Writing for Climate Change: Persuasive Letter Writing Format by Kottie Christie-Blick

Graphs, Graphics & Simulations

Air Currents & Ocean Currents by Windy Weather Service

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Animation and Graph by UCAR Center for Science Education

Changing Atmosphere Data Set Activitiy by Exploratorium Museum

Climate Change Indicators by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Climate Change Model Hindcasting by King’s Centre for Visualization in Science

Climate Change Resources by NOAA

Climate Models: How Do They Work? by CarbonBrief

Climate Models: What Are They? by National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Coral Reefs Affected by Climate Change by NOAA

Coral Reefs Watch Data by NOAA

Data in the Classroom lessons, data, worksheets by NOAA

Data Puzzles by CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

Data Science Can Help Fight Climate Change by Protostar Studio Inc.

Dataset Gallery by NOAA

Emissions by Sector by Global Change Data Lab

Explaining Climate Change Using Graphs by BBC News

Global Climate Security Atlas by Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania

Global Disparity in Carbon Footprints by World Economic Forum

Global Surface Temperatures Over Time by NASA GISS

Heat Increases Affecting Health & Security by National Wildlife Federation

Historical Context of the Climate Crisis by Zinn Education Project (Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change)

Hydrologic Cycle Animation by NASA

Ice Disappearing Around the World as Earth Warms by NASA

Investments in Clean Energy Graphs by the Rhodium Group and MIT

IPCC Figures by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Sixth Assessment Report)

Keeling Curve Graph  by the U.S. Department of Energy, Mauna Loa Observatory – click to download

Ocean Currents  by NASA

Polar Regions: Impact, Adaptation, and Vulnerability  by IPCC

Sea Level Change Data Analysis Tool  by NASA

Simulations, Greenhouse Effect and More  by PhET and University of Colorado

Snow & Ice Data  by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

Teaching Climate Change with Graphics  by Skeptical Science

Tools & Interactives  by NOAA

Trend vs Variation  by Teddy TV

Very Simple Climate Model  by UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)

Warming Planet by Climate Central

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