Did you know that the world’s climate is changing? Many human activities like driving cars, running factories, and generating energy release gases into our atmosphere. Because these gases trap heat from the sun close to the earth, this is causing our planet to warm!
As the global temperature warms, weather patterns have begun to change, polar ice is melting, and sea levels are rising. These changes could impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people in our lifetime!
There’s a lot of information out there on climate change but we’ve added our favorite websites below. Click a link below to jump straight down to any section:
INFORMATION for KIDS
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Climate Change Basics video by the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) (3 minutes)
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Bad Future, Better Future by Julia Rosen, New York Times
Coral Reefs are Affected by Climate Change by UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
Fossil Fuels by NASA Climate Kids
The Realities of Climate Change by Scholastic Inc.
Weather vs Climate by UCAR
What is Happening in the Ocean? by NASA’s Climate Kids
What is the Big Deal with Carbon? by NASA’s Climate Kids
What is the Greenhouse Effect? by NASA’s 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 video by BrainPop (7 minutes) (free)
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 BrainPop (4 minutes) (paid subscription required)
How do Scientists Know Earth’s Climate is Changing? Ice Holds the Evidence! video by the National Science Foundation (19 minutes)
Ice Melting is an Indicator that Earth is Warming video by the U.S. National Park Service (7 minutes)
Recycling Center in Action videos by ReCommunity Recycling (2-10 minutes)
The Greenhouse Effect video by the EPA (2 minutes)
Weather vs. Climate video by Teddy TV (1 minute)
What if All the Ice Melted on Earth? video by ASAP Science (6 minutes)
What is Climate Change? video by the Australian Government (3 minutes)
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Simple Computer Model to Understand CO2 and Global Warming child-friendly computer modeling by the National Center for Climate Research
WHAT CAN KIDS DO?
Actions Kids Can Take by the AMNH (American Museum of Natural History)Actions
Can Kids Help? video by Gladstone Central School Greenscenes (2 minutes)
Green Tips by National Geographic Kids
Plant for the Planet video by Young Voices for the Planet (5 minutes)
Recycle by The Ad Council
Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
You Can Make a Difference video by the Utah Education Network, Planet Nutshell (2 minutes)
HOPE for Earth by Kottie Christie-Blick
WHAT SHOULD ADULTS DO?
Conserving Energy video by BrainPop (4 minutes) (paid subscription required)
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)
Light Bulbs Matter by the National Research Council
Powering the Planet with Renewable Energy video by Earth: The Operators’ Manual (53 minutes)
Reducing Your Personal Contribution to a Warming Planet by The New York Times
What We Can Do by Climate Communication
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
CO2 Balancing Game by NASA’s Climate Kids
Energy Kids Crossword Puzzles and Games by EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Energy Star Kids Activities by the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Leaps and Flutters by NASA’s Climate Kids
Missions to Planet Earth Online Card Game by NASA’s Climate Kids
Planet Arcade by NOAA (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
INFORMATION FOR OLDER STUDENTS & TEACHERS
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Climate Change in a Nutshell by NCSE (National Center for Science Education)
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A Blanket Around the World by NASA
A Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs by The Ocean Agency
Antarctica Melting by National Geographic
Background Information on Climate Change by NASA
Can We Fix Global Warming? by Skeptical Science
Climate Change: How do We Know? by NASA
CLEAN Collection of Educational Resources by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Climate Change Science by Climate Nexus
Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science by the U.S. Global Change Research Program/Climate Change Science Program
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawke
Getting the Picture by Earth Vision Institute
Energy from Natural Resources by the National Academies of Sciences
Fires and Climate Change by Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, C2ES
Fires and Climate Change Connection by Yale Climate Connections
Frequently Asked Questions About Climate Change by NASA
Glaciers Melting by National Geographic
Global Warming is Happening: Fact, Myth, Fallacy by Skeptical Science
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards in the United States by Law Shelf Educational Media
Happy Eco News by Happy Eco Media
Human Activities are Impacting the Climate System by CLEAN (the Climate and Literacy and Energy Awareness Network)
Interactives and Simulations by UCAR Center for Science Education
New York Uses Many Types of Renewable Energy by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Ocean Acidification’s Impact on Oysters and Other Shellfish video by NOAA (6 minutes)
Ocean Chemistry video by ACE (Alliance for Climate Education) (1 minute)
Our Changing Atmosphere: Our Warming Air Warming Planet by Earth Vision Institute
Our Changing Biosphere: Plants and Animals by Earth Vision Institute
Our Changing Hydrosphere: Ice to Oceans by Earth Vision Institute
Our Changing Planet – Impacts on People and Places by Earth Vision Institute
Planet Stewards Program free professional development for educators by NOAA
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
Societal Impacts of Climate Change by NOAA
Take Aim at Climate Change video by Rapper Polar-Palooza (4 minutes)
Talking to Children about Climate Change by Kottie Christie-Blick
Teaching Climate & Energy in Middle School and High School by CLEAN (Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network)
Teaching Climate Literacy by NOAA
The Big Picture by Skeptical Science
The Gulf Stream Explained by Kurzgesagt
Trend vs Variation by Teddy TV
Volcanoes or Human Activity? Which Emits More CO2? by NOAA
Warmest Year on Earth in Recorded History: 2015 by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
What Drives Climate: Advanced Information by NASA
What’s in a Name? Weather, Global Warming and Climate Change by NASA
What the Ocean Floor Can Tell Us About Climate Change by Columbia Magazine, Columbia University
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Carbon and Climate Change in 90 Seconds video by NASA (2 minutes)
Causes and Effects of Climate Change video by National Geographic (3 minutes)
Climate Change: How do We Know? video by NSF (National Science Foundation) (19 minutes
Climate Science: What You Need to Know video by PBS It’s Okay to be Smart (6 minutes)
Climate, Sea Level, and Superstorms video by Yale Climate Connections (5 minutes)
Climate Science video series by the Utah Education Network (eleven 3-minute videos)
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
Earth: The Operators’ Manual video by CarbonFund.org (54 minutes)
Erosion and Flooding in Alaska video by CNN (6 minutes)
Fires in Australia video (4 minutes) and article by CBS
Greta Thunberg to World Leaders video by Guardian News (5 minutes)
Green Revolution video series by NSF (5-7 minutes)
How Scientists Know What They Know About Climate Change video by The National Academies of Sciences (4 minutes)
Ocean Acidification video by ACE (Alliance for Climate Education) (3 minutes)
Polar Vortex and Climate Change video by WhiteHouse.gov (2 minutes)
Redwoods and Climate Change video by KQED (12 minutes)
Sea Level Rise video by NASA
Sea Level Rise on West Coast of USA video by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (5 minutes)
Studying Ice Cores in Antarctica video by Natural History Museum (3 minutes)
Superstorms and Sea Level Rise video by Yale Climate Connections (6 minutes)
What is the Anthropocene? video by Smithsonian Magazine (3 minutes)
Why 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 get started teaching climate – plunge right in!
Climate Change and the Next Generation Science Standards
Ice Reflectivity Experiment & Model
Ocean Acidification Experiment and Lesson Plan
Ocean Influences Climate Lesson Plan
Ocean Influences Climate Model
Sea Level Rise Hands-On Activity Lesson Plan
Spreading the Word About Climate Change
Twitter follow @KottieCB for up-to-date climate news and teaching ideas
Graphs & Graphics
Climate Indicators by Climate Central, WXshift
Comparing Possible Causes of Global Warming by Bloomberg Business
Coral Reefs Affected by Climate Change by NOAA
Dataset Gallery by NOAA
Explaining Climate Change by BBC News
Global Disparity in Carbon Footprints by World Economic Forum
Global Temperatures and Other Climate Indicators by Climate Central
Global Warming Over Time by NASA
Ice Disappearing Around the World as Earth Warms by NASA
Keeling Curve Graph by the U.S. Department of Energy, Mauna Loa Observatory
Teaching Climate Change with Graphics by Skeptical Science
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The CO2 balancing game was a 4.5 star game.You can learn ways to slow down climate change while having fun at the same time.It was very glitchy at times,though.
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The CO2 balence game is a five star game. You can learn that every day more CO2 goes in the are.
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lorax teaches you about climate change and has fun little games after
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CO2 balancing game is a great fun game. I rate 5 star. The ax men are very annoying
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The lorax game taught alot about having clean water, air, and replanting trees.
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I would give energy hogs a 0 since it is very hard and you learn nothing.
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I think the lorax game taught a lot about CO2 and global warming
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The CO2 balancing game was fun. I rate it a 4.
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Energy star kids activities are really bad. they are 1/5. I do not recommend it.
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the games reely teach the kids to save energy- Energy hogs.They also teach us to stop global warming
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energy hog is amazing i love fridge frenzy and all the other games
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WOW!!!!!! The games are a blast!! My favorite game is energy hog it can teach kids to turn off lights. My other favorite game is fridge frenzy because it teachs kids to close the frige when your not using it.
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