For Educators
The following organizations provide reviewed listings of the best available student and educators resources related to global climate change, including NASA products.
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NASA Wavelength
This reviewed collection of NASA Earth and space science resources is for educators of all levels: K-12, higher education and informal science education. Find climate resources in the collection at the following link, which can be filtered by audience, topic, instructional strategy and more.
› http://nasawavelength.org/resource-search?qq=climate&educationalLevel=&n=100 -
National Climate Assessment Teaching Resources
Part of NOAA's "Teaching Climate" section, the National Climate Assessment offers a wealth of actionable science about the causes, effects, risks and possible responses to human-caused climate change.
› http://www.climate.gov/teaching/2014-national-climate-assessment-resources-educators -
NOAA: Teaching Climate
This website contains reviewed resources for teaching about climate and energy.
› http://www.climate.gov/teaching -
ESSEA Climate Education modules
The NASA-supported Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) provides modules for teachers taking ESSEA courses, but teachers may also use the modules with their students.
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Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network
The CLEAN project, a part of the National Science Digital Library, provides a reviewed collection of resources students' understanding of the core ideas in climate and energy science, coupled with the tools to enable an online community to share and discuss teaching about climate and energy science.
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NASA Innovations in Climate Education
The NASA Innovations in Climate Education (NICE) project, managed at Langley Research Center, includes a portfolio of 71 climate education initiatives that span across the nation and contribute to the development of a climate-literate public and a climate-related STEM workforce.
http://nice.larc.nasa.gov -
PBS/NASA Global Climate Change Modules
Explore best practices for teaching global climate change (GCC) to middle- and high-school students with these free, self-paced modules for teachers.
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U.S. Department of Energy Lesson Plans and Activities
A collection of energy-related lesson plans, labs, projects and other activities for grades K-12 on energy-related topics, searchable by topic and grade level.
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/lessonplans/default.aspx -
Alliance for Climate Education: Our Climate Our Future
Educates young people about the science of climate change and empowers them to take action via dynamic animations, interactive trivia questions, teacher resources and more.
https://ourclimateourfuture.org/