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's Climate Kids
NASA’s Climate Kids website brings climate science to life with fun games, interactive features and exciting articles.
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Climate Change Lessons: JPL Education
This collection of climate change lessons and activities for grades K-12 is aligned with Next Generation Science and Common Core Math Standards and incorporates NASA missions and science along with current events and research.
› http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/tag/search/Climate+Change -
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.
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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.
› http://www.cleanet.org/ -
Living Landscapes Climate Science Project
Funded by NASA, the Living Landscapes Climate Science Project is a comprehensive set of culture-based climate science educational resources for native communities. Learn more about NASA's role in developing the curriculum.
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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