Temperatures were above average over much of the globe, particularly in the Arctic, but much below average over western Canada and the central United States.

In this lesson students analyze and interpret global temperature and carbon dioxide data to determine which parts of Earth are experiencing the greatest changes in temperature and carbon dioxide, and then construct a model to explain the phenomenon.

There are two types of Arctic algae (sea ice and ocean), and components of the Arctic food web are reliant on specific types. In this activity, students explore the food web relationships, and the cause and effect relationships within the food web as sea ice algae decline, and ocean algae increase. This activity includes field and lab videos to support the investigative nature of the study at the center of the activity.

This activity from the Paleontological Research Institution and Cornell University supports an understanding of chemistry and physics concepts by instructing students to create their own solar cell with the help of instructional videos.

This comprehensive resource presents an entire 6 part unit for understanding major themes in climate change including common misperceptions, global and seasonal trends, and disproportionate risk to climate change by category.

Students learn about Earth's energy balance and use data to better understand why the Arctic is warming faster than other locations on Earth. This comes from analyzing and interpreting incoming and outgoing energy data from the Arctic and constructing conceptual models to explain how outgoing longwave energy from the Arctic is contributing to the Arctic amplification.

This resource from Our Climate Our Future explores the variety of health and social issues associated with gas extraction and unregulated methane emissions. This activity has students learning about different abatement options for methane pollution, and communicating the effects of methane pollution on human health.

This sustainable agriculture lesson utilizes research from the students and has them teach the class their specific technique, and then allows for creativity in solving a problem they see in a specific location of their choosing.

In this lesson students measure the diameter of trees to determine the biomass of the tree and how much carbon the tree is taking up during photosynthesis.

This virtual ocean lab allows you to explore ocean currents, sea ice concentration, temperature, and other variables in the ocean and how they interact. The resource uses real-time data (back to 2010) that students can analyze and interpret.