Teaching Climate

Topic(s): Ocean and Climate, Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise, Ocean Warming / Acidification

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, Informal Education

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.

Role Play: Six Americas, Six Views on Global Warming

Topic(s): Sea Level Rise, Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Hurricanes and Storms, Extreme Weather, Public Health, Climate Impacts, Mitigation Strategies, Adaptation Strategies, Human Responses to Climate, Energy Use

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This role-playing activity allows students to learn more about the six general ways Americans respond to climate change and engage in conversations while embodying these groups. Students will be able to describe the different ways Americans respond to climate change and develop arguments to support their claims.

Thwaites Explorer

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional

This is an interactive visualization that allows users to explore the scientific research being done on Thwaites glacier, one of the most important glaciers in Antarctica.

Land Ice/Sea Ice/Grounded Ice: How does melting ice affect sea level?

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Informal Education

Students create a model of sea level rise based on the melting of land ice, sea ice, or grounded ice. Student predictions are recorded and models are run. Making explanations based on data, cause and effect, and asking questions are emphasized in this activity.

Changing Planet: Rising Sea Level

Topic(s): Ocean and Climate, Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise, National Security, Climate Impacts

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This video discusses the social and economic impacts (worldwide and in the US) of sea level rise caused by global warming (aired April 1, 2011).

Arctic Sea Ice Concentrations for September (Minimum)

Topic(s): Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This animation shows the Arctic sea ice September (minimum) extents from 1979-2023. Accessible from http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/sotc/sea_ice.html

Sea Level Rise: Threatened Areas Maps

Topic(s): Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This interactive tool allows viewers to explore, by county, the areas of California threatened by a rise in sea level through this century.

Changing Planet: Ocean Temperatures

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise, Ocean Warming / Acidification

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

This video follows Bermuda scientists into the field as they collect data that documents a warming trend in ocean temperatures. BIOS Director Tony Knapp discusses some of the impact of warming temperatures on sea levels, storms, and marine ecosystems.

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation

Topic(s): Climate Data, Global Climate Modeling, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, Climate Impacts, Mitigation Strategies, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional

This interactive resource allows users to investigate current and predicted future climate-related hazards on a nationwide scale and in specific locations.

Antarctica is losing ice at an accelerating rate. How much will sea levels rise?

Topic(s): Climate Feedbacks, Climate System, Anthropogenic Changes, Measurements and Observations, Global Climate Modeling, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost, Climate Impacts, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This video explains how scientists measure ice melt in Antarctica, the conditions of the ice sheet in Antarctica, and how that melting ice can contribute to sea level rise and affect communities all over the world.

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