MIT Coastal Climate Change Toolkit
A Scientific Framework with Hands-On Experiments
Embedded Files
Environmental Explainers:
Rising sea level
What is it? How is it changing? Why does it matter?
Start here:
Why is Sea Level Rising? We Asked a NASA Scientist
NASA
Video (< 2 min) explains how the warming climate is causing the sea level to rise and why it is rising different amounts in different places. NASA "Ask a scientist"
Recommend for middle school and up.
Global Sea Level
Climate.gov
Article explains sea level rise: how much, why it matters, what is causing it.
Recommend for middle school and up.
Climate Change
US Environmental Protection Agency
Short article with infographics for absolute and relative sea level rise. Make sure to click on both the figures at the top of the page.
Recommend for high school and up.
Learn more:
National Sea Level Explorer - US Sea Level Change
US Global Change
US Global Change site is no longer active. New resources coming soon.
Recommend for high school and up.
The Basics | Local Sea Level Change - US Sea Level Change
US Global Change
US Global Change site is no longer active. New resources coming soon.
Recommend for high school and up.
We’d love to hear how you used this tool in your community, how the students responded, and your suggestions to improve the experiments and other resources. Contact us at ccsae@mit.edu.
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