Warm-up Activities
NYT 24 Graphs
Teaching climate change using 24 NYT's graphs. "I notice", I wonder".
Rolling the Dice on Disaster
More energy in the environment leads to more possibility of natural disasters.
NCSE website of teacher resources
Rolling the dice activity
Steroids in Baseball - Homeruns - Climate Change video connection
Going to the “ends of the Earth” takes you to the Arctic and the Antarctic. This activity engages students in sorting picture cards comparing similarities and differences between the Polar Regions in a table-sized Venn Diagram.
Consensus, Direct and Proxy Measurement Warm-Up.
A short warm up to introduce building consensus, making direct measurements, making proxy measurements, and the basics of ice core dating. Available to download as a Keynote or Powerpoint presentation.
Snowflake Science
There are two versions of this presentation available. Version-1 is a short warm-up activity to introduce the snow-firn-ice transition. Available in Version-1 Keynote and Version-1 Powerpoint. There is also a full blown introductory activity to snow that takes about an hour+. This activity begins by making paper snowflakes, ends with the warm-up type exploration of the snow-firn-ice transition. Version-2 Keynote and Version-2 Powerpoints are available.
The war for carbonate ions in the ocean
Developed at 2018 EARTH workshop ....lesson is liked HERE
Climate Anxiety
Video addressing climate gloom and doom with students
SASSY SURVEY
Six Americas Super Short Survey
Six Americas Super Short Survey (SASSY!) - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication