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Classroom Tools to Explore the Past, Present and Future of Climate Change

Welcome to the online resources for our Climate Change workshop! This web portal is intended to provide the web links and additional information to those who attended our workshop at the Exhibit Museum.

Workshop Resources

Main Presentation (slideshow)
Members download PowerPoint Presentation

Presentation that Backs up Activities (slideshow)
Members download PowerPoint Presentation

Activities:

Differences Between Climate & Weather

Weather.com

Earth's Energy Cycle: Albedo

CO2 Sources and Sinks

Equation for Vinegar + Baking Soda

Carbon Cycle Game

Nitrogen Cycle Game

Thermal Expansion and Sea Level Rise

Mapping Ancient Coastlines

Where Have all the Glaciers Gone?

Paleoclimates and Pollen

CO2 - How Much Do You Spew?

Inconvenient Truth Web Site

Additional Resources
Climate and Global Change Classroom Activities from Windows to the Universe

Climate and Global Change section of Windows to the Universe

LEARN: Atmospheric Science Explorers

The Climate Discovery Teacher’s Guide

National Center for Atmospheric Research

MILAGRO Education Portal (about studying air pollution)

Presenter Information

Shop Windows to the Universe Science Store!

Our online store includes fun classroom activities for you and your students. Issues of NESTA's quarterly journal, The Earth Scientist are also full of classroom activities on different topics in Earth and space science!

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