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20,000 Microbes Under the Sea
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Abstract: This website contains the introduction to a Discover Magazine article about bacteria found living under the floor of the Black Sea. The sea floor core, taken in 2001, contained a cubic meter of bacteria. The full article is available to Discover Magazine Subscribers or may be purchased online.
Air-sea Interactions: Activities in Oceanography
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Abstract: This set of online activities helps students learn properties of ocean waves, wind-wave relationships and properties of tsunamis. The second part of the module explains the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its impacts on global climates. Activities includes simple calculations, discovery learning, ... More »
Atmospheric Visualization Projects
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Abstract: This site includes simulations of more than 40 phenomena: sea ice and CO2, climate change (230-year period), clouds and precipitation, coral reef evolution (starting 21,000 years ago), universal fire shape, fire twirl and burst behavior, tornadoes, thunderstorms, typhoons, El Niño events, greenhouse ... More »
BBC In Depth: Hurricane Katrina
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Abstract: This BBC News clearinghouse website provides a wide variety of information regarding Hurricane Katrina. Information includes news stories, scientific analysis and background, eyewitness accounts, photo galleries, pressing questions, hurricane animations and more. Information has been updated frequently.
Bloom Clock Project
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Abstract: The Bloom Clock Project is an attempt to create a language for discussing the bloom times of wildflowers and other plants that is neutral in respect to climate, region, and hemisphere. This language will take a few years to develop as it depends on a large pool of data.
China U.S. Climate Conference
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Abstract: 8:30 AM Opening Session: The University, Scientific Research, and Climate Change Running Time: 1 hour, 22 minutes This panel will highlight the mutual vulnerability of China and the U.S. to climate change, and the indispensable role of scientific research in understanding the problem and developing ... More »
Climate and Periodic Functions: Science and Math Integration
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Abstract: Students will complete a lab that will introduce the scientific concept of climate on Earth. Following the lab, they will complete further research on climate. Using average monthly temperatures students will construct a mathematical model and analyze the variations.
Climate and Water in Ghana
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Abstract: shows the dramatic contrast between the rainy and dry seasons in West Africa and helps students define and identify the features of climate. They apply this knowledge to the study of how climate affects people and the environment.
Climate Change
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Abstract: This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the difference between weather and climate and features groundbreaking analysis revealing that Earth's climate has changed much faster than previously believed.
Climate change
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Abstract: Climate change is a key issue on today's social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide
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Abstract: includes lessons on how the sun's magnetism interacts with the earth's magnetic field, how scientists study ancient climates, how the earth system works and how climate changes over time, and how climate models are used to predict the future of earth's climate.
Climate, Microclimate, and Biomass Fall 2007
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Abstract: Climate, Microclimate, and Biomass (Fall 2006 lecture). From General Biology 1B. General introduction to plant development, form, and function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Intended for students majoring in the biological sciences, but open to all qualified students.
Climate Models & Predictions For The Future
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Abstract: These lecture notes from the University of Michigan's Global Change curriculum provide information about paleoclimate and climate modeling. This website includes a list of suggested readings, an image-rich overview of the paleoclimate record (including sections on ice core and deep sediment analyses) ... More »
Climate reconstruction using Foraminifera in Deep Sea Sediments
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Abstract: This Wright Center for Science Education lesson plan (PDF) uses pasta as an analog to teach students how deep sea sediments are collected and analyzed to identify different foraminifera species in order to interpret global paleo temperature change. It includes National Science Education Standards as ... More »
Cold Climate, Warm Climates: How Can We Tell Past Temperatures?
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Abstract: This brief NASA article provides general information about paleoclimatology (the study of past climate). Focusing on ice core data and foraminifera (shelled marine microorganisms) in deep sea sediments, the article provides a summary of how paleoclimate can be inferred.
Crow Tribe: Community Environmental Profile
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Abstract: This site provides a brief summary of the Crow Reservation. Topics include the Crow tribal government, tribal land, climate, economy, recreation, education, housing, and future plans.
Daisyworld Lab
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Abstract: In this activity, students explore Daisyworld, a model of a self-regulating system incorporating positive and negative feedbacks. The model explores the effect of a steadily increasing solar luminosity on daisy populations and the resulting planetary temperature. The activity was developed to introduce ... More »
Deep Sea Coring
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Abstract: This Ocean and Climate Change Institute module features a brief, but image-rich overview of ocean drilling and sediment analysis to determine paleoclimate (past climate). This site is the first of a 3-page module, the other two sites (Describing the Core; Sampling Techniques) are linked at the top of ... More »
Deep Sea Sediments Expose the Earth's Past
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Abstract: This image-rich Oregon State University article features information regarding sediment core analysis as a proxy for interpreting past global climate. The article provides general information about how the cores are interpreted as well as how cores are collected and stored. It also features a color diagram ... More »
Digital Library of Indigenous Science Resources
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Abstract: The Digital Library of Indigenous Science Resources (DLISR) is a library collection of online text, video, audio, and image files of Indigenous science. Included are both knowledge about the natural world and ways of teaching and learning about it. Resource categories include climate change, education, ... More »
