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Global Climate Change Education

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Climate Independent Study Research Project

Key Websites and Resources

Current Climate News

• Huffington Post Climate News
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/climate-change 
• Worldview of Global Warming
  http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/
• Andrew Revkin’s New York Times Articles
  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/andrew_c_revkin/index.html 
• Kids vs Global Warming – iMatter Million March – Mothers’ Day, 2011, Washington, DC.
  http://www.kvgw.org/ 
• James Hansen’s Website
  http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ 
• Real Climate Blog
  http://www.realclimate.org/
• Climate Connections: A Global Journey
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112073582

Key Websites and Resources

• GlobalGlobal Climate Change: NASA’s Eyes on the Earth
  http://climate.nasa.gov/ 
• NOAA Climate Services
  http://www.climate.gov/#climateWatch
  http://www.education.noaa.gov/Climate/
  http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/welcome.html (See the Fact Sheets.)
• Windows to the Universe
  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/climate.html 
• Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, and e-Learning
  http://ncseonline.org/climate/cms.cfm?id=3783 
• The Encyclopedia of Earth Climate Collection
  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_Change_%28collection%29 
• NCSE-NASA Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Climate Change Education (NNICCE)
  http://www.eoearth.org/article/NCSE-NASA_Interdisciplinary_Climate_Change_Education 
• EPA Climate Change and Global Warming: Interactive website
  http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/global_warming_version2.html 
• US Global Change Research Program
  http://www.globalchange.gov/ 
• Cake – Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
  http://www.cakex.org/ 
• Young Voices on Climate Change
  http://youngvoicesonclimatechange.com/ 
• The Alliance for Climate Project
  http://www.climateprotect.org/ 
• Global Warming – Environmental Defense Fund
  http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=65 
• Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development
  https://www.planetseed.com/home 

Reports

• IntergIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  http://www.ipcc.ch/ 
• Climate in Peril
  http://www.grida.no/publications/climate-in-peril/ 
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change – Climate Change 101
  http://www.pewclimate.org/ 
• Florida’s Resilient Coasts
  http://www.ces.fau.edu/files/projects/climate_change/Fl_ResilientCoast.pdf 
• South Florida Water Management District
  http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/sfwmdmain/home%20page 
• Atmosphere of Pressure: Political Interference in Federal Climate Science Union of Concerned Scientists
  http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/atmosphere-of-pressure.html 
• Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Florida: An Update of the Effects of Climate Change on Florida’s Ocean & Coastal Resources
  http://www.floridaoceanscouncil.org/ 

Energy and Solutions

• One MiOne Million Acts of Green
  http://www.greennexxus.com/omaog/us/education#f1 
• Energy Story
  http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html 
• U.S. Energy Information Administration
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 

Recommended Videos Online

• Ocean Acidification
  http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/acidification/aboutthefilm.asp 
• National Geographic Videos
  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/global-warming-environment/way-forward-climate.html 
• Update on “An Inconvenient Truth”
  http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis.html 
• The Age of Stupid
  http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/4847/The-Age-of-Stupid 

The Carbon Cycle

• Nature Conservancy’s Carbon Calculator http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
• Global Footprint Network
  http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/ 
• Carbon Cycle Game
  http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html 
• Interactive Diagram
  http://www.seed.slb.com/content.aspx?id=2314 

Climate Skepticism/Communications

• Skeptical Science
  http://www.skepticalscience.com/ 
• How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic
  http://www.grist.org/article/series/skeptics/ 
• Climate Skepticism: The Top 10
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm 
• The Psychology of Climate Change Communication
  http://www.cred.columbia.edu/guide/ 
• Climate Communication - Improving Understanding of Global Warming: The Science and Solutions
  http://www.climatecommunication.org/ 
• Global Warming’s Six Americas
  http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/6americas.html 
• The Skeptic’s Handbook
  http://joannenova.com.au/global-warming/ 
• Climate Communications and Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners
  http://www.thesocialcapitalproject.org/The-Social-Capital-Project/publications 

Standards/Guidelines

• Climate Literacy: "The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences"
  http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/Literacy/ 
• Guidelines for K12 Global Climate Change Education (National Wildlife Federation and the North American Association for Environmental Education)
  http://online.nwf.org/site/PageNavigator/ClimateClassroom/cc_naaee_guidelines 
• AAAS Global Climate Change Resources
  http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/ 

Teaching Resources/Lesson Plans

• Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
  http://cleanet.org/ 
• MyNASAData
  http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/index.html 
• Digital Library for Earth Systems Science
  http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp 
• The Nature of Science
  http://undsci.berkeley.edu/index.php 
• Slide Show – What’s Up With Global Warming?
  http://online.nwf.org/site/PageNavigator/ClimateClassroom/cc_teachers_slideshow 
• Climate Classroom – An Inconvenient Truth Curriculum
  http://www.climateclassroom.org/ 
• Facing the Future – Lessons and Resources for Teaching About Global Issues – Climate Change Unit
  http://www.facingthefuture.org/default.aspx 
• Journey North – Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
  http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ 
• Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators
  http://www.globalchange.gov/resources/educators/toolkit 
• Climate Challenge
  http://www.northcascadeseft.org/ 
• S’Cool
  If you’re a teacher and want to have students do cloud observations, choose this one.
  http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/index.php 
• Journey North – Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
  http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ 

Recommended Booksrst that Could Happen? A Rationale Response to the Climate Change Debate. New York, NY: Penguin Group Inc.

Faris, A. (2009). Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley. New York: NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

Flannery, T. (2005). The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing The Climate and What it Means It Means For Life on Earth. New York, NY: Grove Press.

Friedman, T. (2008). Hot, Flat, and Crowded. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Gore, A. (2006). An Inconvenient Truth. New York, NY: Rodale.

Gore, A. (2009). Our Choice. New York, NY: Melcher Media.

Henson, R.(2008). The Rough Guide to Climate Change: Symptoms, Science and Solutions. New York, NY: Rough Guides Limited.

Hanson. J (2009). Storms of our Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and the Last Chance to Save Humanity. New York, NY: Bloomsbury USA.

Hawkin, P. (2007). Blessed Unrest. New York, NY: Penguin Groups.

Hulme, M. (2009). Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction, and Opportunity. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Krup, F. & Horn, M. (2008). Earth: The sequel. New York, NY: Environmental Defense Fund.

Lovelock, Gaia (2006). The Revenge of Gaia: Earth’s Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity. New York, NY: Basic Books.

McGibben, B. (2010). Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet.

Mooney, C. (2007). Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Inc.

Orr, D. (2009). Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Schneider, S. (2009). Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth’s Climate. National Geographic Society. Washington, DC.