Resources For Climate Change Education

Cherry, Lynne; Braasch, Gary. How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate). Dawn, 2008. ISBN: 978-1584691037.

http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/index.htm This excellent website is produced in the UK and is geared for children ages 9-11.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html Our own EPA site. The site does not use metric units at this time.

http://globalwarmingkids.net/ This is the portal for the Climate Change Education group out of California. It compiles a great deal of information on one site, but may be overwhelming for kids doing research.

http://www.ipcc.ch/ The place to go to get primary information on climate change from the folks who won the 2007 Nobel Prize.

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign/index_en.htm The EU website on climate change. It includes a section for teachers and students.

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/DataStremeFrames.html Datstreme will give you a solid footing for understanding weather and basic physical science. It is an online/face to face

course with subsidized graduate credit.

http://weather.weatherbug.com/weather-education/default.asp While this represents a commercial enterprise, Weather Bug has done its homework on lesson plans and connecting schools.

http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/ The S’Cool program gives students a chance to contribute data to a real NASA project which supports climate and weather research.

http://www.spaceweather.com/ Don’t forget that what happens on the surface of our star trumps almost everything we do on Earth. A bit technical, but can be helpful as a resource or for student research.