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For many of us, envisioning the profound effects of climate change is hard to do without relatable examples. By illustrating specific aspects of climate change research, Pelto provokes viewers to question, wonder, and want to know more. In this exercise, you will select a scientific graph that addresses an important real-world issue, create an illustrated graph from that original, and craft an effective artist's statement that connects the two. Once you're done, keep an eye out for other ways you can merge science with art. The possibilities are endless!

Here is chance for students to practice matching biomes to graphs. She was analyzing some temperature and precipitation graphs from different cities and trying to match them up to the correct biome where they would be located. Now she needs your help! Your mission is to help her determine in which biomes the cities are located.

Use gapminder.org to play with data and see some REALLY great graphs. Warning it can be addictive! This information was shared with Climate Change Lessons from Judi Kusnick at CSU, Sacramento. If you google Judi's name, all of her workshops are available online with resources for the lessons she has shared.

cool graphic by xkcd

The Tuva tools enable students to easily explore and manipulate data to create their own graphs and charts. They promote conceptual understanding of important mathematical and statistical concepts and ideas

I use this site to introduce students to renewables. I like the graphs. Pretty concise site. Helps students see how much the U.S. used in comparison to other countries.

The left panels show the absolute number of species whose populations have declined in each region; the right panels show the percentage of species that declined in each region. The top panels include all land vertebrates (amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals), whereas the bottom panels represent only bird species. Project or distribute the image to engage students. The downloadable Educator Materials PDF, which includes background information, graph interpretation and discussion questions, and the Student Handout, which includes the image and background information, have been remediated to comply with Section 508 of the National Rehabilitation Act for accessibility and can be used with screen readers.

Resource to get US climographs