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The changing climate impacts society and ecosystems in a broad variety of ways. For example, climate change can alter rainfall, influence crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to forests and other ecosystems, and even impact our energy supply. Climate-related impacts are occurring across the country and over many sectors of our economy. Explore the impacts of climate change by region, by sector, or by state.

I find this a good video to show to help students to better understand Endagered Species and their impacts. This short clip explains population and impacts on protecting endangered species. This is a powerful way to connect several concepts that are difficult understand how they impact one another.

Get a snapshot of the impact of your daily lifestyle. Compare how much water is used to make a variety of products so that you can choose to reduce your water footprint. For those that want to find out more, the green, blue and grey water footprint shows the source of water consumed and the volume of fresh water required for assimilation of pollutants.

Also connections to happier maps, but this has strong impact.

This problem-based case study guides students through a systematic exploration of the scientific issues surrounding the application and development of hydrogen fuel technology. A PowerPoint presentation introduces a New York Times article about the impact of our abundant natural gas resources on the cost of hydrogen fuel production. The article includes an Energy Department estimate that places the gasoline-cost equivalent of hydrogen fuel production, compression, and distribution at less than $4 per gallon, making it a viable option for the transportation sector. Students are then given primary literature articles and a worksheet to help them examine (1) the benefits and drawbacks of using hydrogen as a fuel in automobiles and trucks, (2) the current technological/engineering limitations of using hydrogen fuel, and (3) whether the pursuit of developing large-scale use of hydrogen-powered cars is the right direction for the country. Originally written for a second semester/second quarter general chemistry course, the case study is designed to illustrate the direct application of chemical thermodynamics and gas laws to the production and distribution of renewable fuels.  

Chevron presents "Energyville", an interactive energy game developed by The Economist Group. The game challenges players to power a virtual city through 2030 and keep the economic, environmental and security impacts low in the choices they make. There is a lot of information to explore in the game. It's great for students, teachers or anyone who's interested in learning more about the complexities of energy management and how energy affects our cities and our lives. If anyone ever tries this..please post updates!

Interesting article and fact that it is blogged by a high school student

A scientific site that rprovides world-wide invasive species information: distribution, management, impact, biology.

CSEP provides formal and informal educators working with elementary through university age students with sustained professional development, collaborative tools, and support to build a climate-literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship. CSEP also provides support for educators to execute climate stewardship (mitigation or adaptation) projects with their audiences to increase understanding of climate science and practical actions to reduce the impact of climate change. The project is part of NOAA's portfolio of activities to strengthen ocean, climate, and atmospheric science education. 

Climate Refugees: "The multi-award winning Sundance film has screened around the world illuminating the human face of climatic change to global citizens". This movie is an incredible look at the impact of climate change to humans NOW, not just predictive like most climate change videos.

This is my students all time favorite lab. Students don't understand the full economic or scientific impact of the mining industry until they have gone through this simulation. It's sort of like a geologic monopoly game. It is based in part on the ROA activity and similar activities in various earth science books.

Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.

To reduce our impact on the climate and avert disaster, it's going to take more than switching to high-efficiency light bulbs. But the most effective ways that individuals, policymakers and businesses can reduce our carbon footprint might surprise you. Let's see how much you know about what can be done to fight climate change.

How do levels of air pollution vary across the world? What are the health and mortality impacts of exposure to air pollution? See global and country-level data on air pollution and its consequences. Anything with Roser's name = interesting data.

This is a great activity that can be adapted to any major river. I have done this with students of all ages. A great way to introduce Non-Point Source Pollution. I have used this demonstration with all age groups and it has a powerful impact.

Love this site, especially the pictures. I like to show the kids the pictures to start discussions- name the animal, where does it live, do we have these here in WV? endangered? etc. Good for discussion about our impact on animals around the world.

I show this documentary (around 27 min. in for the Buffalo Creek Mine dam disaster), when discussing nonrenewable energy, dams and the impact of chemicals on the environment.

This flash flood had an impact on our county in WV, destroying one high school and two middle schools as well as numerous homes. We still do not know if we are going to consolidate. Eight inches of rain fell in 12-18 hours. Would be good to use with Natural Disasters.

This is a great visual for my students on the absence of water in parts of the world. Tremendous discussion following this short clip. In a water rich area, this video clip made a tremendous impact on my students views of water resources.

This was a good video to show the impacts of a nuclear disaster. I use this video to show several major concepts. The dangers of nuclear power, if not maintained, as well as ecological succession. Class discussion will follows on what will happen in the future to this site as well as to the plants and animals that live and feed in Chernobyl.