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Not a curriculum, or a resource page in the same sense as other sites in the curriculum category; the NOAA Climate Program Office provides a document about climate literacy. It can be accessed here. This document, developed with Standards and Benchmarks in mind, will enable teachers to meet their curriculum needs while incorporating climate and polar studies in their teaching plans.

polar science curriculum resources

Go North! follows a dog sledding team across the arctic. It is a full curriculum unit (reading any Jack London in Language Arts class?)

polar science curriculum resources

"IPY STEM Polar Connections is a curriculum development and professional development program that explores global climate change and its impact on the Arctic and Antarctic. It includes residential summer institutes for in-service teachers who are involved in the professional development of their colleagues. During each summer institute, teachers are introduced to hands-on STEM Polar Connections materials that model a variety of proven techniques for effective teaching, including inquiry-based teaching and cooperative learning."

The resources on this EPA website include glossaries, background, videos, case studies and more. All materials have been vetted by scientists and educators.

polar science curriculum resources

GLOBE is not directly a polar resource, but its vision and mission make it an indirect route to the study of the poles, and certainly, it's emphasis on climate has increased.

polar science curriculum resources

Windows to the Universe. Excellent resources, many of which were featured in the Winter 2008 issue of The Earth Scientist (National Earth Science Teachers Association). This issue was dedicated to polar studies and IPY. Select 'Polar Regions' in the left sidebar menu.

polar science curriculum resources

This site is notable because it is one of the few that offers (excellent) discipline specific resources as well as grade filtered. Many of the lessons are directly related to polar science. Although this site is not itself an advocacy site, it links to many of the 'more respectable' ones.

polar science curriculum resources

Teachers' Guide to High Quality Educational Materials on Climate Change and Global Warming. Even though the page copyright is old, the resources are still outstanding. The 'Top Ten' list is still tops.

polar science curriculum resources

"In the lesson plan, the class does the work of a team of paleontologists studying a time of rapid global warming 55 million years ago. By examining fossils of leaves from various tree species, and by incorporating the findings into a mathematical formula, the students are able to tell average annual temperatures during this prehistoric time. "

polar science curriculum resources

"Integrating federal research and solutions for climate and global change" This links to the Educators' page, but there is much more to this site especially for incorporation with history and/or policy discussions.

polar science curriculum resources

From the introduction: "This guide powerfully details many of the biases and barriers to scientific communication and information processing. It offers a tool-in combination with rigorous science, innovative engineering, and effective policy design-to help our societies take the pivotal actions needed to respond with urgency and accuracy to one of the greatest challenges ever faced by humanity: global-scale, human-induced environmental threats, of which the most complex and far reaching is climate change."

polar science curriculum resources

"a complete listing of the articles in "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic," a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by: * Stages of Denial, * Scientific Topics, * Types of Argument, and * Levels of Sophistication. "

polar science curriculum resources

Webquest to accompany Glencoe's "Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe" Unit 7: Resources and the Environment

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"Global warming has been a topic of concern and much controversy for many years. Whatever the disagreements have been in the past, most scientists and policy makers now recognize that if the Earth's surface temperatures continue to rise as much as they have in the past decade or so, then many parts of the world could face dire consequences, including food and water shortages, coastal flooding, and health consequences. Based on the Koshland Science Museum's exhibit Global Warming: Facts and Our Future, the following webquest will allow students to learn firsthand how society and environment might be impacted by global warming and how to help people make better decisions regarding all the complicated issues surrounding climate change, energy use, and available policy options. Students will take on the role of scientist, business leader, or policy maker and be part of a climate action team, which will make some of the same discoveries and decisions that are made in the "real world" every day. "

Polar Science Curriculum Resources

"The Warming of the Earth A beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming" although some info is dated, this is still an excellent resource.

Polar Science Curriculum Resources

This site and document will help educators integrate the polar regions into their curricula. From the site: "The Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI), funded by the National Science Foundation, has gathered and codified the underlying understandings of Earth sciences into a succinct document that will have broad-reaching applications in both public and private arenas. It establishes the "Big Ideas" and supporting concepts that all Americans should know about Earth sciences. The resulting Earth Science Literacy framework will also become part of the foundation, along with similar documents from the Oceans, Atmospheres and Climate communities, of a larger geoscience Earth Systems Literacy effort."

polar science curriculum resources

Many PBS shows can be streamed from here. A few examples: NOVA'a Ocean 'Tipping Point', NOVA's 'Extreme Ice', NOW on PBS'a 'On Thin Ice' Wide Angle's 'Burning Season', Nature's 'Under Antarctic Ice,' and many more. Many videos are time 'chunked' making them more amenable for classroom use. Once a video is selected, mouse over the screen to show the full screen and other options.

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This is an excellent article with great advice for *anyone* who is presenting a poster *anywhere.* It should be mandatory reading from late middle school on up!

polar science curriculum resources

"The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan, bicameral group of members of Congress to provide timely information and develop innovative policy solutions that set us on a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy path." Under Publications, check out the fact sheet on jobs from renewable energy - good for career talk with students

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Learn about climate change in this Google Earth introductory tour narrated by Al Gore, the first in a series of Google Earth tours leading up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December. For more climate change tours, visit http://www.google.com/cop15

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