This comprehensive student and teacher guide from the MIT Climate Portal includes an introductory 10 minute podcast about water and climate change impacts, a water cycle class game, independent understanding of local solutions to climate change threats, and a wrap-up discussion. The focus of the materials is on changes to precipitation patterns and the downstream effects, such as how diseases like Malaria are influenced by rainfall and temperature.

This interactive visualization allows users to scroll on their device to view what types of characteristics and objects might be found at different points in the atmosphere. Using an indicator of miles (or kilometers) above sea level, the visualization shows what satellites might be present, or what scientific phenomenon (thermosphere, Kñrmñn Line, meteors, etc.) might be happening at different levels.

This short video introduces the concept of the urban heat island effect.

This video explains how scientists measure ice melt in Antarctica, the conditions of the ice sheet in Antarctica, and how that melting ice can contribute to sea level rise and affect communities all over the world.

This resource tells the story of how climate change is affecting ice cover on lakes in Wisconsin. Students will understand at the end of the lesson that shorter ice cover seasons are having a profound impact on the lakes in Madison, WI. The website provides an overview and context for the use of the data. The data presented show a record of ice cover days on two lakes near Madison, WI, since 1855. Although there is significant annual variation in the data, the overall trend established is evidence that climate change is happening now. Reduced ice cover has a significant ecological impact since it regulates lake temperature, dissolved organic (DO) levels, light penetration, and other factors responsible for the growth and reproduction of species present in and around the lakes.

This interactive graph shows an overview of US energy consumption provided by the US Energy Information Administration. It includes data on all energy sources consumed for the past 20 years up to the current year. The scale, time frame, and data focus can be modified to highlight specific data.

This video provides a call to action by using interviews with young activists about how they have decided to contribute to climate solutions. This includes things such as reducing meat consumption, biking instead of driving, and talking about personal perspectives on climate change. Below the video, there are also Educator Resources with two optional activities to complement the video. These include creating a mural of the students' proposed actions and writing a letter to a local newspaper.

In this video, students will learn how clean energy options such as solar and wind are engineered. The video discusses how these technologies will power our future and how they benefit our health, our wallets, and our planet.

The video provides a comprehensive overview of what permafrost is and why it matters in the context of climate change. The video includes: The definition of permafrost, the geographic extent, defines the problem of warming and melting permafrost, compares the amount of permafrost carbon content to all the world's forests, describes how carbon dioxide and methane are released when permafrost melts, includes visuals showing feedback loop, shows field work being done in Alaska and subsequent lab analysis of permafrost cores, and shows time release images of ground collapse on a slope due to permafrost melting.

In this activity students use stacking cubes to graph precipitation data.