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Are You A Bigfoot? – Additional Resources

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Books

Townsend, John. Predicting the Effects of Climate Change (Why Science Matters). Heinemann. 2009. A concise overview of our changing climate, providing students with a good scientific basis for why it should concern them. Grades 6-9. ISBN: 9781432918392.

Carbon Calculators

Carbon Footprint Challenge
International Student Carbon Footprint Challenge. I2SEA.

Compare your Carbon Footprint
Carbon Calculator Activity. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

Household Carbon Footprint 
Household Carbon Footprint Calculator. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Films

Documentary on Climate Change Impacts 
Chasing Ice. With stunning footage of the Arctic, photographer James Balog provides visual evidence of the impacts of climate change in this 75-minute documentary.

Human Impacts of Climate Change 
Sun Come Up. New Day Films. Showing the human face of climate change, this 39-minute film follows the relocation of Carteret Islanders as rising seas swallow their ancestral lands.

Imagine the World Without Fish
A Sea Change. This 83-minute film explores how burning fossil fuels is changing the pH balance of the oceans and threatening the world’s fisheries.

Politics of Climate Change 
Climate Refugees. This 88-minute film depicts some of the enormous consequences of climate change and explores its destabilizing effects on individuals as well as international politics.

Solutions to Climate Change
Carbon Nation. Arizona State University. With an optimistic view of what people are doing to address climate change, this 82-minute film explores how solutions to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues.

Other Resources

Carbon Off-Sets
Carbon Fund. A nonprofit organization that provides a means to “off-set” carbon emissions through donations.

Climate Impacts by Region
What are the Impacts of Climate Change Where I Live? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A description of the expected impacts of climate change by region.

Climate Assessment Report
Our Changing Climate. National Climate Assessment. In-depth look at climate change impacts on the United States, including how it is already affecting and will increasingly affect the lives of Americans.

Estimate Your Carbon Emissions
Global Warming Wheel Card. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A hand‐held tool for estimating carbon dioxide emissions.

Starting a Climate Club
Climate Stewards. The National Ocean Service (NOS). Information on how to start a climate club for students.

Climate Time Machine – Additional Resources

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Constible, Juanita, Luke Sandro, and Richard E. Lee, Jr. Climate Change from Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations. National Science Teachers Association. 2008. Biology-based case studies, background information, and activities on effects of climate change. Adult. ISBN: 9781933531236

Great Lakes Resources

All About The Great Lakes
The Great Lakes. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. Information about how the the Great Lakes were formed, and on their current depth, shoreline attributes, temperature and more.

Ancient Glaciers of Illinois
Build Illinois: The Last 500 Million Years. Illinois State Geological Survey. An imaginary trip back in time to see how the landscape of Illinois was formed.

EPA Atlas of The Great Lakes
The Great Lakes. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Information and data about the Great Lakes over time and issues facing them today.

Film: Rise and Fall of The Great Lakes
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes. National Film Board Council [Canada].  This classic 16-minute film shows a lone canoeist living through the changes of the Great Lakes, only to find himself trapped in a sea of scum.

Formation of the Great Lakes Video
Great Lakes. Detroit Public TV. An overview of the Great Lakes region, with an explanation of their formation.

Maps of Our Great Lakes
About Our Great Lakes. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Maps and other information and resources about the Great Lakes.

Other Resources

Citizen Scientists Network
Project BudBurst. A national network of citizen scientists monitoring plants as the seasons and climates change.

Explore Earth’s History
EarthViewer. BioInteractive. An interactive tool for exploring Earth’s deep history, including changes in atmospheric composition, temperature, day length, and solar luminosity.

The Ice Age
The Great Ice Age. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. A description of the forces that caused the Great Ice Age of the Pleistocene Epoch, as well as how it influenced Earth’s environment.

What Causes an Ice Age? 
Periodic Ice Age. Science Channel. Brief explanation of the periodic ice ages due to orbital variations of the Earth.

Is It Only Natural? – Additional Resources

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Hunter, Nick. Science Fights Back: Science Vs. Climate Change. Gareth Stevens Publishing. 2013. Presents the science and the data to explain the climate change issue to students. Grades 4–5. ISBN: 9781433986789.

Other Resources

Climate Change Evidence
“How Do We Know the Climate Is Changing?” Climate Kids: NASA’s Eyes on the World. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Student-friendly explanations of the evidence for climate change.

CO2 Past, Present & Future
CO2.Earth. A source for past, present, and future carbon dioxide data and projections.

Data on CO2 Emissions
Carbon Dioxide: Projected Emissions and Concentration. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Data on recent increases and projected changes in CO2 emissions.

Greenhouse Gases
Overview of Greenhouse Gases. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Data on CO2 emissions by source.

Lines of Evidence Video Series
Climate Change: Lines of Evidence.  The National Research Council. This 7-chapter video series explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about climate change and its causes. Chapter 6: Solar Influences and Chapter 7: Natural Cycles explore alternative explanations.

Mauna Loa Data on Atmospheric CO2
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Recent data from Mauna Loa Observatory.

Science Investigations: Causes of Climate Change 
Climate Science Investigations: Causes of Climate Change. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). An explanation of some of the natural causes of climate change.

Student Guide to Climate Change
A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  General information about climate and causes of climate change, including data to examine.

Supercontinent Pangaea 
Move the Continents. Cornell University. On this interactive website, students can move the continents to show the former supercontinent, Pangaea, and then back to the modern configuration again.

 

The Carbon Cycle – Additional Resources

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CO2 and Climate Change
“All About Carbon Dioxide.” A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). An introduction to carbon and the processes involved in the carbon cycle.

Carbon Cycle Video
“Exploring the Carbon Cycle.” Southeastern Forests and Climate Change: A PLT Secondary Education Model. An explanation of the carbon cycle, including carbon pools and fluxes.

Carbon Capture Video
Forest Fact Break: Carbon Capture. Oregon Forest Resources Institute. This 90-second video describes the importance of forests for capturing carbon.

Photosynthesis Video
Forest Fact Break: Photosynthesis. Oregon Forest Resources Institute. This 90-second video explains photosynthesis and the role of forests in the carbon cycle.