Digital Content Resources
Related Projects
Climate Change PBL from Envision Schools
Related Citizen Science
The Globe Program Student Climate Change Research Campaign, a citizen science project
FrogWatch USA, citizen science
NASA Exploring the Environment
Climate Change PBL from Envision Schools
Related Citizen Science
The Globe Program Student Climate Change Research Campaign, a citizen science project
FrogWatch USA, citizen science
NASA Exploring the Environment
Entry Event
Differentiated sites:
Climate vs Weather:
Evidence linking humans and Climate Change
- Climate Change in 60 sec: http://youtu.be/n4e5UPu1co0
- Climate Change: The State of the Science: http://youtu.be/_EWOrZQ3L-c
- What is possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YQIaOldDU8
Differentiated sites:
Climate vs Weather:
- National Geographic video, “Earth: Climate and Weather”
- Cosmos: Climate and Weather video
- Reading weather and climate maps: https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/primer/climate-data-primer
- Weather Wiz Kids Weather and Climate
- What is Climate Change? | State of Washington Ecology Department
Evidence linking humans and Climate Change
- Climate Science: What you need to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjIyms1BX4
- How Do We Know that Humans Are the Major Cause of Global Warming? | Union of Concerned Scientists
- Ice Core Data: http://earththeoperatorsmanual.com/segment/5 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NENZ6TSc1fo&feature=youtu.be
- 6 Americas Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5u9rfUSLA
- Climate Profile Quiz related to 6 Americas: -http://uw.kqed.org/climatesurvey/index-kqed.php
- Yale study: Changes in Behavior: http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/Behavior-April-2013
- Creating Surveys: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Soc_survey.shtml
- Ecological Footprint explained video
- Ecofootprint calculator: http://footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/
Example Projects (model expectations, peer review, etc.)
- Climate Change Stop Motion video project
- Zombies and Climate Change video project
- Climate Change in One Minute Video Project
- Solve Climate Change Problem student project
- Where will we play? video project
- Climate Change RAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU-6FlQ5usc
- Voki Climate Change
- Climate Change PSA with children's story
- People of the Whale - digital storybook
- The-children-take-action-a-climate-change-story
Possible Digital Tools for Final Projects
iMovie or Windows MovieMaker
How to make common craft style video
Animoto – video editor
Blendspace - create integrated digital lessons
Weebly - make website
Livebinders - digital binder
Voki – speaking avatars
Xtranormal – animated characters
Voicethread – add audio to presentation
Prezi – presentations; embed images, links and video
Glogster.com/edu – digital posters, infographics
Emaze – graphic poster or presentation
Meograph -multimedia story maker
Storybird.com – illustrated story book maker
StoryJumper.com – digital story book maker
Wikispaces.com - Collaborative website
FlipSnack– flipbook publisher
Issuu – digital magazine publisher
other cartoon tools
How to make common craft style video
Animoto – video editor
Blendspace - create integrated digital lessons
Weebly - make website
Livebinders - digital binder
Voki – speaking avatars
Xtranormal – animated characters
Voicethread – add audio to presentation
Prezi – presentations; embed images, links and video
Glogster.com/edu – digital posters, infographics
Emaze – graphic poster or presentation
Meograph -multimedia story maker
Storybird.com – illustrated story book maker
StoryJumper.com – digital story book maker
Wikispaces.com - Collaborative website
FlipSnack– flipbook publisher
Issuu – digital magazine publisher
other cartoon tools