Climate and Carbon Campaign Resources - Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign
Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign Resources
GLOBE Resources
- Allometry Activity (Grades 6-12, 75 minutes)
- Learn how to calculate tree and shrub biomass using circumference or diameter
- Biomass Units Activity (Grades 6-12, 45-90 minutes)
- Explore the concept of biomass and how biomass relates to carbon storage in plants.
- Herbaceous Biomass & Carbon Analysis (Grades 6-12, 35 minutes)
- Explore trends and patterns in your grass measurement data and determine carbon storage.
- Shrub Biomass & Carbon Analysis (Grades 6-12, 50 minutes)
- Explore trends and patterns in your shrub measurement data and determine carbon storage.
- Tree Biomass & Carbon Analysis (Grades 6-12, 45-60 minutes)
- Explore trends and patterns in your tree measurement data and determine carbon storage.
- An Introduction to the Global Carbon Cycle (20-75 minutes)
- Learn about carbon and how it interacts with different Earth systems including Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere and Pedosphere.
- Carbon Cycle Protocols (20-120 minutes)
- Set up your carbon collection site and start collecting carbon data.
- Global Carbon Activity (70-100 minutes)
- Explore the global carbon cycle as a system.
- Biometry Protocol (All grades, 5-60 minutes)
- Learn how to measure and classify plant life
- GLOBE Educator One-Week Pacing Guide: Plant Phenology (Grades 4-8)
- Explore how plants, land cover, and climate are related
- GLOBE Grandma Training Series (All grades, variable time lengths)
- Discover how GLOBE protocols can be structured to explore different seasonal cycles
- Green-up/Green-down Protocols (All grades, 35-50 minutes)
- Explore how leaves from trees, shrubs, and grasses change color overtime
- Leaf Pigments (Grades 6-12, 35 minutes)
- Explore the different pigments that exist in leaves
- Phenology for Beginners (Grades K-6, 120 minutes)
- Explore how plants change over time
- Plant Color Guide (All grades, 20-50 minutes)
- Learn how to create your own plant color guide
- Learn how to create your own plant color guide
- Tracking the Colour of Peatlands Project (All grades, variable time lengths)
- Monitor changes in peatland green leaf phenology (how the peatlands change color over the course of the year)
- Africa Learning Activities
- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the Africa region
- Asia and Pacific Learning Activities
- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the Asia and Pacific region
- Europe and Eurasia Learning Activities
- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the Europe and Eurasia region
- Latin America and Caribbean Learning Activities
- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the Latin America and Caribbean region
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- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the Near East and North Africa region
- North America Learning Activities
- Explore climate and carbon activities tailored for the North America region
- GLOBE Data Exploration Learning Activities
- Carbon Travel Game (All Grades, 60-120 minutes)
- Explore how carbon is one of the most important and abundant elements on Earth
- Global Connections (All Grades, 60-120 minutes)
- Explore misconceptions about carbon, view curated data sets, and learn about the carbon cycle
- Learn about Seasons (All Grades, 20 minutes)
- Explore seasonality through patterns and relationships
- Elementary GLOBE Climate Module (Grades K-4, 30 minutes)
- Explore the Earth's climate through a series of storybooks
- Climograph Activity (Grades 6-8, 100 minutes)
- Create your own climograph and learn how weather and climate are different
- Data at Altitude (Grades 6-8, 50 minutes)
- Learn how temperature varies with altitude through air temperature collections​​​​​​
- GLOBE Weather (Grades 6-8, five-week pacing guide)
- Explore extreme weather events and how they relate to a changing climate
- Climate Classification (Grades 6-12, 100 minutes)
- Explore the climate classification system through understanding precipitation and air temperature
- Land and Water Changes (Grades 6-12, 45 minutes)
- Explore seasonal changes through visualizations
- Weather to Climate (Grades 6-12, 100-120 minutes)
- Explore the differences between weather and climate through air temperature data
- Weather Tourists (Grades 6-12, 50-100 minutes)
- Learn how to use the GLOBE Data Visualization system by exploring local weather patterns
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Featured Resource
The Earthrise initiative from NASA and its federal partners promotes goals and educational outcomes that align with the GLOBE Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign.
Additional Resources
- Age Appropriate Guidelines for Climate Change Communication
- Arctic Earth Signs
- Climate Action Project
- Climate Literacy Guide
- Climate and Water
- COMET Resources
- Coast Snap: Community Beach Monitoring
- eMapR Datasets
- GIS for Climate
- GLOBE Grandma
- How Climate Works
- Impacts of Climate Change
- NEON
- Niwot Ridge LTER
- NOAA ArcGIS Greenhouse Gases
- NOAA Climate
- NOAA Classroom Activities
- Solving Climate Change
- United Nations Environment Program Climate Action
- UCAR SciEd
- Coral for Studying Past Climate (1:06 minutes)
- Drip Drop (3:51 minutes)
- Ice Cores for Studying Past Climate (2:10 minutes)
- Modeling Carbon Dioxide with a Bath Tub (3:23 minutes)
- NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory YouTube Channel (Variable)
- NCAR Explorer Series (Variable)
- Warming Water, Rising Seas (0:51 minutes)
Note: Protocols and learning activities vary in time needed from a half-hour to several days. The activities listed above may be modified to fit time restraints and specific grade levels.