Climate and Carbon Campaign Resources - Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign
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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
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.