Video series: In the Greenhouse: Exploring Climate Change
A series of videos on key concepts in climate change science. The videos include demos, experiments, and data analyses, plus insights from Dr. Alexandra Moore.
The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
A content resource for teaching about climate change, though non-teachers can benefit from it, too. The guide includes the basics of climate change science, social science concepts important for teaching climate change, regional information, and climate change solutions.
Teach Climate Change
Resources for teaching about climate change, including toolkits, videos, workshops, and more.
Berkeley CoolClimate Calculator
A carbon footprint calculator that helps you see the carbon emissions from your travel, energy and water use, food choices, goods, and more.
CLEAN - Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
A collection of over 700 free, ready-to-use learning resources rigorously reviewed by educators and scientists, suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms. CLEAN also provides guidance on teaching about climate change and energy, and fosters an active network of educators.
SubjectToClimate
A portal for credible, engaging, and unbiased climate change teaching resources, for teachers of all subjects. The portal includes inquiry-based lesson plans designed by teachers for teachers.
Critical Zone Observatories Education Resources
Education resources for learning about the Critical Zone—Earth’s near-surface layer, from the tops of the trees to the bottom of the groundwater. Resources can be filtered by grade level and include videos and Virtual Fieldwork Experiences.
Earth@Home
A free online toolkit for learning about Earth and its 4.5-billion-year history. Earth@Home is rich with free interactive content about Earth and its life, with a focus on geology, paleontology, climate, and the connections of Earth’s different systems.
Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Information on practical things we can do in our daily lives to protect our living environment, save money, and contribute to good jobs for people in our community. The focus is on Tompkins County, NY, but many of the ideas can apply anywhere.
Project Drawdown
Descriptions and analyses of solutions to reach Drawdown, the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. The solutions focus on all aspects of the climate equation—stopping the sources of greenhouse gas pollution, supporting and enhancing the sinks of carbon dioxide found in nature, and helping society achieve broader transformations.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Information and tools to help communities understand and address their climate risks.
Understanding Global Change 101
Learn about fundamental Earth system processes and phenomena relevant to environmental and climate change.
What's Really Warming the World?
An interactive data visualization that shows different contributions to changes in Earth’s temperature since 1880—from both natural and human sources—and how they add up.
The Keeling Curve (CO₂ data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii)
Graphs of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The graphs combine data from measurements taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and from Antarctic ice cores, and the time scales range from measurements taken during the current week to data from 800,000 years ago to the present.
The Climate Explorer
Graphs and maps of historical and projected climate variables for cities and any county in the contiguous United States.
Video Series: Climate Change Solutions, in No Particular Order
A playlist of different changes everyone can implement in their daily life that will, step-by-step, help us all be better prepared for climate change, reduce our carbon footprint, and teach others how to do the same!
Global Climate Dashboard
Graphs of climate variables and climate change indicators such as changing sea level, Arctic sea ice extent, and changes in glaciers.
Animation: NASA Global Time Series of Temperature Change
Animated map of global temperature change from 1884 to the present.
Energy Information Administration Independent Statistics and Analysis (eia.gov)
A vast amount of data, graphs, maps, and analyses about energy production and use, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
A calculator that translates energy use and/or greenhouse gas emissions into equivalents from everyday activities such as driving a car, using electricity in a home, charging a smartphone, or running a coal-fired power plant. It also compares emissions avoided by recycling, using wind energy, and switching to LED lighting, and emission sequestered by planting trees.
Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching About Climate & Energy
This list is nothing like comprehensive, but offers a sampling of resources that support teaching climate change across the curriculum, in disciplines including the sciences, humanities, math, technology, agriculture, music, driver education, and more.
Climate Change in Central New York
Information about Central New York’s climate, including historical observations, future projections, impacts on plants and wildlife, and resources for further exploration.
FAQ: Where can I find local climate action resources?
Links to information relevant to Tompkins County, NY about weather safety and preparedness, home energy efficiency and choices, carbon offsets, reuse, and transportation. Residents of other locations may find useful information on this page as well.
Online Exhibit: Climate Change in Central New York
Learn about climate change and its impacts in Central New York.
Blog Posts: My Phenology Diary
A set of two blog posts on spring tree phenology. Phenology is the study is seasonal and cyclical changes in plant and animal life, especially as related to climate change.