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What are climate cycles? The Earth's climate is cyclical - that means that there is a regular pattern of change over time. Scientific ocean drilling has been the tool in reconstructing virtually every climate record from 500,000 years ago to nearly 70 million years ago. So, deep sea cores obviously hold a lot of clues in discovering what ancient climate was like. Scientists are increasingly using different and more clever ways of reconstructing these climate records, and as the methods change and become more advanced we discover more and more of how climate change works and the potential for humans to impact the global climate system. The activities on the School of Rock website teaches about climate change on two different scales - orbital and suborbital. [School of Rock (IODP)] Grade level: 9-College. LINK >> |
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Environmental conditions, interacting with the biology of disease agents, can exert profound effects. Changes in how land is used affect the distribution of disease carriers, such as rodents or insects, while climate influences their range, and affects the timing and intensity of outbreaks. In this review we examine how our health is influenced by the interplay of social conditions, local environmental factors, and global changes. [Source: Consequences Vol 3(2)1997 (Funded by NOAA/NSF/NASA)] Grade level: 11-College. LINK >>
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This is a 12-minute video on climate change made by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which can be viewed online as RealVideo or Windows Media. Some of the nation's top climate experts are featured in this video detailing the latest science on the subject and working with the audience to explore inventive educational and technological responses to it. According to AAAS, this video is geared to teachers, students and science communicators. Grade level: 9-College. LINK >>
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This teacher guide created by AAAS is designed to give you a brief overview of Project 2061's recommendations for the relevant ideas and skills that all students should learn to understand the science of climate change, the process of scientific inquiry, and the trade-offs and constraints implicit in making choices about technology. For each of these topics, the guide maps out what students should be learning in kindergarten through 12th grade and describes what a science literate adult should know and be able to do. Please also see the video with the same name. Grade level: K-College. LINK >>
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Strang, C., Dorph, R., & Halversen, C. (2005). Communicating ocean sciences: a course that improves education & public outreach. Paper presented at the Marine Technology Society Conference.
Together educators and ocean scientists have developed and teach a university course entitled Communicating Ocean Sciences that is now being taught in several institutions of higher education nationwide. The course is designed for undergraduate and graduate science students interested in improving their ability to communicate about complex science concepts. This paper focuses on the content, outcomes, and potential of the Communicating Ocean Sciences course. DOWNLOAD (217 KB) >>
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