- Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopedia. "Electromagnetic spectrum". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/science/electromagnetic-spectrum. Accessed 6 July 2021.
This web page provides basic background information on electromagnetic radiation in the different ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. It also has information on ways each different section is used for example microwaves are used in cooking and radar.
- Dobson, K., John S. Holman, and Michael Roberts. Physical Science. New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2008.
This text book contains lots of information on basic scientific principles of physics and chemistry. The most useful sections for this curriculum unit are those on heat transfer and wave properties.
- “Earth as System” Window to the Universe. Last modified August 16, 2013 by Roberta Johnson. https://windows2universe.org/earth/ess1.html
The article “Earth as a System” on the window to the universe webpage has good information on the definition of the four earth spheres. This webpage is where I found my information on the Earth’s spheres for this unit.
- eesmarts. “Climate Change Advanced Workshop.” Energize CT 2018
This booklet has an activity called Slice of Ice from which the ice core lab in this unit is modified from. The booklet also contains many other climate change oriented classroom activities.
- “Energy: The Driver of Climate” Climate Science Investigations, Last modified 1/14/16 http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/ accessed (6/6/21)
This booklet contains most everything you need to understand climate change as it relates to energy, including energy transfer to electromagnetic waves to greenhouse gases. This source provided information for much of this curriculum unit.
- EPA. “Understanding Global Warming Potentials” LAST UPDATED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2020. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/understanding-global-warming-potentials
This webpage by the EPA provides a good definition of a GWP or global warming potential and provides some examples and answers common questions about them.
- “HS-ESS2-4 Earth's Systems” Next Generations Science Standards, Accessed on 7/1/2021, https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess2-4-earths-systems
This page on the NGSS website provides a detailed breakdown of the specific standard HS ESS 2-4. This is useful when teaching this particular standard.
- IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp.
The synthesis report from the 2014 IPCC report contains lots of information on the state of and recommendations for dealing with climate change.
- Martha Benduski, “Paris Agreement vs Kyoto Protocol [Comparison Chart]” Care about climate., December 9th, 2020, https://www.careaboutclimate.org/blog/paris-agreement-vs-kyoto-protocol-comparison-chart
This source nicely compares the Paris Agreement to the Kyoto Protocol citing key similarities and differences between them displayed in a comprehensive chart.
- “More on Energy”. Clay Center. 2016 https://www.theclaycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Energy-Curriculum-Forms.pdf
Information on this webpage explains the six different forms of energy and provides some detail on each one.
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory | California Institute of Technology. “The Effects of Climate Change” Accessed June 8, 2021. Site last updated: July 1, 2021. https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/
This source has information on 7 global effects of climate change as well as regional effects within the United States.
- NOAA. “Discover Your Changing World with NOAA an Activity Book”. 2013. Accessed June 8, 2021. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/discoverclimate/
This activity book contains several classroom activities with background information on climate change and the scientific principles of each activity.
- NOAA. “PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FEEDBACK LOOPS” Accessed June 8, 2021 https://gml.noaa.gov/education/info_activities/pdfs/PSA_analyzing_a_feedback_mechanism.pdf
This pdf document has a feedback loop activity with lots of background information on feedback loops and climate change.
- “The Keeling Curve” Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Accessed June 8, 2021. https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/
This website has lots of information on carbon dioxide in the atmosphere including real time data on the concentration of carbon dioxide at their research station in Hawaii.
- The RESC Alliance. “EL Strategies Desk Card” revised 2015 https://www.crec.org/docs/4339/RESC_Alliance_Desk_Cards_Revised_2.pdf
This document has many strategies for working with different levels of English Language Learners. It also has 10 general strategies for working with students learning the English language.
- Tucker, L. and Sherwood, L. Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12. NSTA Press Book. Pub Date:4/1/2019
This book has many different classroom activities for educators teaching about climate change.
- W W W Chemistry, “Greenhouse Gases - How CO2 Traps Heat”Accessed June 8, 2021, Last updated Sep 29, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMsQ3SlLe0
This video provides an explanation for exactly how CO₂ is able to trap heat at the molecular level.