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Teacher Resources
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An Inconvenient Truth
Lesson Plans and classroom activities:
An Inconvenient Truth in the
Classroom
This website offers teacher generated lessons and units for use specifically
with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. The lessons are in pdf format and easy
to download. There are also Blogs for you to share ideas and opinions.
An
Inconvenient Truth Lesson Plans
This Australian website, affiliated with An Inconvenient Truth, provides
interactive online activities, including a "create your own movie poster"
activity and a "geography quiz" activity. The website also provides a nice
curriculum of lesson plans for use with middle and high school students.
An Inconvenient Truth worksheet
Here is a general worksheet that you can give to your students for them
to fill out as they watch An Inconvenient Truth.
An Inconvenient Truth worksheet
Here is a quality worksheet. Have your students access prior knowledge,
collect information during the movie, and spend time analyzing the movie and
its implications.
Here we offer teacher generated lessons and activities to be used in
conjunction with Al Gore's documentary on global warming: An Inconvenient
Truth. The lessons coincide with the movie's chapters, as it is broken down
on the DVD.
Chapter activities:
An Inconvenient Truth chapter 1: The River
An Inconvenient Truth chapter 2: Continental Drift
An Inconvenient Truth chapter 3: Basic Science of Global Warming
An Inconvenient Truth chapter 4: Global Warming Cartoon
Global Warming and Climate Change Lesson Plans/Activities
The Community Learning Network’s global warming/climate change theme page: A huge collection of websites with Global Warming related information, teacher lesson plans, and student activities. This site is definitely worth your time. This site was created by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, which is part of the Department of Energy. Many Earth Science type lessons relating to climate change.Bobby Bigfoot: Online kids ecological footprint quiz and teacher lesson plans on global warming. The quiz is designed for elementary and middle school age students, but 7th and 8th graders may find it too kid-ish. Site created by the organization Redefining Progress. This amazing site provides resources for teaching all aspects of climate change and global warming to middle and high school students. This site also provides nice hands-on activities.
Introduction to Global Warming for students: This site from the United Kingdom offers two age appropriate introductions to global warming for middle school and high school students respectively. Interesting for gaining perspective on how students in other countries perceive global warming.
California Climate Change & Energy: Education Resources Catalog:
Site for California science teachers. Provides information on lesson plans and curriculum, field trips, teacher training and more! : This is a five lesson global warming unit for that utilizes the internet for student lessons. Appropriate for middle and high school students. The Million Bulb Swap Out: Have your students' families make the pledge to swap incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent lights. This would beautifully complement our CFL fundraiser. : U.S. department of Energy site for energy education and training. Professional development opportunities as well as lesson plans and many other education related resources. Worth a look!Global Warming and Ozone Depletion education links: A "The Teachers Guide" site with links to many global warming and ozone depletion related education sites.
: This site provided by the GSA gives links to many middle and high school appropriate lessons on many environmental science topics with an emphasis on global warming and climate change. : For those of you familiar with the PBS: Evolution Series education website, this is their global warming equivalent. Quality lessons linked to the national science standards and all connected to the PBS series NOW. : This is a link to a global warming search on the teachers' search engine: Lesson Planet. Many climate change and global warming lesson plans are available.
Global Warming and Climate Change Information/Data/Images:
: The United Nations Environmental Program website on climate change. Among this site’s features are some amazing graphics.
Climatecrisis.org: Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth related website. Dramatic, with interesting features such as a carbon calculator.
: Climate change and Global Warming Portal featuring a climate change search engine. Climate change and global warming news reports are featured. Great science research possibilities for your students.US Global Change Resource Program: U.S. government site that provides a comprehensive look at global change and include links to current research.
US Climate Change Science Program: This U.S. government site is a clearinghouse for federal government research on climate change and include links to recent government publications and research dealing with climate change.
US Climate Change Technology Program: This U.S. government site is the result of an on-going "multi-agency research and development program for the development of climate change technology". It includes links to government reports and research on developing and implementing technology to address the global climate change issue as it relate to U.S. energy demands.
BreathingEarth.org: This website graphically shows up to date climate change information, broken down by country. Data given includes Carbon dioxide emissions, birth rates, and death rates.
Environmental organizations
This is the Environmental Defense Global Warming campaign website. Includes 20 simple steps to undo global warming(step seven is use CFLs!). Filled with useful information and links. Sign an online petition and get involved.Global Warming Solutions Now: This website, by the Environmental Law and Policy Center, has global warming information including seven action steps you can take to reduce global warming now!
Renewable Energy Great wind power site created by the Danish Wind Industry for elementary and middle school students.
Windpower.org: Wind 101. This is an amazing Danish Wind Industry Association tutorial on wind energy. Great graphics, good for information gathering teachers or high school aged students.
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