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Biological Sciences Teaching Tool

Reading

Risk of Bird Extinction

Risk of Bird Extinction Reading An article from National Geographic about how climate change may pose a risk of extinction to more than half of

Teaching Module

Climate and the Biosphere: An Overview

Climate and the Biosphere: An Overview Teaching Module A teaching module by the EarthLabs section of the Science Education Resources Center (SERC), Carleton College, titled

Reading

Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthesis

Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthesis Reading An article in Nature Education Knowledge that describes the effect of elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Photosynthesis Under Variable Environmental Conditions

Photosynthesis Under Variable Environmental Conditions Classroom/Laboratory Activity A simple simulator that allows users to change a range of variables such as the color of light,

Reading

Phenology and Climate

Phenology and Climate Reading A reading that introduces the topic of phenology, its significance, and the link between plant phenology and climate. Students will learn

Video

Climate Change and Human Evolution

Climate Change and Human Evolution Video A video lecture by Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland, on the impacts of climate change on human evolution and

Video

Climate Change and the American Pika

Climate Change and the American Pika Video A video that explains the impact of climate change on the habitat and population of a species (specifically,

Video

Climate Change and Food Webs

Climate Change and Food Webs Video A video of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Biointeractive that describes the threats of climate change on the

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Photosynthesis and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Photosynthesis and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Classroom/ Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity that shows how to measure the rate of photosynthesis and its changes under different

Video

Climate Change and Biology Education

Climate Change and Biology Education Video A set of two video lectures by Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, that discusses climate change education

Reading

Climate Change and Crop Pollination

Climate Change and Crop Pollination Reading A report that describes the effect of climate change on animal pollinators and crop pollination. This report from 2011

Audio

Climate Change and Bird Migration

Climate Change and Bird Migration Audio This short audio podcast discusses shifts in bird migration patterns due to climate change. It discusses bird species native

Teaching Module

Mapping Range Shifts

Mapping Range Shifts Teaching Module A teaching module that demonstrates the effect of temperatures on species distributions. This module by Linton et al. enables students

Reading

Move, Adapt or Die

‘Move, Adapt or Die’ Reading A reading that discusses different aspects of evolutionary adaptations to climate change in animals. This reading by Renee Cho, Earth

Video

Natural Selection and Climate Change

Natural Selection and Climate Change Video A video that shows that climate change can be a selective pressure in natural selection that can lead to

Reading

Can People Change Climate?

Can People Change Climate? Reading A reading by Spencer Weart, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) titled ‘Biosphere: How Life Alters Climate’. This reading is

Reading

Species extinction due to climate change

Species Extinction Due to Climate Change Reading A review article on the proximate causes of climate change related species extinction. This article by Cahill et

Video

Evolutionary Biology: Where Do We Go Now?

Evolutionary Biology: Where Do We Go Now? Video A video micro-lecture that describes different ways in which climate change affects behaviour, morphology, and physiology of

Reading

Pandemics in a Changing World

Pandemics in a Changing World Reading A reading that describes the relationship between climate change and the occurrence of newly emerging infectious diseases like COVID-19.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthetic Rates

Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthetic Rates Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity that shows how to measure the rate of photosynthesis and its changes under different conditions

Reading

Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Bhutan

Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Bhutan Teaching Module A reading that discusses ecosystems, biomes, food chains, and food webs and how the balance of an ecosystem

Reading

Infectious Diseases In A Warming World

Infectious Diseases In A Warming World Reading A reading that explains the role of climate change in the spread of infectious diseases. This reading by

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Squirrel Species Distribution and Climate Change

Squirrel Species Distribution and Climate Change Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to examine and analyze squirrel species distribution and habitat data (from the USA) over

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Malaria and Climate Change

Malaria and Climate Change Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to establish the potential link between the geographic distribution of malaria and increasing temperature caused by

Video

Gene Editing in Tomato Plants

Gene Editing in Tomato Plants Video A video that describes a new gene editing technology, ‘CRISPR: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats’, which could be

Video

Global Warming and Sleep Deprivation

Global Warming and Sleep Deprivation Video A video that discusses the potential impact of global warming on human health and sleep cycles. This video by

Reading

What is the Biosphere?

What is the Biosphere? Reading A short reading by the Aspen Global Change Institute that summarizes what the biosphere is. This resource can be used

Reading

Plant Pathogenesis

Plant Pathogenesis Reading A review article that describes the spread of disease in plants due to climate change. This article in the African Journal of

Reading

GM Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

GM Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa Reading A reading by John Agaba, Alliance for Science, Cornell University, that describes the importance of food security in Sub-Saharan

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Climate Change and Phenology in Plants (Flowering)

Climate Change and Phenology in Plants (Flowering) Classroom Activity A classroom/ laboratory activity to learn about phenology and phenological events, and to understand the potential

Reading

Insect Behaviour and Temperature Variation

Insect Behaviour and Temperature Variation Reading A short reading from Chapter 1, Lesson 3 of ‘Integrating Climate Change Issues in Southeast Asian Schools; A Teachers’

Video

Climate Change in the Biology Classroom

Climate Change in the Biology Classroom Video A video lecture by Rahul Chopra, TROP ICSU and IISER Pune on climate change educational resources that Biology

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Metabolic Rates and Global Warming

Metabolic Rates and Global Warming Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to measure the metabolic rate in living organisms and to understand the possible effects of

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Survival Skills-Response of Organisms to Climate Change

Survival Skills-Response of Organisms to Climate Change Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to analyze the distribution of beetle, mammal, and plant species (for datasets from

Video

To Bee or Not To Bee

To Bee or Not To Bee Video A video that describes how climate change affects plants and insect pollination. This video by NASA scientist, Wayne

Video

Climate Solutions for the Forestry Sector

Climate Solutions for the Forestry Sector Video A video playlist titled ‘CS – Drawdown – 6 – Land Use’ from the ‘Murtugudde Climate Academy’ by

Reading

Adaptation or Plasticity?

Adaptation or Plasticity? Reading An article on the difference between evolutionary adaptation and phenotypic plasticity. This article by the University of California Museum of Paleontology

Classroom/Laboratory Activity

Climate Change and Leaf-out in Plants

Climate Change and Leaf-out in Plants Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to explore the possible role of climate-related environmental factors in the timing of leaf-out

Reading

Ecosystem-Based Conservation in Central Africa

Ecosystem-Based Conservation in Central Africa Reading A case study titled ‘Mountain Gorillas Ecosystem Services and Local Livelihoods in Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo’ from

Video

Climate Solutions for the future

Climate Solutions for the Future Video A video playlist titled ‘CS – Drawdown – 9 – Coming Attractions’ from the ‘Murtugudde Climate Academy’ by Dr.

Reading

Climate Change and Ecosystems

Climate Change and Ecosystems Reading A journal volume compiled and edited by Janet Franklin, Yadvinder Malhi, Nathalie Seddon, Martin Solan, Chris Field, Nancy Knowlton and

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