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Climate Change Education Across the Curricula
Lesson Plan: William Blake’s ‘Chimney Sweeper’…
Lesson Plan: Stress and Coping with Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Use of Allegory in Literature
Lesson Plan: Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Plant Diseases and Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Himalayan Glaciers and Climate Change in Bhutan
Lesson Plan: Major River Systems: Climate Change and…
Lesson Plan: Ecosystems and Food Webs
CAIT Climate Data Explorer by World Resources Institute (WRI) showcases the world’s top greenhouse gas-emitting countries with the latest global data available till the year 2013. This interactive chart can be used to explore it by country and by economic sector, showing how the top emitters have changed in recent years.
| Tool Name | World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Discipline | Environmental Sciences |
| Topic(s) in Discipline | Greenhouse gas emissions |
| Climate Topic | Climate variability record, The Greenhouse Effect |
| Type of Tool | Data Visualization |
| Grade Level | High school, Undergraduate |
| Location | Global |
| Language | English |
| Translation | |
| Developed by | Graphic by Johannes Friedrich based on work by Duncan Clark, Kiln, Mike Bostock and Jason Davies, Jamie Cotta. Data by the World Resources Institute (WRI) |
| Hosted at | CAIT Climate Data Explorer |
| Link | https://www.wri.org/blog/2017/04/interactive-chart-explains-worlds-top-10-emitters-and-how-theyve-changed |
| Access | Online |
| Computer Skills | Basic |
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Lesson Plan: Atomic Number, Mass Number, Isotopes…
Lesson Plan: Fertilizers and ClimateLesson Plan: Plant Diseases and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Stress and Coping with Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…
A quiz to understand atmospheric aerosols, their basic characteristics and impact on climate.
Lesson Plan: Major Landforms: Mountains and ClimateLesson Plan: Atomic Number, Mass Number, Isotopes…
Lesson Plan: Black Carbon and its Impact on Earth’s ClimateLesson Plan: Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Aerosols and Climate
Lesson Plan: Climate Refugees and Environmental Migration
Lesson Plan: Permafrost and Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Heat Transport in the Atmosphere,…
A classroom activity that teaches students about the different atmospheric aerosols and gases released during volcanic eruptions and how they can affect climate.
Lesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…Lesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…
Lesson Plan: Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable Link
Lesson Plan: Teaching Human Health and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Black Carbon and its Impact on Earth’s ClimateLesson Plan: Ecosystems and Food WebsLesson Plan: Plant Diseases and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Use of Allegory in Literature
A classroom/laboratory activity that demonstrates the thermal properties of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, that may contribute to global warming.
Lesson Plan: Climate Fiction “Hermie”- A Case of…Lesson Plan: Atomic Number, Mass Number, Isotopes…
Lesson Plan: Teaching about Microbial Life and…Lesson Plan: Aerosols and ClimateLesson Plan: Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Teaching Human Health and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Ecosystems and Food WebsLesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…
A video that introduces permafrost and its distribution on Earth. The video also describes the changing nature of permafrost across several regions due to higher surface temperatures and the possible impact of permafrost thawing on Earth’s climate.
Lesson Plan: Climate Refugees and Environmental MigrationLesson Plan: Major River Systems: Climate Change and…Lesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…Lesson Plan: Himalayan Glaciers and Climate Change in Bhutan
Lesson Plan: Civilizations and Climate…Lesson Plan: Aerosols and ClimateLesson Plan: Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable LinkLesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…
A set of hands-on classroom and computer-based activities for students to learn about permafrost and to explore various web-based scientific data portals to investigate permafrost distribution, characteristics of permafrost, and the effects of thawing permafrost on the atmosphere and the environment.
Lesson Plan: Ecosystems and Food WebsLesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…
Lesson Plan: Basic Data Handling Using Climate DataLesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…Lesson Plan: Teaching about Microbial Life and…Lesson Plan: Aerosols and ClimateLesson Plan: William Blake’s ‘Chimney Sweeper’…Lesson Plan: Civilizations and Climate…
A visualization that allows students to explore changes in the pH levels of oceans for different levels of atmospheric CO2. It includes visualizations of CO2 concentrations corresponding to various emission scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Lesson Plan: William Blake’s ‘Chimney Sweeper’…
Lesson Plan: Teaching “Climate Change and Food…Lesson Plan: Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable LinkLesson Plan: Stress and Coping with Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Teaching Biodiversity through…
Lesson Plan: Carbon Pricing: Shadow and Market PricesLesson Plan: Plant Diseases and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…
A video micro-lecture that explains carbonate buffering in the ocean. It includes discussions on the changes in the chemical composition of the ocean caused by a higher concentration of dissolved CO2, ocean acidification and the resulting effect on ocean biota.
Lesson Plan: Climate Consciousness in the National…Lesson Plan: Teaching Human Health and Climate Change
Lesson Plan: The Impact of Climate Change on Sex…
Lesson Plan: Simple Harmonic Motion and Simple…Lesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…
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A teaching module to introduce the impact of climate change on water systems and the resulting effects on human society.
Lesson Plan: Teaching “Climate Change and Food…Lesson Plan: Teaching Human Health and Climate ChangeLesson Plan: Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable LinkLesson Plan: Ecological Niches and Biogeography:…Lesson Plan: Photosynthetic Pathways and…
Lesson Plan: Teaching Glaciology, Glaciers and…Lesson Plan: Civilizations and Climate…Lesson Plan: Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate Change
A teaching module to learn about climate refugees, specific examples of climate change-related migration, challenges in resettling climate refugees, and actions to help people displaced by climate change.
Lesson Plan: Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable LinkLesson Plan: Aerosols and ClimateLesson Plan: Teaching about Microbial Life and…Lesson Plan: Stress and Coping with Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Teaching the Tragedy of the Commons…Lesson Plan: Major Landforms: Mountains and ClimateLesson Plan: Ecosystems and Food WebsLesson Plan: The Impact of Climate Change on Sex…
An e-learning course to learn the basics of climate change science, climate change policies, climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate change finance, and climate change action.
Lesson Plan: Climate Refugees and Environmental MigrationLesson Plan: Major River Systems: Climate Change and…Lesson Plan: The Impact of Climate Change on Sex…
Lesson Plan: Enhancing French Vocabulary: Written…
Lesson Plan: Teaching Cost-Benefit Analysis through…
Lesson Plan: Insect Behavior and Climate Change
Lesson Plan: Biodiversity and Species Extinction due…Lesson Plan: Climate Consciousness in the National…
A game to explore scenarios of future energy demand, allocate different energy sources to meet projected demands, and observe the consequences on carbon emission levels and global temperature.
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Lesson Plan: Agrarian Civilizations: Agriculture in…Lesson Plan: Black Carbon and its Impact on Earth’s Climate
A model/simulator to understand the prediction of peak global oil production, and to learn about oil as an energy source, its peak and reserves, and the economics and geopolitics of oil.
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