Plastic Rain
Plastic Rain Overview As a High School or introductory Undergraduate Environmental Sciences or Chemistry teacher, you can use these computer based tools to teach about environmental pollutants like airborne microplastics and their impact on Earth’s climate. This lesson plan examines environmental pollutants like microplastics, their sources, their environmental impacts, impact on human health and how […]
Breathless Oceans: Impact of Climate Change on Dissolved Oxygen
Breathless Oceans: Impact of Climate Change on Dissolved Oxygen Overview As a high school or introductory undergraduate Chemistry or Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use these computer based tools to teach a practical component of environmental chemistry paper i.e. the determination of dissolved oxygen in the given sample of water. In this lesson plan, students […]
What is Ocean Acidification?
What is Ocean Acidification? Video A video to understand ocean acidification and its impacts. Students will learn about how carbon dioxide (CO2) affects the pH of the ocean, and how increasing ocean acidity may adversely affect marine life and the seafood industry. Use this tool to help your students find answers to: How might increasing […]
The Changing of pH of Ocean Water and Its Impact on Marine Life
The Changing of pH of Ocean Water and Its Impact on Marine Life visualization A visualisation to learn about the pH scale, the pH of different liquids, ocean acidification, and the possible impacts of ocean acidification on marine life. Students will identify the pH of different liquids and observe how the average pH of ocean […]
Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Acidification, and Oyster Growth
Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Acidification, and Oyster Growth Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about the pH of ocean water, explore the potential effects of climate change on ocean acidification, and understand the possible impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms such as oysters. Students will explore and analyze the relationship between the growth of […]
Water Vapour Feedback and Earth’s Climate
Water Vapour Feedback and Earth’s Climate Reading A reading that explains the phase diagrams of water on Earth, Mars, and Venus and discusses the water vapor feedback mechanism in the atmospheres of these planets that influences the greenhouse effect. Students will be able to explain the concept of water vapor feedback on Earth’s atmosphere by […]
Statistical Methods to Determine Trends in Hurricane Intensity
Statistical Methods to Determine Trends in Hurricane Intensity Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about linear slope, trends, confidence intervals, and Student’s t-distribution by calculating trends and uncertainties using hurricane data records over 40 years. Using hurricane-related data for the Atlantic Ocean, students will plot graphs and determine trends by calculating linear slope. They […]
T-tests and Climate Data
T-tests and Climate Data Teaching Module A teaching module by Wendy Van Norden, University of Wisconsin, that makes the use of T-tests to analyse dataset to study seasonal ice cover over Lake Mendota, US, to understand how climate change has impacted ice cover over 160 years. This teaching module will have the following outcomes: Students […]
The Impact of ENSO and Human Activities on River Hydrology (a case study of the Huanghe River)
The Impact of ENSO and Human Activities on River Hydrology (a case study of the Huanghe River) Teaching Module A teaching module to learn about the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) by performing calculations and analyzing results for Tahiti and Darwin (Australia), and for the Huanghe River in China. […]
Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise Video This video describes sea-level rise due to climate change and flooding risks in coastal communities. About Tool Tool Name Rising Sea Levels — Changing Plane Discipline Earth Sciences, Geography, Environmental Sciences Topic(s) in Discipline Recent Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Disasters, Disasters and Hazards, Hydrosphere, Floods, Coastal Communities Climate Topic Climate […]