Desertification and Sustainable Land Management
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Desertification and Sustainable Land Management Overview As an Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer based tools to enable students to develop an understanding of deserts and desertification. Climate change and desertification are inextricably linked. Desertification contributes to climate change by removing fertile soil and plants. Soils store significant […]
Coriolis Force, Coriolis Effect, and the Impact of Coriolis Effect on Climate
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Coriolis Force, Coriolis Effect, and the Impact of Coriolis Effect on Climate Overview Overview As a high school or undergraduate Physics or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about Coriolis Force, the Coriolis Effect, and how the Coriolis Effect influences climate (trade winds and upwelling). […]
Teaching about Hazards and Disasters through Climate-related Examples (Sea-Level Rise and Flooding due to Melting of Polar Ice)
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Teaching about Hazards and Disasters through Climate -related Examples (Sea-Level Rise and Flooding due to Melting of Polar Ice) Overview As a high school or undergraduate Geography or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching topics such as Hazards, and Disasters: Natural and Man-made. This lesson […]
Heat Transport in the Atmosphere, Hadley Circulation and Climate (Global Precipitation Patterns and Distribution of Deserts)
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Heat Transport in the Atmosphere, Hadley Circulation and Climate (Global Precipitation Patterns and Distribution of Deserts) Overview As a high school or undergraduate Geography, Earth Sciences, or Physics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about heat transport in the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, and the Hadley Cell and […]
Permafrost and Climate Change
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Permafrost and Climate Change Overview As a high school or undergraduate Geography, Environmental Sciences or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about permafrost, the nature and distribution of permafrost in the Earth’s cryosphere, thawing of permafrost due to global warming which in turn, results in the release of […]
Himalayan Glaciers Climate Change in Bhutan
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Climate Change and Himalayan Glaciers in Bhutan Overview As a High School or Undergraduate Geography or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about landforms. This lesson plan focuses on glaciers, glacier lakes and climate change induced glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Use this lesson plan to teach your […]
Major River Systems: Climate Change and the River Nile
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Major River Systems: Climate Change and the River Nile Overview As a High School Geography or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about river systems, the important aspects of some of the major river systems of the world and how they may be affected by climate change. This […]
Major Landforms: Mountains and Climate
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Major Landforms: Mountains and Climate Overview As a High School or Undergraduate Geography or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about mountains that comprise one of Earth’s major landforms and the factors that affect their climate. This lesson plan will teach your students about geomorphic characteristics of mountains, […]
Teach the Earth’s Climate System Through Simulations (Build Your Own Earth)
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Teach the Earth’s Climate System Through Simulations (Build Your Own Earth) Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Geography teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach the Earth’s climate system and help your students understand different aspects of Earth’s climate through the use of simulations. This lesson plan is based […]
Teaching Glaciology, Glaciers and Glacial Retreat, and the Cryosphere Climate Relationship
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Teaching Glaciology, Glaciers and Glacial Retreat, and the Cryosphere Climate Relationship Overview As a high school or undergraduate Geography or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about glaciers, the cryosphere, and related topics such as the impact of temperature and precipitation on glacial mass, glacial […]