All Teaching Tools

A reading to learn about the economics of Earth’s environment and climate.

A reading to learn about what affect hurricane activity and the measures that can help in building resilience to the impacts of hurricanes.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Climate Change, the Cryosphere, and Rising Sea Levels

A classroom/laboratory activity that introduces the relationship between climate and the cryosphere, explains how sea-level rise can be predicted (based on average global temperature change), and triggers a discussion on the potential impacts of sea-level

E-learning Course: Understanding and Addressing Climate-related Challenges from China’s Perspective

An e-learning course to understand the science of climate change, climate change-related challenges, and opportunities/solutions to address these challenges for the world, in general, and for China, in particular.

Visualization: If Global Temperature Rises by 4 °C

An interactive visualization to observe the effects of a global temperature increase of 4 °C on human health, agriculture, forests, oceans and marine ecosystems, permafrost, water availability, and extreme climate events.

Reading: Climate Change in the Bahamas

A comic book to understand the effects of climate change on our environment, and specifically, on conch shells, coral reefs, and integrated ecosystems.

Reading: Isotopic Compositions and Ice Cores

A reading that explains how the analyses of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes from ice cores determine past temperatures on Earth.

Reading: Hadley Circulation

A reading to learn about the Hadley Cell and a simple model for the Hadley Circulation, using the law of conservation of angular momentum.

Video lecture: Plant Responses to Climate Related Abiotic Stress

A video lecture that gives an overview of how vegetation responds to climate change in terms of phenotypic plasticity, range shifts, phenology, and population changes.

Reading: Economics and Global Climate Change

A reading to learn about the economic analysis of climate change, and various economic policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Collection of Teaching Modules: Cli-Fi—Climate Change Literature

Teaching modules to learn about climate change science and climate change literature by analyzing and interpreting data and by performing rhetorical analyses of climate change literature.

Model/Simulator: Greenhouse Gases and Infrared Radiation

A model/simulator to understand the effect of greenhouse gases on outgoing energy flux, and to compare the absorption of infrared radiation by various greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and water vapor.