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At the Core of Climate Change

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At the Core of Climate Change

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This video shows where and how ice cores are extracted from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The cores are cut, packaged, flown to the ice core storage facility in Denver, further sliced into samples, and shipped to labs all over the world where scientists use them to study indicators of climate change from the past.

Subject:: Archaeology; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: KQED; Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 09/24/2018

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Clean Coal?

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This video and accompanying essay examine ways to reduce the environmental impact of burning coal. Two technologies are discussed: turning solid coal into a clean-burning fuel gas (syngas), and capture and storage of CO2.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH - PBS
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

Climate Change Affects Glacial Water Source

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Climate Change Affects Glacial Water Source

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This video discusses how the populous areas west of the Andes are largely desert and rely on glacial meltwater as an important source of fresh water. Because the Peruvian glaciers high in the Andes are in rapid retreat, scientists are monitoring the steadily shrinking glaciers and the impact of their reduction on local populations.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; ThinkTV
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate

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The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate

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This video illustrates how atmospheric particles, or aerosols (such as black carbon, sulfates, dust, fog), can affect the energy balance of Earth regionally, and the implications for surface temperature warming and cooling.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; ThinkTV
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

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Energy Sources

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This short video surveys the different current and potential sources of energy - both non-renewable and renewable. It provides some discussion of the pros and cons of the different sources and explains how they are used to produce energy that people can use.

Subject:: Applied Science; Geoscience; Physical Science; Technology
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

Engineering Biofuels

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Engineering Biofuels

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In this video, students explore the work of Jay Keasling, a biologist who is experimenting with ways to produce a cleaner-burning fuel from biological matter using genetically modified microorganisms.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: KQED; Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 05/06/2013

Ethanol Biofuel

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Ethanol Biofuel

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This video segment examines ethanol, a cleaner-burning fuel alternative to gasoline, and the efforts to produce it more efficiently.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: NOVA; Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

Field Research on Glacial Change

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Field Research on Glacial Change

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This video describes how field research -- in this case, making water measurements in rugged mountain locations -- helps us to understand the complex relationships among changing climate, populations, and water usage.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; ThinkTV
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

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Fracking

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This video segment, adapted from Need to Know, discusses how the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is used to extract natural gas and how the process may be polluting water resources with hazardous chemicals, leading to health concerns.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

Geothermal Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Earth

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Geothermal Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Earth

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This video describes how geothermal heat resources in California have been tapped to supply 850 MW of electricity. Images and animations show how the area known as The Geysers has been developed to capture steam, produced from trapped rainwater and heated by the earth. Major challenges include finding suitable geothermal resources to develop, and ensuring that underground water is replenished.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: KQED; Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 08/29/2012

Giving Rise to the Jet Stream

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Giving Rise to the Jet Stream

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This 15-panel interactive from NOVA Online describes some of the factors (such as Earth's rotation and the sun's uneven heating of Earth's surface) contributing to the formation of the high-speed eastward flows of the jet streams, found near the top of the troposphere. These jet streams play a major role in guiding weather systems.

Subject:: Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH NOVA
Date Added:: 09/24/2018

Global Climate Change: The Effects of Global Warming

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Global Climate Change: The Effects of Global Warming

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The activity follows a progression that examines the CO2 content of various gases, explores the changes in the atmospheric levels of CO2 from 1958 to 2000 from the Mauna Loa Keeling curve, and the relationship between CO2 and temperature over the past 160,000 years. This provides a foundation for examining individuals' input of CO2 to the atmosphere and how to reduce it.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect

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Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect

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This video segment demonstrates carbon dioxide's role in the greenhouse effect and explains how increasing concentrations of C02 in the atmosphere may be contributing to global warming. Video includes an unusual demonstration of C02's heat-absorbing properties, using infrared film, a researcher's face, and a stream of C02 between them.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: FRONTLINE/NOVA; Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 10/27/2014

Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power

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Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power

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This video segment is adapted from Building Big, a PBS series hosted by David Macaulay. It explores Hoover Dam's hydroelectric capabilities by explaining how it is able to harness the potential energy stored in the reservoir and convert it to electricity. It also discusses environmental impacts of the dam and others like it.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 05/15/2012

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Melting Ice

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This activity uses a mix of multimedia resources and hands-on activities to support a storyline of investigation into melting sea and land ice.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH Educational Foundation Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

Melting Permafrost

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Melting Permafrost

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This video is accompanied by supporting materials including background essay and discussion questions. The focus is on changes happening to permafrost in the Arctic landscape, with Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discussing both the causes of thawing and its impact on the ecosystem. The video shows the consequences of erosion, including mudslides and inland lakes being drained of water. An Inuit expresses his uncertainty about the ultimate effect this will have on his community and culture.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teacher Domain adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development; WGBH/Boston
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

NOVA: Climate Change

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NOVA: Climate Change

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This video segment describes climate data collection from Greenland ice cores that indicate Earth's climate can change abruptly over a single decade rather than over thousands of years. The narrator describes how Earth has undergone dramatic climate shifts in relatively short spans of time prior to 8000 years ago. The video and accompanying essay provide explanations of the differences between weather and climate and how the climate itself had been unstable in the past, with wide variations in temperature occurring over decadal timescales.

Subject:: Applied Science; Archaeology; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH Teachers Domain
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

Natural Climate Change

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Natural Climate Change

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This short video, adapted from NOVA, explains how Earth's position relative to the Sun might be responsible for the dramatic shift in the climate of what is now the Saharan nation of Djibouti.

Subject:: Applied Science; Archaeology; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Geography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH
Date Added:: 08/29/2012

Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change

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Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change

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In this video segment, adapted from Navajo Technical College, two Navajo Elders speak about climate change and differences in the environment that they have observed.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH
Date Added:: 08/29/2012

North Dakota Tribal Members Talk About Climate Change

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North Dakota Tribal Members Talk About Climate Change

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In this short video segment Native Americans talk about climate change and how it impacts their lives as they experience unexpected changes in environmental conditions. They describe observed changes in seasonality, how these changes affect ecosystems and habitats, their respect for Mother Earth, and the participation of tribal colleges in climate change research projects.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Teachers' Domain; WGBH
Date Added:: 08/29/2012