Your Study Resources: Module 4
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A WEB OF LIFE
Student Page 4-1b Boreal Map (PDF, 504 KB) >>
Student Page 4-1c The Adaptable Tree (PDF, 360 KB) >>
Student Page 4-1e The Taiga Ecosystem (PDF, 340 KB) >>
Ecosystem Province
http://www.fs.fed.us/colorimagemap/ecoreg1_provinces.html
This Ecosystem Province Map online provides links to definitions of each ecosystem.
A map of the world's biomes
http://www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_map.htm
For schools outside the United States, an alternative to focusing on ecosystems is to focus on biomes (and see Activity 4-2 "Those Adaptable Arctic Critters!")
BrainPOP Junior Movie: Habitats
BrainPOP Junior Movie: Camouflage
BrainPOP Movie: Food Chain
World Climate
http://www.globalbioclimatics.org/data/bases1wo.htm
This website lists historical climate data from observation stations around the world.
Ecoregions with NationalAtlas.gov
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
Make your own map! From the USDA Forest Service website, you can make a map of U.S. ecoregions defined by vegetation, animal life, geology, soils, water, climate, and human land use, as well as other living and nonliving ecosystem components
Teacher Notes 4-2b Venn Diagram (PDF, 136 KB) >>
CEON-IMS map server
http://sel.utep.edu/ArcIMS/Website/ceon_ims/viewer.htm
Use the Terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network to explore the Tree Line!
Teacher Notes 4-2d Arctic Adaptations (PDF, 868 KB) >>
Student Page 4-2b Arctic Fox May Be Left Behind by Warming (PDF, 152 KB) >>
BrainPOP Movie: Behavior
BrainPOP Movie: Migration
Animal Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animal.html
Featuring a number of animals from biomes across the world, this incredible resource from PBS is a great place to check out animal adaptations.
Biomes
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/biomes/
Lots of photographs that illustrate each biome.
Wild World
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
Go to the Wild World Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World. What is your local ecoregion? Read its definition. Does it fit? What biome is it considered part of?
Student Page 4-3d Blame Is Not With Plants (PDF, 968 KB) >>
Student Page 4-3b Greening in the North (PDF, 508 KB) >>
Student Page 4-3c The Darkness of Shrubs (PDF, 920 KB) >>
Teacher Notes 4-3 Arctic Feedback Loops (PDF, 164 KB) >>
Meltdown in the North. A brief, illustrated article from Scientific American, co-authored by GoNorth! Cool Scientist Matthew Sturm, which introduces the "Greening of the Arctic." (PDF, 624 KB) |
How Does land Cover affect Global Temperature?
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1504/es1504page01.cfm
An interactive, question-driven illustration of the connection between land covers and temperature, using real-world observations.
How Will the Vegetation Be Affected by Arctic Warming?
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/arctic-climate-change/l-2/4-arctic-tundra.htm
A basic discussion from GreenFacts that summarizes the scientific consensus report produced in 2004 by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA): "Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment."
Current Arctic Vegetation and Projected Vegetation in 2090-2100
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/arctic-climate-change/figtableboxes/projected-vegetation-2090-2100.htm
Excellent graphic with images illustrating different biomes in the Arctic.
CARBON CONUNDRUMS
"Weather Underground"
http://weatherunderground.com
Student Page 4-4c You Are Here! (PDF, 172 KB) >>
BrainPop Movie: Carbon Cycle
Make a Calendar
http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/calendar/calendaranddates/activity/
You can use blank calendar pages from BrainPop Jr. Make a calendar as a class by adding the months, numbers, and illustrations.
Cosmic Map Game
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/07/popup/cosmic.html
Look at the earth in four different positions and identify which diagrams represent the summer solstice, winter solstice, vernal equinox, and autumn equinox.
Cycle the Carbon
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
An online carbon cycle game for younger students
Weekly Gasoline Update
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp
The latest prices from the U.S. Department of Energy. To compare gas prices over a fifty-year span, go to http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em394/chart1.pdf
A Primer on Gasoline Prices
http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/brochures/gasolinepricesprimer/printerversion.pdf
A brochure from the U.S. Energy Information Administration using simple terms to discuss how gasoline prices are established, as well as why they fluctuate and differ according to region.
Tic Tac Toe What Do You Know
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/em390/popupActivity.html
Easy interactive tic tac toe with questions on positive and negative economic incentives in the community from the Council of Economic Education.
National Climate Data Center
http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-nvds/paleo/viewer.htm?layers=000000100&activelayer=6
The National Climate Data Center map and search tools.
Tree-Ring Data
http://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/paleo/fm_createpages.treering
Use this form to search the International Tree Ring Data Bank.
Teacher Notes 4-6b Three Finnish Trees (PDF, 92 KB) >>
Student Page 4-6c Climate Change Is a Real Threat (PDF, 100 KB) >>
Facts on Arctic Climate Change- A Summary of the Arctic Cliamte Impact Assessment (PDF, 576 KB) >> |
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Start Global Cooling:
Film Story Board Samples
http://www.filmclass.com/flm222/drvstrybrd.pdf
Shooting Tips
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/shooting_tips/ & http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/digitalmovie_tips/
Editing Tips
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,118523-page,1/article.html & http://funniesthomevideos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=51707
BrainPop Movie: Photosynthesis
Longest-lived Animal Found-Clam, 405
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071029-oldest-clam.html
Like trees, clams feature growth lines that vary according to the environment and offer researchers a new form of proxy records.
Animated Carbon Cycle
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0106/es0106page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Satellite images show how carbon moves from the atmosphere to the biosphere in an annual cycle.
Time Machines into the Past
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es2105/es2105page01.cfm
Visualization from Exploring Earth illustrating how the Vostok ice core data is extracted and analyzed. This data and that of other ice core drillings is available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/vostok.html
CASE STUDY: Climate Challenges-Changing reindeer seasons
Climate Witness by Olav Mathis Eira (PDF, 126 KB) |
Trends and Warming, charts and graphics (PDF, 952 KB) |
CASE STUDY: FACT FINDER
Weather Underground
http://www.weatherunderground.com
Student Page 4-7.1c Lights, Trees, ACTION! (PDF, 100 KB) >>
Student Page 4-7.1d Our Garbage Is... (PDF, 128 KB) >>
Trash People
http://www.haschult.de/
Project the photographs of sculptor HA Schult's Trash People
BrainPop Movie: Latitude and Longitude
BrainPop ovie: Carbon Cycle
It's All About Carbon
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9943298
NPR/PBS animated series explaining the science of carbon and carbon cycles.
Illuminating Photosynthesis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/phot_flash.html
A flash animation from NOVA of the relationships between plants and animals.
Teacher Notes 4-7.2 Reindeer Adaptations (PDF, 100 KB) >>
Teacher Notes 4-7a Climate Witness (PDF, 128 KB) >>
Energy Star Tour
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.es_at_home
Explore the Energy Start Tour and complete the online energy audit at the U.S. Department of Energy wesbite.
EnergyStar Audit Form
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=home_energy_yardstick.showStep2
With a little information about your home, where you live, and twelve months of utility bills, you can find out how you are doing!
Save Your Energy: Explore This...
"EnergyStar" Appliances
"EnergyStar" Heating and cooling
"EnergyStar" Save Water
"EnergyStar" Home Electronics
"EnergyStar" Lighting
BrainPop Movie: Climate Types
Reindeer Adaptations
http://reindeer.salrm.uaf.edu/about_reindeer/adaptations/index.php#Adaptations%20To%20Life%20In%20The%20Arctic
An excellent and fun illustrated slideshow of reindeer adaptations to the Arctic climate.
Taking a Practical Approach to "Green Living"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10000217
Tips from a British environmentalist for shopping in ways that improve the environment.
Wind Powering America
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/wind_maps.asp
Explore detailed wind maps for your region and state using the "Wind Powering America" map from the U.S. Department of Energy Department.
Wind Power Capacity Map by State
http://www.awea.org/projects/
Wind Power State Rankings
http://www.awea.org/projects/by_state.xls
For the Ranking by state of total wind power capacities, check out the Excel sheet
Assessing the Options:
Biogas
ERE Bio Fuel Data
Sources of Renewable Resources: Biomass
Ecoimagination Landfill Gas
Sewage Gas
Solar
Solar Electric Technology
How Solar Cells Work
DataSources of Renewable Resources: Solar Energy
DataSources of Renewable Resources: Solar Photovoltaic
EERE Solar
Wind
DataSources of Renewable Resources: Wind
EERE Wind Technologies
Hydro
DataSources of Renewable Resources: Hydro
EERE Hydro Technologies
Geothermal
DataSources of Renewable Resources: Geothermal
EERE Geothermal Technologies
Wood
Wood Fuel for Heating
Why wood is the best fuel
WOODFUELwales
Submit your statement!
http://www.congress.org
Submit your statement to your elected representatives!
THINK GLOBAL-ACT LOCAL
Join the virtual Global Warming March
http://stopglobalwarming.org
Sign up today!
Get your mayor to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/mayor/climate/default.htm#what
Mayors from around the country are taking the lead to adhere to the guidelines laid out by the Kyoto Protocol.
Tell your representatives that climate protection is important to you
To find your state senator and state representative's contact information, go to:
http://www.vote-smart.org/mystate_overview.php
Your elected officials make critical decisions in your name that either hurt or help the fight against global warming. In the U.S. Congress and in the statehouse, your representatives need to hear that you want action!
Test your Energy IQ
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/everyday/greenhouse/main.html
Take a virtual walk through a house to learn more about simple choices that can conserve energy, save money, and ultimately reduce carbon emissions.
Calculate your carbon footprint
http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/
Use this simple web-based formula to understand how much your lifestyle is contributing to worldwide carbon emissions.
Green your school
http://www.greeningschools.org/resources/admin.cfm
What is your school doing to reduce carbon emissions? Use this list to find ways in which you can conserve right at your very own school.
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