This website complements the book "Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth" written by Dr. Art Sussman. The website includes animations, lesson plans and experiments that can be used in conjunction with the book. The number of items are continually being increased as a result of collaboration with K-12 teachers and field testing. It also includes the complete text of the first chapter which introduces systems ... Full description.

The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. The site is divided into six main sections: Data and Images, Features, News, Reference, Missions, and Experiments. The Data and Images, Features, ... Full description.

This web based story tells of Tutangiaq (nicknamed 2T), a Canada Goose, who flies across the remote state of Alaska looking for his family. As he flies, he tells children about this fascinating 49th state of the US. Children learn how Alaska was purchased from the Russians, and other amazing facts about the state. They compare Alaska to other states that they may be living in or visiting. 2T takes ... Full description.

This report is an attempt to describe what is known about abrupt climate changes and their impacts, based on paleoclimate proxies, historical observations, and modeling. Large, abrupt climate changes have repeatedly affected much or all of the earth, locally reaching as much as 10 Celsius degrees change in 10 years. Available evidence suggests that abrupt climate changes are not only possible but ... Full description.

These resources examine the climate system and the potential impacts of climate variability and change on agriculture, coastal areas, forests, human health, and water. They are grouped under two topic areas: Investigating the Climate System, and Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Investigating the Climate System is a series of five learning modules for grades 5-12. The Potential ... Full description.

This short article from the Why Files discusses research that provides new evidence for a century-long warming trend. The research is based on records of lake and river ice melting and freezing dates over a 150-year period in the Northern Hemisphere. Researcher John Magnuson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison published his results in the journal Science. Full description.

CLIMANZ is the acronym for the palaeoCLImate Mapping of Australia and New Zealand project. This web page presents the final maps produced by the CLIMANZ IV conference held in February 1996. Maps are of mean surface temperatures, hydrologic balances, and sea-surface temperatures of the Australasia area during isotope stages 1-7 and termination 1. Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on a particular climate found in Northern Australia, known as the tropical wet and dry. This lesson goes over the 12 categories of climates, and looks at the specifics of the 'big wet', or tropical wet and dry climate. It includes objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions, evaluation ideas, ... Full description.

These slide sets have been produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to illustrate some of the concepts and methods involved in paleoclimate research. Each set of 20-40 slides includes vivid photographs of field research conducted around the globe, high-quality graphics of important datasets, and descriptive diagrams, making these sets ideal instructional aides. The slide ... Full description.

WorldClimate.com contains over 85,000 records of historic weather averages (typical temperature and rainfall for each month averaged over a range of years) and is searchable by city. Full description.