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This
PDF
document
discusses
a
field
activity
for
K-12
students.
The
purpose
of
the
activity
is
to
observe
type
and
cover
of
clouds
including
contrails.
Students
will
observe
ten
types
of
clouds
and
how
many
of
three
types
of
contrails
are
visible,
how
much
of
the
sky
is
covered
with
clouds,
and
how
much
is
covered
by
contrails.
The
PDF
is
an
instructor
guide
with
detailed
advice
for
administering
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This
Starting
Point
webpage
is
a
summary
of
a
role-playing
resource
called
Worldwatcher
Project:
Global
Warming
Project.
In
this
exercise,
students
role-play
advisors
to
various
heads
of
state
on
the
subject
of
global
warming.
The
web
site
offers
a
short
curriculum
to
help
the
students
become
experts
on
global
warming.
It
offers
lab
activities,
computer
visualizations
(using
free
WorldWatcher
software),
...
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The
Ocean
World
site
has
a
wide
variety
of
information
regarding
the
ocean.
Established
by
Texas
A
and
M
University's
Jason
Project,
Ocean
World
provides
a
wealth
of
information
on
weather,
forams,
icebergs,
fisheries,
coral
reefs,
waves,
El
Nino,
currents
and
more.
The
site
contains
information
for
both
students
and
teachers.
The
teacher
section
of
the
site
contains
background
information
on
all
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The
Climate
Sensitivity
Research
Lounge
is
the
main
website
for
the
climate
sensitivity
research
group
at
UCLA
run
by
Professor
Alex
Hall.
The
primary
goal
of
the
group's
research
is
to
understand
what
controls
the
sensitivity
of
the
climate
system
to
external
forcing.
This
site
provides
information
on
the
group's
research,
downloadable
publications
from
group
members,
the
courses
the
group
offers
...
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The
NOAA
Paleoclimatology
Program
archives
reconstructions
of
past
climatic
conditions
derived
from
paleoclimate
proxies,
in
addition
to
the
Program's
large
holdings
of
primary
paleoclimatic
proxy
data.
The
site
includes
reconstructions
of
past
temperature,
precipitation,
vegetation,
streamflow,
sea
surface
temperature,
and
other
climatic
or
climate-dependent
conditions.
Users
can
access
air
temperature,
...
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This Starting Point webpage describes a ConcepTest question that asks students to evaluate a graph and locate the point that represents temperature and precipitation at the Tropic of Cancer. This is a multiple choice question. The website includes the correct and typical student answers before and after discussion, additional notes and references regarding ConcepTests.
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This
website
is
the
homepage
of
the
St.
Olaf
interdisciplinary
course,
Global
Climate
Change.
The
course
focuses
on
how
and
why
Earth's
climate
has
changed
throughout
its
history
and
how
it
is
likely
to
change
in
the
near
future.
The
course
draws
from
geology,
chemistry,
meteorology,
oceanography,
and
policy
studies.
Much
of
the
science
involved
in
this
topic
is
cutting-edge,
so
quite
a
bit
of
the
...
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This
site
from
SERC's
Starting
Point
presents
sample
Gallery
Walk
questions
about
climate.
Questions
help
students
examine
atmospheric
constituents
(water
vapor,
carbon
dioxide,
stratospheric
ozone,
clouds,
and
dust),
pollutants
(chlorofluorocarbons,
carbon
dioxide,
sulphur
oxides,
and
particulates),
climates
in
relation
to
latitude,
altitude
and
mountains,
climographs,
and
temperature
patterns.
The
...
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The
site
includes
easily
understood
El
Nino
and
La
Nina
forecasts.
The
forecasts
are
summaries
of
the
Australian
National
Climate
Centre's
opinion
regarding
the
outputs
from
various
reputable
oceanic
or
coupled
ocean/
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The
Sun
Path
exercise
helps
students
gain
an
understanding
of
the
movement
of
the
sun
throught
the
day,
month
and
year.
The
Sun
Path
JAVA
applet
uses
equations
for
a
spherical
Earth
to
calculate
the
sunrise
and
sunset
times,
the
solar
azimuth
and
solar
altitude
for
any
time
of
year
and
any
latitude.
The
program
can
be
run
in
yearly,
monthly,
daily,
or
hourly
modes
to
create
animations
of
the
sun's
...
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