GLOBAL WARMING INTERNET GUIDE

Global Warming General Information

Background Information by by US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html

Background Information by National Climatic Data Center: US Dept of Commerce
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

Background Information SGW; non profit site
http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/

Global Warming and Greenhouse Overview in an interactive slideshow format Geoscience Research Division:UC San Diego
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/

An Interactive Guide to understanding Global Warming by Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/educate.cfm

Facts, Information, Tips and How to Help by Global Green USA Environmental Organization
http://www.globalgreen.org/programs/climate/index.html

Get Fired Up About Global Warming!: how-to tips, information
http://www.care2.com/globalwarming


Scientific Facts with colorful, easy to read maps on Global Warming
http://www.greenfacts.org/climate-change/global-warming/global-warming.htm

Global Warming Animations specifically for Kids in an easy-to-understand, colorful format US Environmental Protection Agency
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/animations.html

Global Warming Information, causes and scientific pictures of impact by NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html



Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities

Headline Earth Podcasts AccuWeather: The World’s Weather Authority
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/global-warming/headline-earth.asp?
partner=accuweather&traveler=0

Online Tutorial: Global Warming Facts and our Future sponsored by National Academy of Sciences; Washington DC
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/predicted02activity.jsp

Personal Emissions Calculator offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

Human Impacts and Responses guide to many activities and lessons for teachers, Association of American Geographers; sponsored by Pearson Prentice Hall
http://www.aag.org/HDGC/www/intro/units/unit4/html/4actguide.html#act41

Environet : Informational Articles
http://environet.policy.net/warming/

Google for Educators Top 50 Ideas to help our environment by Global School net
http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming_results.html

Focus on the Future: eye catching pictures and slideshows by NASA
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/

Climate Change: problems, solutions and what you can do to help solve global warming presented by World Wildlife Federation
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm

Online Radio Show in Real Video by the Mount Washington Observatory and National Science Foundation
http://www.weathernotebook.org/

http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/1999/11/05.html

Interactive Slideshow: Dimming the Sun by PBS and NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/dimming.html

PBS and NOVA Dimming the Sun: Video and Lesson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3310_sun.html

A Growing Concern: Watch video clips and explain how global warming is impacting our earth
Union of Concerned Scientists; non-profit science organization in association with MIT:
http://www.climatechoices.org/impacts_agriculture/index.html

Greenhouse Gas Lab by National Academy of Sciences; Washington DC
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/teachers/postvgw-act008.jsp

Comprehensive Unit with lessons by WGBH, PBS and NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/globalwarming.html

Write a letter to President Bush!
Tell President Bush it’s Time to Get Serious! Sponsored by Sierra Club Environmental Organization
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?
JServSessionIdr005=abtrfjmwu2.app13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=181

Send a letter to Congress! Through Save our Environment.org
http://ga3.org/campaign/GlobalWarming

Interactive and Animated Climate Map
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/map.cfm

Look at Digital Images in the Multimedia Gallery and describe how related to global warming by National Center for Atmospheric Research
http://www.ucar.edu/news/features/climatechange/multimedia.jsp

Building Green: How to build environmentally friendly homes and structures
http://www.abcnews.go.com/images/GMA/01_what_is_green_building.pdf


Global Warming Virtual March: how to stop global warming
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/

Climate Hot Map: Lesson Activity and Map Skills Lesson Plan

http://www.climatehotmap.org/index.html

Curriculum Guide for Climate Impacts Map
http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/index.html

Earth Friendly House Hunt, Time Magazine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/white/0,9970,107748,00.html

What is your E.Q? by Time Magazine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/white/0,9970,106964,00.html

Use the interactive map to find organic food grown closest to you! Through the Local Harvest Farming Group
www.LocalHarvest.org

The SUV report: How automobiles are impacting our climate
http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/SUVreport/

What’s Hot in Hollywood: Going Green!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2781681&page=2

Animals: Polar Bears: Is Extinction on the Horizon?
Teacher Webquest: http://teacherweb.com/PA/EastStroudsburgNorthHigh/
PolarBearsIsExtinctionontheHorizon/h3.stm



Videos and Games

Video: An Inconvenient Truth
www.climatecrisis.net

Memory Card Matching Game
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/memory.cfm

What’s important: Global Warming short video clip
http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/whatsimportant/globalwarming_movie01.htm

Ben and Jerry’s Lick Global Warming Game!
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/game.cfm

ABC News seven minute Video clip: What’s to blame for the warm weather?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2772778

Temperature Puzzle
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/climpuzzle/index.html

20 Things YOU can do!
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/index.html

CO2FX
http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/

Global Warming Games Site
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/index.html

Great Green Web Game
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/

Test your global warming knowledge with a quiz!

http://www.redjellyfish.com/quiz/si-warmingquiz.html

Global Warming Drag and Drop Game

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/global_warming02.html

Global Warming Games for Kids!

http://globalwarmingkids.net/