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Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate

Thank you for attending our Climate Change Educator Conference!
We’d love to hear from you. Please send any comments or questions to resources@sallyridescience.com.

Here are many of the presentations—we hope you use the content and activities in your classroom.
(Some files are large and may take some time to download.)

Wednesday General and Breakout Sessions

Presenter
Presentation
Activities / Other Materials
NSTA Learning Center
9:15 - 9:35am
Climate Change Opening [ppt]  
Sally Ride
9:35 - 10:30am
Welcome and Keynote Address [ppt]  
Susan Moore
Breakout Session
Opportunities for Inquiry using Authentic NASA Earth System Science Data [ppt]  

Theresa Schwerin
Breakout Session

Earth System Science: Resources and Professional Development for Middle and High School Teachers [ppt]  
Dr. Tam O'Shaughnessy and Julie Miller
Breakout Session
Igniting Students' Interests in Environmental Science Careers [ppt]

Understand the Wide Variety of Science Careers [pdf]

Know Yourself (Activity Sheets) [zip]

Map Out Your Future (Activity Sheets) [zip]

Dr. Allen Solomon
Breakout Session
What's a Tree Got To Do With It? Forests and Climate Change 101 [zip]  
Al Byers and Greg Sherman
Breakout Session
The NSTA Learning Center: e-Professional Development Resources and Opportunities for You and Your Classroom [ppt]  
Frank Niepold
Breakout Session
How Do We Create a Climate Literate Society? [zip]  
Mark Imhoff
Breakout Session
Gray Wave of the Great Transformation: A Satellite View of Urbanization, Climate Change, and Food Security [zip]

Video: Earth Rotating [zip]

Video: Earth Rotating at Night [zip]

Video: ESE Satellite Fleet [zip]

Video: NPP [zip]

Jay Lawrimore
Breakout Session
Exploring the State of the Earth's Climate: Accessing Climate Data and Analyses at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center [zip]  

 

Thursday General and Breakout Sessions

Presenter
Presentation
Activities / Other Materials
Inez Fung
8:15 - 9:15am
General Session - Carbon Cycle [pdf]  
Dr. Richard Somerville
10:45 - 11:45am
General Session - Climate Modeling [ppt] http://www.richardsomerville.com
Rebecca Bell
11:45am - 1:00pm
Curriculum Pathways to Climate Change Actions [ppt]  
Pat Harcourt
Breakout Session
Oceans, Coasts, and Climate [ppt]  
Marci Wulff
Breakout Session
Learning Your ABCs: Acidification, Bleaching and Corals [pdf] 2008 Coral Reef Resource Roundup CD
Dr. Peter Wasilewski and Katherine Bender
Breakout Session
Science and Snowflakes: The History of Winter Global Snowflake Network [ppt]  
Dr. Karen Flammer and Leesa Hubbard
Breakout Session
Climate Change Activities for the Classroom

Carbon Source & Sinks Activity Sheet [doc]

Carbon Source & Sinks Cards [pdf]

Neato Albedo Activity Sheet [doc]

Britt Parker and Tyler Christensen
Breakout Session
Coral Reef Watch: Using Satellite Data to Learn About Coral Reefs & Bleaching [zip]  
Dr. Robert Bindschadler
Breakout Session
Watching Ice Disappear [ppt]  
Tyler Christensen
Breakout Session
Climate Is Changing Our Coral Reefs [ppt] Video Clips of Coral Reefs [zip, wmv]

 

General Resources

Resource

IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
[Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA

FAQs about IPCC report above