Supplemental Teaching Materials
Educating for Environmental Change website
Summer Science Institute
- 5-day Workshop Focused on Climate Change and Environmental Science
Saturday Workshops
- Dive deep into a Climate/Environmental/Earth science topic that teachers can bring to their classrooms.
First Tuesdays
- Learn about current research topics from IU scientists
Solar Radiation Management – A primer
Colleagues of ours from Cornell University
- A comprehensive overview of solar geoengineering, both the science and FAQs
Sun block: The promise and peril of solar geoengineering (part one)
- Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2024 Global Planetary Boundaries
Don’t even study it: Geoengineering research hits societal roadblocks (part two)
- Paul Goddard is one of the interviewees
- A good overview of solar geoengineering, including opinions of those “for” conducting research and those “against” conducting research on the topic.
Climate Intervention – White Board Videos
Colleagues from Colorado State University
- Short (~3 minutes), animated videos for a general audience discussing climate engineering, SAI, perception and detection, and other topics of research from their group.
NYT Opinion - The Best Way to Find Out if We Can Cool the Planet
Jeremy Freeman - executive director of CarbonPlan, a climate research nonprofit
- Opinion with a call for research, including field tests, and research transparency particularly with respect to funding
Understanding Climate Engineering
Deborah Gordon – Carnegie’s Energy and Climate Program
- Very good overview of climate engineering strategies and how they would work
What’s the least bad way to cool the planet?
- NY Times opinion by David Keith - Dr. Keith is a professor of applied physics and of public policy at Harvard (now at University of Chicago), where he led the development of the university’s solar engineering research program
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have To Do (9:09)
- Visuals are engaging and fun
- The information is also good, it outlines some forms of climate engineering
- Also talks about the potential benefits and dangers
- Emphasizes that climate engineering is not a long-term solution, but it can provide us a little more time
Marine Cloud Brightening Test in the U.S.
- Aerosol sprayer test off the coast of California
- Article provides a sound history of MCB, ideas and how it may work
- Highlights the role of private funders in climate intervention and development of technologies
Climate Engineering and National Security Risks
- Co-authored by Ben
- Overview of Climate engineering and potential national security risks/conflicts
- Bountiful links to other resources
Climate science, risks, and solutions
- A primer hosted by MIT
What is climate change? What does it look like, and why isn’t it just called global warming?
- What is the greenhouse effect?
- What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
- Global Warming Vs. Climate Change
- https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/global-warming-vs-climate-change/
- Very quick and basic information
- https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/12/whats-the-difference-between-climate-change-and-global-warming/
- Visual of global warming
- https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-difference-between-global-warming-and-climate-change
- Slightly more informational, has some interesting figures
- https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/12/whats-the-difference-between-climate-change-and-global-warming/
- Very quick and basic information
- Summary of the above topics plus a focus on radiative balance and GHGs
- https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/global-warming-vs-climate-change/
How do we know the climate is changing?
- https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
- Outlines some signs of climate change with short explanations
Are people the primary cause? How?
- Man-made climate change
- https://climate.ec.europa.eu/climate-change/causes-climate-change_en.
- Reviews greenhouse gases, causes for rising emissions, and global warming
- Also has a short 4 minute video to explain too
- Scientists think 100% of global warming is caused by humans
Scientific consensus and public opinion
- How Americans see climate change and the environment
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/
- Has 7 charts to view, generally increased positivity for advocating for the environment. Mentions some divide in political parties though, so choosing certain charts would be best
- Yale Climate Opinion Maps
Additional Supplemental Slides (accessible PPTX)
I know for certain that it empowered students to view themselves not as helpless in the face of climate change, but people who could actually make a positive action.
Catherine Peterson, Bloomington High School South