10TH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES SUMMER INSTITUTE –
ADDITIONAL WEB RESOURCES FOR REVIEW AND REFERENCE
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
http://nsdl.org
Digital Library for Earth Science Education (DLESE)
http://dlese.org
USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
http://earthshots.usgs.gov/tableofcontents
Atlas of Our Changing Environment on Google Maps and Google Earth
http://www.na.unep.net/unep-atlas.php
Google Maps: http://www.na.unep.net/digital_atlas2/google.php
Through illustrations, satellite images, ground photographs and powered by Google
Maps, this interactive media depicts and describes humanity's past and present impact
on the environment. The primary focus is on environmental status and trends over the
last 30 years, in terms of both physical and human geography.
Google Earth: Google Earth is an innovative software that allows users to "fly" around
a virtual planet Earth. Download the software at Google Earth. After downloading the
software access Atlas of Our Changing Environment material via the "Global
Awareness" layer or click on the title link to download the KMZ file.
Teri: the link on the website to download the Google Earth kml file doesn’t work. I
think the layer in Google Earth is probably the same. –kyle
Noted Resources: One Planet Many People from UNEP
http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php
Increasing concern as to how human activities impact the Earth has led to
documentation and quantification of environmental changes taking place on land, in
the water, and in the air. Through a combination of ground photographs, current and
historical satellite images, and narrative based on extensive scientific evidence, this
publication illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and continue to
make observable and measurable changes to the global environment.
http://na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/powerpoints.html
Africa’s Lakes: (on your CD) Increasing concern as to how human activities impact
Africa's lakes has led to documentation and quantification of the lakes and the
environmental changes taking place. Through a combination of ground photographs,
current and historical satellite images, and narrative based on extensive scientific
evidence, this publication illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and
continue to make observable and measurable changes to Africa's lakes and their
environment. http://www.na.unep.net/AfricaLakes/index.php (chapters, images,
Powerpoints, posters)
Environmental Policy
Curious about what’s going on right now? Here are the green details of the House stimulus
package: http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/15/breaking-details-of-obamas-green-stimulusplan-released/
Standby Power Use of Residential Appliances
Learn about your usage. http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-chart.html
Media Literacy -- Next up, Google's first name - SEARCH!
Web search can be a very helpful tool for students and teachers alike, but many teachers say
that they could use more help in learning how to efficiently search and then impart that
wisdom to students. Because of that, the Google Certified Teachers developed Search
Education lessons. They've developed three modular lessons not specific to any discipline so
you can mix and match what best fits your needs. And all of the lessons come with
presentations which will help guide your classroom discussions. You'll learn fundamentals of
search (which includes judging the validity of sources), search techniques and practices (for
more advanced searches), and features and functionality (to learn some neat tips and tricks).
Check out all of the lessons here:
http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html
National Geographic Global 200 and Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World Online
Global 200: Priority Areas for conservation – a look at some of the Earth’s richest, rarest,
and most endangered areas. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/global.html
Terrestrial Ecoregions: Information and images for all 867 land-based ecoregions on
the planet. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
YouTube and Other Video and Visualization Sources
Teachers’ Domain – Digital Media for the Classroom and Prof. Development
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Highly recommend that you register for Teachers’ Domain. You can download, share
and save resources, all of which are excellent and highly informative.
This video segment adapted from NOVA describes climate data that suggest the Earth
has undergone dramatic climate shifts in relatively short spans of time.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.watcyc.climatechange/
How It All Ends Video Segments from HS Teacher Greg Craven
On YouTube and available in disk at http://www.manpollo.org
Explanation of various segments is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oCYW4ScUnw&feature=channel
United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
http://energy.senate.gov/public/
U.S. EPA Homepage – Comprehensive site on all aspects of climate change including news,
science and policy. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
NOAA Research, http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/
Summary of NOAA’s research into several aspects of global climate change.
Grist: How to Talk to A Climate Skeptic, http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics
The site is a complete listing of the articles in "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic," a series by
Coby Beck containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming.
MSNBC offers both slideshows and interactives (games, animations). Examples include:
Paying to Pollute, MSNBC Cap and Trade Game
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18288820/
Digging for Climate Clues on the Continent of Ice (interview with the Tom
Wagner, director of Antarctic Research at the National Science Foundation)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15850535/
The We Campaign, http://www.wecansolveit.org/
The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection at
(www.climateprotect.org/about) -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate
and former Vice President Al Gore. Our ultimate aim is to halt global warming. Specifically
we are educating people in the US and around the world that the climate crisis is both urgent
and solvable.
Environmental Defense Fund, http://www.edf.org/home.cfm
Founded in 1967, the organization tackles the most serious environmental problems with
strong science, innovative markets, corporate partnerships, and effective laws and policy.
United Nations Environmental Programme, http://www.unep.org/Themes/climatechange/
To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring,
informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without
compromising that of future generations.UNEP site for Environmetnal Education and
Training: http://www.unep.org/Training/
World Wildlife Fund Climate Site: http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/index.html
For more than 45 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The largest
multinational conservation organization in the world, WWF works in 100 countries and is
supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally.
World Resources Institute – Climate Analysis Indicators Tool, http://cait.wri.org/
The analysis tool provides a comprehensive and comparable database of greenhouse gas
emissions data and other climate-relevant indicators.
Weather and Climate Resources
www.weatherbase.com -- weather records and averages from around the globe.
www.ClimateCrisis.org -- Free copies of An Inconvenient Truth can be ordered here.
www.Climatehealth.net -- Free access to resources: over 180 slides, handouts, references
and book
www.Energy.gov -- Web site of the US Department of Energy
www.NASA.gov -- Web site to everything NASA.
Books:
Robert Henson, The Rough Guide to Climate Change (Rough Guides, 2006, 2008). I think
the best reference available, even if Bob is a a colleague at NCAR and friend.
Spencer Weart, The Discovery of Global Warming (Harvard University Press, 2004).
Inexpensive, ndispensable source of historical background that’s still relevant. See the Web
site for even more: http://www.aip.org/history/climate
Blogs:
Climate Feedback (Nature): hhlogs.nature.com/climatefeedback
Communicating Climate Change Archive:
Blogs.nature.com/climatefreedback/categories/topics/communicating_climate_change
Real Climate, www.realclimate.org
Communicating Climate archive:
hwww.realclimate.org/index.php.archives/category/communicating-climate
New York Times: DotEarth (Andy Revkin): dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
The Weather Channel: Climate and Environment Blog: climate.weather.com/blog
Weather Underground (Jeff Masters/WunderBlog):
www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html