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Topic(s): Public Health, Climate Impacts, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Informal Education

This video discusses ways that communities can prepare for air quality changes that will occur due to rising global temperatures.

Precipitation Extremes and Community Health

Topic(s): Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Hurricanes and Storms, Public Health, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Informal Education

This short video explains how climate change can lead to more extreme precipitation events and more frequent flooding. Information from the CDC has succinct information about the health downsides of extreme precipitation events, including mental health impacts.

Extreme Heat and Community Health

Topic(s): Heat Waves, Public Health, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Informal Education

This short video clip is part of a longer video series titled How Climate Effects Community Health. This clip focuses on human health risks from extreme heat events caused by increasing global temperatures.

Just how long have we known about climate change anyways?

Topic(s): Climate System, Anthropogenic Changes, Measuring and Modeling Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

An engaging and informational video describing the history of our knowledge about climate change.

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Topic(s): Anthropogenic Changes, Extreme Weather, Climate Impacts, Mitigation Strategies, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

In this short video, learn about actions that humans can take to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions about climate change and to provide opportunities for students to design solutions and communicate information.

I Live in the Midwest and Northern Great Plains - Does Climate Change Matter to Me?

Topic(s): Regional Climates, Measurements and Observations, Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Heat Waves, Extreme Weather, Plants and Animals, Melting Ice and Permafrost, Availability of Water Resources, Agricultural Changes / Food Security, Public Health, Economic Impacts, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This video features Katharine Hayhoe presenting a lively discussion of impacts that the Midwestern US is experiencing due to climate change. It steps through evidence for how climate change is affecting agriculture, tourism, drought and flood, water cycles and freshwater availability, the spread of invasive species and disease, as well as other topics.

Sea Level Rise

Topic(s): Thermal Expansion, Ocean and Climate, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

This very short video introduces the concept of sea level rise and ties it back to global warming. The video is brief, basic, and clear. It can be used for a quick introduction, but nothing deeper than that.

Southern Great Plains and Southwest | Global Weirding

Topic(s): Regional Climates, Measurements and Observations, Heat Waves, Drought, Extreme Weather, Drought, Availability of Water Resources, Economic Impacts, Climate Impacts, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Informal Education

This video discusses impacts that the Midwestern US is experiencing due to climate change. It describes how climate change is affecting agriculture, tourism, drought and flood, water cycles and freshwater availability, the spread of invasive species and disease, as well as other topics.

Decoding Antarctica's Climate History - Antarctica's Climate Secrets

Topic(s): Orbital Cycles, Long-term Variability, Cyclical and Natural Changes, Anthropogenic Changes, Causes of Climate Change, Measurements and Observations, Paleoclimate Records, Climate Reconstructions, Global Climate Modeling, Sea Level Rise, Melting Ice and Permafrost

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

This 10 minute video builds connections between topics that are important in climate science such as: the impact of variations in Earth's orbit and wobble on it's axis on climate; how the cores being sampled fit into the bigger climate picture; connecting greenhouse gases to melting ice and sea level changes; the sensitivity of the ice melt / sea level rise relationship; and computer model simulations showing connections between ice sheets and sea level. The companion website provides resources, an extensive list of activities, teacher guides, posters, and more.

Too Much, Too Little

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Global Climate Modeling, Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Drought, Drought, Availability of Water Resources

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

This video describes the joint NASA-JAXA GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) satellite mission and why it is necessary for monitoring precipitation around the Earth. It discusses the science around the hazards of extreme precipitation such as landslides and drought. It emphasizes the value of comprehensive datasets and their ability to help predict natural disasters.

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