Teaching Resources

Climate Science and Education

• UChicago: Visual History of US Energy use from 1800 to the present in an interactive Sankey diagram

• UCSD: Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions,
  Course 3,  10/12/20 - 2/9/21 online free course

• UC Films on Sustainability

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Film and Animation

• Educated Choices Program for Coilleges and Universities, learning modules and full video

• NSF Page Earth & Environment Classroom Resources

• EPA Environment Resources for online teaching K-12

• California Academy of Sciences - Free Science films

Online Courses

• Harvard Free Online Courses

• UNESCO Worldwide Resources for Online Teaching

• SEI Coronavirus updated page

• NEA: Environmental Education Activities & Resources

• TED Resources for Teaching Environmental Science

• College Board AP materials in Geography and Environmental Science

• Environmental Literacy Council archive of materials for teachers and students

• National Geographic Free Online Courses

Marine and Oceans/Coasts

• WWF: "Freshwater fish in crisis"

• Deep Ocean Education Project: virtual exploration, jobs, resources for teaching

• SeaGrant: What is an Estuary? Online course and ..

• Estuaries: Connecting Land to Ocean

• Los Angeles Maritime Institute programs for youth

• L. A. Maritime Institute Responds to Assist Teachers with On-Line Classroom Education

• Heal the Bay: Request a COVID Zoom speaker

• AltaSea online learning on the marine environment

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Water

• L.A. Stormwater Program, (includes videos)

• Where does California Water Come from? (Maven's)

• California Water 101 (Maven's Notebook)

• WHAT IS INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT (IRWM)?

• California Drought and the future for LA water (seminar from the SEI)

• Zip file with all the slides (66MB)

• mp4 video (9:30 mins) on CA Water from NeoChannel (videos page)

• mp4 video (4:55 mins) on CA drought from Climate Desk (videos page)

Geographic/Earth Science Information

• WRI: Forest Monitoring Designed for Action

• LA Geographical Society: Virtual Instructional Materials

• Carleton College SERC for Earth Sciences

• Google Earth Engine 101: An Introduction for Complete BeginnersGlobal Modeling of Nature’s Contribution to People

• TreePeople Soil Reports for LA 2021 English (click here for Spanish version)

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Food and Agriculture

• A Brief Guide to Pesticides and their health impacts

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Jobs and Other Resources

• CA Governor's Office on Emergency Services, 2020 California Adaptation Planning Guide

• UC Berkeley Labor Center: Green Jobs and Climate Action Report 2020

• International Scientific Electronic Library Online

• Oxford site curated for all kinds of data (must see)

• Foldscope: the paper microscope (140x mag, 2 microns res). Classroom kits

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