Potpourri of resources

Climate Time Machine This NASA website offers a series of visualizations which show how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as temperature, sea ice extent, and carbon dioxide concentrations, have changed in Earth’s recent history. http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm Earth Learning Idea The Earth Learning Idea website offers Earth science instruction ideas. Each activity is designed to maximize student participation, learning, and enjoyment while minimizing cost. Strategies promote interactive teaching and students' investigational and thinking skills. Activities are posted in English, Spanish, and more. http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Application deadline: January 15, 2009- International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment. The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized annually by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and others. This year’s competition focuses on climate change - actions we can take now to reduce our negative impact. The children’s (ages 5-13) paintings can focus on concrete actions such as using renewable energy, introducing energy saving light bulbs at home, sharing vehicles and using public transport, planting trees, and more. http://www.unep.org/Tunza/paintcomp/ Application deadline: January 28, 2009- ExploraVision Contest Canadians Eligible The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards challenge students to use their imaginations and the tools of science to propose scientifically feasible technologies that could exist 20 years into the future. The program encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill, and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. http://www.exploravision.org/