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About Climate Wisconsin – Climate Wisconsin – PBS Wisconsin Education

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About Climate Wisconsin – Climate Wisconsin – PBS Wisconsin Education

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Climate Wisconsin is an educational multimedia collection featuring stories about the impact of climate change in Wisconsin.
LEARNING GOALS:
Expand understanding of how climate change impacts life in Wisconsin.
Connect personal observations to the study of climate and environmental science.
Identify actions that may impact changes to our climate.

Adopting Sustainable Food Practices

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Hear about how respect for Earth can help us attain a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of climate change in this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/19/2012

AirNow.gov Air Quality Monitor for your location

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AirNow.gov Air Quality Monitor for your location

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AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. Our recently redesigned site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and world views. A new interactive map even lets you zoom out to get the big picture or drill down to see data for a single air quality monitor.

AirNow reports air quality using the official U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), a color-coded index designed to communicate whether air quality is healthy or unhealthy for you. When you know the AQI in your area, you can take steps to protect your health.

AirNow is a partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Park Service, NASA, Centers for Disease Control, and tribal, state, and local air quality agencies. Complete list of AirNow partners. Agencies all over the country send their monitoring data to AirNow for display. The Department of State provides data from U.S. Embassies and Consulates to inform personnel and citizens overseas, and the U.S. Forest Service and NOAA provide fire and smoke data.

AirNow’s centralized data system provides quality control, national reporting consistency, and the ability to distribute data to the public, researchers, businesses, educators, and to other data systems. In AirNow, you’ll find:

Current and forecast air quality maps and data for more than 500 cities across the U.S.
Current and historical data for U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world
Current fire conditions including fire locations, smoke plumes, and air quality data from permanent and temporary air quality monitors
Air quality data for Canada and Mexico
Enviroflash emails, apps, widgets, and an API
Health and air quality information for
the public
healthcare professionals
teachers and students
weathercasters

Alaska Native Pilots

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In this video adapted from Storyknife Productions, Alaska Native pilots share how they use traditional knowledge to read the landscape and predict the weather.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

Alaska Native Teens Help Researchers

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In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

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Alaska Tsunami

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In this video adapted from Alaska Sea Grant, discover why multiple tsunamis resulted from the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Oceanography
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

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Arctic Tundra

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This video segment from Wild Europe: "Wild Arctic" explores the struggle for survival in one of Earth's most extreme environments.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/26/2003

Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries

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Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries

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In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin (revised 2005)

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Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin (revised 2005)

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Describes the types of rocks found throughout the state by age and explains how to interpret the accompanying cross section.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geology; Hydrology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lecture; Lesson
Author:: Geological and Natural History Survey
Date Added:: 03/04/2024

Biomimicry and Sustainable Design - Nature Is an Engineering Marvel

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Students are introduced to the concepts of biomimicry and sustainable design. Countless examples illustrate the wisdom of nature in how organisms are adapted for survival, such as in body style, physiological processes, water conservation, thermal radiation and mutualistic relationships, to assure species perpetuation. Students learn from articles and videos, building a framework of evidence substantiating the indisputable fact that organisms operate "smarter" and thus provide humans with inspiration in how to improve products, systems and cities. As students focus on applying the ecological principles of the previous lessons to the future design of our human-centered world, they also learn that often our practices are incapable of replicating the precision in which nature completes certain functions, as evidenced by our dependence on bees as pollinators of the human food supply. The message of biomimicry is one of respect: study to improve human practices and ultimately protect natural systems. This heightened appreciation helps students to grasp the value of industry and urban mimetic designs to assure protection of global resources, minimize human impact and conserve nonrenewable resources. All of these issues aid students in creating a viable guest resort in the Sonoran Desert.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: TeachEngineering.org; VU Bioengineering RET Program,; Wendy J. Holmgren
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Black bear population in Wisconsin - status and distribution

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Black bear population in Wisconsin - status and distribution

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Wisconsin's occupied bear range is expanding, which means residents can expect to see black bears in areas outside of the bear's traditional range. An abundant population and suitable bear habitat have facilitated the southerly movement of occupied bear range in Wisconsin. Wisconsin's black bear population is considerably higher than it was 30 years ago.

Wisconsin's bear population was estimated to be about 9,000 bears in 1989. The most recent data indicates the bear population is currently estimated to be a little over 24,000 bears. DNR manages bear population size through regulated hunting. The number of hunting permits have steadily increased following studies showing higher numbers of bears. In the near future, opportunities will be provided to the public to comment on the desired numbers of bears in each of the state's bear management regions as the DNR prepares a new bear management plan.

Wisconsin is not alone in its expanding bear range. The results from a 2008 survey of eastern United States and Canadian Provinces that actively manage black bear populations indicated that 75% of these jurisdictions report an increase in bear range. Only Vermont reported a contracting bear range.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Zoology
Material Type:: Data Set; Diagram/Illustration; Interactive
Author:: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Date Added:: 04/21/2024

Botany & Art and Their Roles in Conservation

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Botany & Art and Their Roles in Conservation

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The lessons in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom introduce the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, specifically their race to make records of endangered plant species around the world. “Very little of the world’s flora has been fully studied,” says one Smithsonian botanist, “and time is running out.” In the first lesson, students gets to know six endangered plants. They examine illustrations, photographs, and dried specimens of the plants as they consider this question: If a scientist can take a picture of a plant, are there advantages in having an illustration? They go on to consider some of the big questions that botanists themselves must ask: Which of these species are most in need of conservation efforts? Are any of these plants more worth saving than others?In the second lesson, the students try their own hands at botanical illustration, following the methods of a Smithsonian staff illustrator. All that is required for the lesson are pencils, markers, tracing paper, and access to a photocopier.

Subject:: Botany; Ecology; Fine Arts; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lecture; Lesson Plan; Reading; Unit of Study
Provider:: Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Author:: Smithsonian Institute
Date Added:: 01/22/2018

Build a Better Wall Learning Experience

Build a Better Wall Learning Experience

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This activity lesson plan is called “Build a Better Wall” where students are planners and constructors who are trying to construct a wall using various materials that can withstand an earthquake.

Subject:: Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Global Education; Higher Education; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive; Lesson; Lesson Plan
Author:: Alaska Native Geoscience Learning Experience
Date Added:: 03/25/2024

COMMON PLANTS of WISCONSIN

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Common Plants of Wisconsin - developed by UW Stevens Point Department of Biology.
Pictures and descriptions of each common plant found in Wisconsin. Organization topics include: Seedless Plants, Gymnosperms, Woody Dicots, Dicot Herbs, and Monocots.

Copyright information:
The images contained in the COMMON PLANTS of WISCONSIN web site may be freely used for non-profit, educational purposes, as long as complete citation information is included.

Use in any copyrighted document or any web site is prohibited without specific permission of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Department of Biology. Please contact Webmaster for more information.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Botany; Business and Information Technology; Career and Technical Education; Early Learning; Ecology; Education; Elementary Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Family and Consumer Sciences; Forestry and Agriculture; Higher Education; Life Science; Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship
Material Type:: Data Set; Diagram/Illustration
Author:: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Department of Biology
Date Added:: 03/25/2024

Can Organic Farms and Mosquito Control Coexist?

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Learn about one town's conflict over the issue of spraying pesticides to combat disease-carrying insects, in this video segment from Greater Boston.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NIEHS; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/02/2011

Can Venus and Mars Be Made Habitable?

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Can Venus and Mars Be Made Habitable?

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This activity is about planetary climate. Once familiar with the factors that determine a planet's surface temperature, learners will use an interactive spreadsheet model of a planet's atmosphere to determine if greenhouse gases, luminosity of the source, the distance of the planet from the source and the albedo of the planet can be manipulated so that the average surface temperature on Mars or Venus could support human life. Learners will then be asked to make some conclusions about these methods and suggest improvements for the spreadsheet model (see related resources for link to this model). The activity requires use of Microsoft Excel software. This is Activity D in the fourth module, titled "How do Atmospheres Affect Planetary Temperatures?," of "Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate?."

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Mathematics; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Data Set; Full Course; Student Guide
Provider:: NASA
Provider Set:: NASA Wavelength
Date Added:: 10/13/2017

Chemist and Biologist Catherine Drennan

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In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, learn about MIT professor Cathy Drennan's research into microorganisms that remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Amgen Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/08/2009

Clean Up This Mess

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Clean Up This Mess

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Students are challenged to design a method for separating steel from aluminum based on magnetic properties as is frequently done in recycling operations. To complicate the challenge, the magnet used to separate the steel must be able to be switched off to allow for the recollection of the steel. Students must ultimately design, test, and present an effective electromagnet.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Physical Science; Physics; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Justin Montenegro , Glencliff High School, Nashville; TeachEngineering.org; VU Bioengineering RET Program,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers

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Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers

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This video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

Climate Kids: Birds and Climate Change

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Climate Kids: Birds and Climate Change

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Some bird species appear to respond to extreme weather changes in their native habitat by moving to more hospitable environments. This article discusses the role of NASA satellites, along with field and citizen scientists, in studying that movement. The article also includes an activity on constructing a bird feeder. The Climate Kids website is a NASA education resource featuring articles, videos, images and games focused on the science of climate change.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: NASA
Provider Set:: NASA Wavelength
Date Added:: 02/06/2023