Climate Detectives Teacher Guide
The Climate Detectives Teacher’s Guide provides a set of steps and approaches that teachers and Team Leaders might employ with students to ensure that participating in the Climate Detectives project replicates the scientific method. The Teacher’s Guide is divided into three phases corresponding to the different phases of the project:
Phase 1: Identify an environmental or climate problem
Phase 2: Investigate the problem
Phase 3: Share results and make a difference
SubjectsBiology, Earth Science, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geography, Science
- To promote the teaching and learning of STEM competences and
skills, including scientific methodology, data collection, visualisation
and analysis; - To improve the younger generation’s awareness and knowledge of
Earth’s environment and climate, both as a global issue and in local
environments, and prepare them for the societal challenges of this
century
Satellites observe the Earth
Satellites observe the Earth using a range of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Discover how we can build a more complete picture of Earth’s climate by sampling the electromagnetic spectrum at multiple wavelengths.
Urban Hotspots
Brief description In this set of three activities, students will learn how the built environment leads to the urban heat...
Learn about sea level
Learn how climate change is causing our seas to rise and how satellites have been measuring the height of the sea surface systematically since 1992.
Earth under the lid – Understanding the greenhouse effect
Brief description In this set of two activities, pupils will learn about our atmosphere and the greenhouse gases that it...
What are the differences
In this short video, Dr Natalie Douglas, a climate scientist, explains the difference between weather, climate variability and climate change. Natalie is a Teaching and Research Fellow at the University of Surrey and is collaborating...
Images from Space
Learn how satellites can help us monitoring our planet. Video by ESERO Germany (in English).
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