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From A Teacher’s Guide to How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines about Global Warming by Carol L. Malnor

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EPA’s Climate Change Kids Site- Kid-friendly information and animations, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html 

NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center- Provides answers for frequently asked questions about global warming.   
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html  

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center- Global Change Master Directory of Educational Materials Information Websites Links to 20 federal agency sites that provide quality information and learning activities related to different aspects of global warming, http://globalchange.nasa.gov/Resources/pointers/edu.html 

 U.S. Global Change Research Information Office -Links to nearly 100 global warming organizations with an education focus including NASA, EPA, DOE, NSF, and NOAA, http://www.gcrio.org/edu 

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) - Links to excellent teacher and student resources relating to the climate, atmosphere, weather, and the environment. http://eo.ucar.edu/

Global Climate Change: Resources for Environmental Literacy by the Environmental Literacy Council and the National Science Teachers Association, an NSTA Press Book,  http://www.nsta.org

Climate Change Education. Org -A website site with links to resources for kid and teachers, http://climatechangeeducation.org/ 

 Earth Watch Institute -Programs for working directly with scientists in the field, http://www.earthwatch.org 

Alliance to Save Energy Green Schools Program -Engages students in creating energy-saving activities in their elementary and secondary schools, http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl 

American Association for the Advancement of Science -Climate resources, including publications, articles, and helpful links. http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/

CO-SEED -Information about place-based education projects, http://www.anei.org/pages/88_co_seed.cfm 

Sharing Nature Foundation -Activities by Joseph Cornell that connect children to nature, http://www.sharingnature.com 

United Nations Programs -Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change, http://www.un.org/climatechange/

UNESCO -UNESCO home page on climate change, http://ioc3.unesco.org/unesco-climate/

UNICEF -Effects of climate change on the world’s children, http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_42166.html 

UNEP -Information for children. “Tunza” is a word in Kiswahili (the common language of most East African countries) meaning to “treat with care”, http://www.unep.org/tunza/children/climatechange/ 

World Meteorological Org. (WMO -Specialized agency of the United Nations that provides an international approach to climate issues), http://www.wmo.int