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This is my learning activity for the course :Our Fragile Planet

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https://scijinks.gov/menu/games/

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 What's like to be Earth observation Scientist

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 What's like to be Earth observation Scientist

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http://www.space-awareness.org/en/careers/career/who-earth-observation-scientist/

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Citizen Science

Our Citizen Science project featured in this module is calledThe Weather Observations Website (WOW), with which you share your local weather observations.

Visualisation tools and apps for students

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides two extra tools we would like to feature. The first one, Climate from Space, is a visualization tool available as an app. This tool â€œlets you take a closer look at visualisations of climate data being produced through the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme. In the data viewer, see the changes through time of sea surface temperature, the ice sheets, sea level, sea ice, carbon dioxide, soil moisture and many more Â». You can see the full information and how to access the app, here.Â

Another good resource is the ESA Earth online website where you can access information about all of ESAâ€™s Earth monitoring activities including earth-observing data.Â
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The learning objectives for Module 4 are:

1. Become aware of why and how to monitor climate and explore European and other satellite programmes aiming at climate monitoring from space

2. Explore ICT tools to teach about the climate monitoring

3. Explore and experiment with teaching activities related to satellite programmes

4. Understand aspects of gender balance, cultural diversity and how to get students engaged in these topics

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An Interesting video about extreme weather phenomena

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An Interesting video about extreme weather phenomena

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No matter where you live in the world, weather is something that you are exposed to every single day. Even though weather occurs all around the world, the region you live in can have a different natural phenomenon than another geographical locations. For example, if you live in the Midwest of the United States, it isn't very likely that you'll get hurricanes but you may be very familiar with tornados.

Why is it sunny most of the year in some places and rainy in other places? What causes tsunamis and earthquakes? Learning more about what causes these forces of nature can help us to be better prepared when they happen. There is a lot of work around the world focused on early detection systems for storms, tsunamis and earthquakes. Learn how these are being developed, about educations that can teach you the skills you need to help and j obs that will put those skills to work!

Even though weather is different all around the world, our weather systems are all very interconnected. Throughout this Weather subject and its related subjects, you will learn about different kinds of weather systems and natural phenomena that have an impact on our lives. Check out a related subject to the right to learn more about a specific phenomenon!

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No matter where you live in the world, weather is something that you are exposed to every single day. Even though weather occurs all around the world, the region you live in can have a different natural phenomenon than another geographical locations.

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Inspirational Ted Talk Video for female Engineers

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Inspirational Ted Talk Video for female Engineers

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Inspiring the next generation of female engineers | Debbie Sterling | TEDxPSU

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Climathon ,a global initiative to save the planet

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Climathon ,a global initiative to save the planet

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A video explaining in very simple way the water cycle

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Water Cycle | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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One engaging way to teach your students about Earthâ€™s atmosphere, biodiversity and habitability is by involving them in a Citizen Science project. Among a selection made by the Space Awareness project, we will feature here Globe at Night, which allows you to measure the brightness of your night sky, and share your observations with other citizen scientists. This website allows you to explore the last 9 years of data in our interactive data map or see how your city performed with our regional map generator.

Globe at Night is an international campaign to raise public awareness about the impact of light pollution. The programme invites citizen scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or a smartphone. Light pollution threatens not only our â€˜right to starlight,â€™ but can also affect energy consumption, wildlife, and health. Over the last 9 years, people in 115 countries have contributed to more than 100,000 measurements, making Globe at Night the most successful light pollution awareness campaign to date!

Some other tools you can consider are:Â

The King's Centre for VisualizationÂ in Science's application with which students can understandÂ the structure of the atmosphere. This visualization illustrates the major layers in the atmosphere and identifies a number of key characteristics and defining attributes of each layer. The app is in English and is suited for students ages 8-16, according to the Golabz repository. You can access it here.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Astronomy Education's only lab which is used to explore the motion of the Earth around the Sun and how it relates to seasons. According to Golabz, the app is in English and suitable for students ages 10-16. You can access it here

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http://www.climatecentre.org/

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~We present here just one example (out of many) on disaster prevention, for students between 9-16 years old. This

disaster simulation game from the

UN/ISDR (United Nations/International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) allows you to teach “

children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Children will learn playing how the location and the construction materials of houses can make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education can save lives. Children are the future architects, mayors, doctors, and parents of the world of tomorrow, if they know what to do to reduce the impact of disasters; they will create a safer world.” In the information section, you will also find other teaching resources on these topics.~

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/natural-disasters

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Sea ice and land ice
Contrary to the Arctic, where the ice is just a sheet ﬂoating on the Arctic Sea, the biggest part of the ice masses of the Antarctic is to be found on land. According to the principle of Archimedes, the ﬂoating ice masses of the Arctic displace water to the amount of their own weight, so that the melting of the ice does not inﬂuence the sea levels. On the other hand, melting land ice like on Greenland or in the Antarctic contributes to the rise of the ocean levels. Radar altimetry satellites like CryoSat-2 help to monitor the thickness of ice sheets, both on land and ﬂoating at sea

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https://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMMZKXJD1E_Earth_0.html
to present this website to our students

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Global Warming Activity to do with students

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Global Warming Activity to do with students

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The next Space Awareness activity demonstrates the effects of an atmosphere on the surface temperature of a planet by driving a natural greenhouse effect. Students will have to set up the experiment according to the instructions and perform temperature measurements, analyse, interpret and discuss the results.
Space Awareness resource: http://www.space-awareness.org/en/activities/6024/greenhouse-effect/

Background Knoweledge

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Green House Lesson Plan ForPrimaryStudents

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Green House Lesson Plan ForPrimaryStudents

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Check out this interactive diagram to learn more details about global energy balance: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/energybalance/

Here is an explanation of terms mentioned in the video to ease your understanding of processes connected to greenhouse effect:
- Radiation balance - incoming radiant energy from the Sun minus outgoing energy heading into space.
- Infrared radiation - electromagnetic radiation that is invisible to us. It comes in longer wavelengths than visible light and provides energy transfer we call heat.

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This article explains in details the Greenhouse gases and their mechanism with regard to the way they trap heat and maintain a temperature in our planet's surface .This leads to the heating of the surface of the planet to a mean surface temperature that is 33°Celius greater than it would be in the absence of the natural greenhouse effect
http://youth.wmo.int/content/what-are-greenhouse-gases

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The Greenhouse Effect
In 1824 the French mathematician and physician Jean-Baptiste Fourier writes in his scientific paper Mémoire sur les températures du globe terrestre et des espaces planétaires about the global thermal budget, an effect which he called effet de serre and which can be translated as Glasshouse or Greenhouse Effect. Since then, Fourier has been regarded as the discoverer of this phenomenon. The Greenhouse Effect can be separated into two components:
the natural Greenhouse Effect: an effect which occurs due to the natural composition of a planetary atmosphere, where no greenhouse gases have been added from outside. This effect is necessary in order make life on Earth possible. A simple calculation shows that without the greenhouse effect the average surface temperature on our earth would be 6°C instead of 15°C.
the anthropogenic Greenhouse Effect: an artificially generated Greenhouse Effect caused by human intervention which fuels the natural Greenhouse Effect by the additional emission of greenhouse gases like CFC, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides.

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This is a video to introduce us to module 3 with the purpose to explain us what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint and to contribute to the climate change

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https://robotics.nasa.gov/edu/k-5.php

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This is an interesting article about women globally that have followed the career of meteorologist .An article contributed by https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/bulletin/women-meteorology

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http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/climate/climate-change/toolkit/ff/CarbonFootprintR2014.pdf

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This is an article that presents the profession of Hydrologist in details .specifically ,WHAT DO A HYDROLOGIST DO ,where does he work and what is a typical hydrologist salary .
https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/hydrologist

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LEO is a network of local observers and topic experts who share knowledge about unusual animal, environment, and weather events. With LEO, you can connect with others in your community, share observations, raise awareness, and find answers about significant environmental events. You can also engage with topic experts in many different organizations and become part of a broader observer community.

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http://www.leonetwork.org/en/docs/about/about
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The learning objectives for Module 1 are:

1. Become familiarized with the properties of the planet Earth, Earthâ€™s movements and seasons

2. Explore ICT tools to teach about the properties of Earth

3. Explore and experiment with teaching activities

4. Understand aspects of gender balance, cultural diversity and how to get students engaged in these topics

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Glossary: global threats to biodiversity

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Glossary: global threats to biodiversity

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This link contains all the basic vocabulary that we need to know in order to understand global health articles and discussions
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/science-engineering-partners/cas-biodiversity/why-is-biodiversity-threatened/biodiversity-global/a/glossary-global-threats-to-biodiversity

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The importance of Water on Life (article )

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The importance of Water on Life (article )

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https://www.livestrong.com/article/134084-why-is-water-so-important-life-earth/

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This video shows some representative species that have successfully adapted in climate change

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCKRjP_DMII

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a) Biodiversity on Earth
“Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth or some specified geographic area of the planet; the diversity of life occurs at the genetic level, at the species level, at the ecosystem level, and in evolutionary lineages” (Source). In other words, biodiversity is the variety of plants and animals living on Earth, carefully playing their important parts in keeping and supporting the balance of nature. Think of the Earth as a perfectly tuned machine with plants, animals and climates as gears all working together. If one tiny part of this huge machine behaves differently, the global changes are unavoidable. Learn about what is biodiversity and why it is so important in the videos below.
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErATB1aMiSU Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK_vRtHJZu4

The diversity of species is not evenly distributed throughout the planet because life depends on factors such as temperature, altitude, precipitation, soil, the presence of other species and geography. So, how climate change in different parts of our planet can affect biodiversity? It can trigger evolution process that can happen in a shorter timeframe!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCKRjP_DMII

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Part 1 Module 2 The learning objectives for Module 2 are:

1. Become familiarized with Earth’s climate and weather, and become aware of climate change and the importance of natural resources

2. Explore ICT tools to teach about the weather, climate, and causes of human impact on natural resources

3. Explore and experiment with teaching activities

4. Understand aspects of gender balance, cultural diversity and how to get students engaged in these topics

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2.1 Introduction to subject matter
We start Module 2 with an introduction to the topics of climate and weather, climate types, climate change, biodiversity on Earth, and human impact.

In the following document, you will find:
Interesting videos;
Easy to use classroom activities to teach these topics
Additional material you can use to catch-up on the subject or just share it with your students!

Here is an interesting video about the weather and the why is it so important to plan our lives based on a weather forcast
https://youtu.be/fdErsR8_NaU

https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/home.html How to classify clouds into species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_severe_weather_phenomena
This is a link of Wikipedia explaining in details severe weather phenomena