Videos for Classrooms

There are many great videos on climate change and human impacts on the environment. Here are links to just a few of them:

Geared towards younger students (up to 6th grade):

This video highlights the impact of climate change on wildlife and wetlands.
http://www.globalchange.gov/resources/educators/toolkit/video

For educators with a subscription to the site, BrainPOP has several videos on "Our Fragile Environment".
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ourfragileenvironment/

An animated video of how climate change occurs.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/global_warming_version2.html

Geared towards older students (grades 7 and up):

This video shows how to see the temperature effects of climate change in Google Earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zafRWhrpyCA

Extreme Ice: A 6-part (one hour total) Nova documentary on the rapid melting of glaciers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/program.html

Is global warming making hurricanes more intense?: A NOVA scienceNOW video

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3302/07.html