• This resource contains interactive media about the history of climate science, historic measurements of temperature, and gives an introduction to the greenhouse effect. 
• Students will be engaged with readings, data, interactive graphs, read-aloud features, animations, and questions to check for understanding.

Positives

• It is engaging, interactive, and applicable to a diversity of learning styles due to the variety of media presented. 
• It is user-friendly and provides a comprehensive overview of climate history and climate science. 

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be at a high school reading level and have a baseline ability to interpret and analyze data. 
• Students should be able to interpret data and information on timelines, line charts, diagrams, and maps. 
  

Differentiation

• It can be used in a history course to connect the chapters on climate history to other events in human history and the history of human civilizations. 
• The figures and charts are all downloadable and there is a PDF version of the entire webpage. 
  
• At the end of all four sections, there is additional information linked.
• The read-along feature provides highlighted text as the audio file plays, which may be helpful for some learners. 
  
• Other related resources include Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science and Climate Detectives. 
  

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