K-12 Community
COMET and MetEd offer many modules suitable for use in teaching geosciences to students in K-12. As we publish new modules in this category, we'll add them to the list below.
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Featured Modules for K-12
Climate Change and Regional Impacts
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2012-08-14
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: 0 - .25 h
Topics:
Climate
(1 review)This short module is an overview of the different effects climate change produces in different regions of the United States. In addition to discussing impacts already being experienced, the module presents information on how climate scientists use specialized models and ... Read more »
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2012-08-14
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: .25 - .50 h
Topics:
Climate
(2 reviews)This module looks at how increasing temperatures due to climate change have affected sea level rise and what effects scientist expect in the future, given rising greenhouse gas emissions. The various mechanisms of sea level rise are discussed, as well as the tools and ... Read more »
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2012-08-14
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: 0 - .25 h
Topics:
Climate
(2 reviews)This module discusses how a changing climate can also lead to changes in extreme weather events on the local scale. The role of natural variability is also explained. The module describes how climate change can have both positive and negative effects, depending on the ... Read more »
Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2009-05-11
Last Updated On: 2012-12-18
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 2.00 - 3.00 h
Topics:
Climate, Emergency Management, Environment and Society
(0 reviews)This module discusses climate change, particularly as it is currently being affected by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases emitted by human activities. It also covers signs of climate change, how scientists study climate, the current thinking on future changes, ... Read more »
Community Hurricane Preparedness, 2nd Edition
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2010-05-20
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 5.00 - 6.00 h
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Tropical/Hurricanes
(0 reviews)The purpose of this course is to provide emergency managers who face threats from tropical cyclones and hurricanes with basic information about: How tropical cyclones form The hazards they pose How the NWS forecasts future hurricane behavior What tools and guiding ... Read more »
Hurricane Strike!™
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2010-08-24
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: 2-3 h
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Tropical/Hurricanes
(1 review)Designed primarily for middle school students and funded by FEMA and the NWS, this module creates a scenario to frame learning activities that focus on hurricane science and safety. Versions are also available for hearing, motor, and visually impaired students, as well as ... Read more »
Introduction to Fire Behavior: Influences of Topography, Fuels, and Weather on Fire Ignition and Spread
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2002-08-21
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time:
Topics:
Emergency Management, Fire Weather
(0 reviews)This website provides an overview of factors that affect the ignition and spread of wildfire. Information is presented with 3-dimensional graphics and animations as well as audio descriptions and commentary provided by a fire behavior expert. You don't need extensive ... Read more »
Tsunami Strike! Caribbean Edition
Languages: English, Spanish
Publish Date: 2012-02-07
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: 4.00 - 5.00 h
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Oceanography/Marine Meteorology
(0 reviews)Tsunami Strike! Caribbean Edition offers an interactive learning experience in which learners take on the role of a journalist writing an article for a news magazine. Sixteen multimedia lessons on tsunami science, safety, and history are interwoven within the learning ... Read more »
Tsunami Strike! Pacific Edition
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2011-08-23
Skill Level: 0
Completion Time: 3.00 - 4.00 h
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Oceanography/Marine Meteorology
(0 reviews)Tsunami Strike! Pacific Edition is a scenario-based learning experience for kids from middle school through high school (approximate ages 13-17). The scenario tells the story of four main characters at different locations in the Pacific basin who are each impacted by a ... Read more »
Understanding the Hydrologic Cycle
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Publish Date: 2005-11-07
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 1.5-2 h
Topics:
Hydrology/Flooding
(3 reviews)This module helps students gain a basic understanding of the elements of the hydrologic cycle. Making use of illustrations, animations, and interactions, this module examines the basic concepts of the hydrologic cycle including water distribution, atmospheric water, surface ... Read more »
Urban Flooding: It Can Happen in a Flash!
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2001-05-24
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 60 min
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Hydrology/Flooding
(0 reviews)This module features an audio and visual tour of sites affected by the Fort Collins, Colorado urban flood that occurred on 28 July 1997. The tour is led by Matthew Kelsch and includes eyewitness accounts of that night's events from John Weaver. This interactive virtual ... Read more »
Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2006-08-30
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 2 h
Topics:
Environment and Society, Hydrology/Flooding, Other
(1 review)This short course provides broadcast meteorologists with knowledge and instructional materials to help them understand watersheds as our environmental home and to help their viewers understand the relationship between the weather and the health and protection of the ... Read more »
Weather and Health
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2008-11-25
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 2 h
Topics:
Emergency Management, Environment and Society, Other
(0 reviews)This course will help meteorologists and others broaden their understanding of the impacts of weather and climate on public health, including the impacts of heat waves and cold temperatures, winter storms and thunderstorms, flooding, drought, poor air quality, tornadoes, ... Read more »
Weather and the Built Environment
Languages: English
Publish Date: 2008-02-22
Skill Level: 1
Completion Time: 60 min
Topics:
Environment and Society, Other
(0 reviews)This short course provides broadcast meteorologists, educators, and the public with an overview of the evolution of our modern urban environment with a focus on impacts on the urban watershed, air quality, and climate. This course complements the course Watersheds: ... Read more »
