Learn more and get involved with these cool tips and tools!
Tips
- Read about the difference between climate and weather, and learn what controls climate.
- Find out what the climate, or average weather, is like in your city or town.
- Learn more about El Niño and how it affects our weather (or watch an animation).
- Learn more about the water cycle, energy cycle and other Earth cycles that affect climate and weather.
- Which Biome do you live in?
- Participate in Earth Science Week (October 11-17) by entering contests or learning about careers in the geosciences
- Join a citizen science project that monitors weather or climate
- Participate in Journey North: Climate Connections by monitoring seasonal changes in your community
An iceberg floating in the Arctic. Photo by James Hannigan, courtesy of UCAR.
Tools
- Climate Kids Corner
- NASA’s Earth Science page and Earth Science Games
- Weather Wiz Kids: Climate
- EPA Climate Change page for kids
- Stories in the Ice (interactive ice core)
- Image of the greenhouse effect
- Carbon cycle game
- Creative Climates – National Geographic activity
- Great Graph Match – matching climates and biomes
- Hot Air Over Hot Water – activities for understanding El Niño (scroll to the middle of the page)
A visualization of a strong El Niño event. Photo courtesy of NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab.