Hello All, Thank you to everyone for so many good climate change video suggestions. Many people responded requesting a summary of the information. Here are the highlights -sorry for the long list - and numbering is off b/c of pasting. The server would not allow an attachment. I received many good ideas.
Thanks for help! See you in Portland, Jennifer Krumins 1. Check out these sites for thoroughly vetted resources and great videos: http://www.wicci.wisc.edu/climate-change.php http://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/video/ 2. Below is the link to a great video put together by NASA. It's less than six minutes, with good visuals, and clearly presents some of the fundamentals of global warming/climate change. http://climate.nasa.gov/warmingworld/ 3. Here's a short one (~ 8 minutes) but a good one called "The Ecology of Climate Change", which was made by the AMNH--it's focused on boreal region. http://www.amnh.org/sciencebulletins/?sid=b.f.alaska_greening.20100712 It was filmed, in part, at the field experiment where I work. It's definitely science, not advocacy. 4. A great site : http://cleanet.org/ 5. You can try the Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) at cleanet.org. The site has hundreds of educational resources for middle school, high school, and undergraduate students that are both scientifically sound and pedagogically effective. Several of the resources are videos (see http://www.cleanet.org/clean/educational_resources/index.html?q1=sercvocabs__180%3A5). 6. A few quick thoughts: 1. You cannot (and maybe should not?) avoid the implications discussion. The ecological forecast is the one that makes us scientists so worried. 2. You will have a hard time finding "science only" pieces because of the manufactured debate in the US (seems you noticed that ...); the disinformation sources outnumber the fact-based sources in almost all google searches 3. Tried NASA? http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html e.g. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/The_Influence_of_Global_Warming_on_Earths_Systems.html 4. Your one stop source: http://www.climate.gov 7. I did not check to see if these are still good. Also, I don't remember if all fo these are really what you want. I did have them watch some videos of anti-climate change folks and then go look up evidence oftheir claims in journals. Have fun! malcolm PS-although "An Inconvenient Truth" is well done and very good, you get a lot of students who can't get beyond a politician presenting it. In my opinion, the biggest failure of that movie was picking a politician to present it. Required Video: TED Ideas worth spreading, PHotographing climate change http://climateprogress.org/2009/09/14/video-time-lapse-photography-proof-extreme-ice-loss-james-balon-ted-conference/ Required YouTube video: Global Climate Change Panel Discussion. Carnegie Mellon University. Jan 31, 2008. 1 hr 11 min. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9W2xPfFUA http://podcasts.aaas.org/science_podcast/SciencePodcast_091023.mp3 Week 4: Required YouTube video: Polar Bears & Climate Change: Dr. Andrew Derocher. 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRX9_UyUOc Twelve Required YouTube videos (listed in order): The IPCC and Prior Climate Predictions. June 26, 2008. Lecture 1 Link (11 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyuKOtIryis Lecture 2 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTy48p3Vh48&feature=related Lecture 3 Link (11 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk4V0UZ5OAA&feature=related Lecture 4 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orWz_CWel4s&feature=related Lecture 5 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8s2HArt99A&feature=related Lecture 6 Link (11 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6oFA_xJ3g&feature=related Lecture 7 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSDU34Mquq0&feature=related Lecture 8 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1sNBaHx2cw&feature=related Lecture 9 Link (11 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QicG5KE4wIg&feature=related Lecture 10 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNINu4t7z0&feature=related Lecture 11 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMNK_vOkyk&feature=related Lecture 12 Link (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzVoIF7YDs&feature=related Require YouTube video: Climate change and waste treatment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S4teA2l-M 8. Here is my suggestion (and plug for Harvard Forest) for a scientific study on climate change It's more methods, but some simple results are presented as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWCj3JFsZs 9. Here is a great video by Stephen Schneider on the science and distortion of CC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDM3T0-o3r0. Not sure if you want that angle, but it IS a great video! 10. I suggest HBO's Too Hot Not to Handle. It features real scientists talking about the issue. I think it is ~ 1 hr long. The first part talks about what is causing climate change and its consequences and the second part talks about what can be done. You can purchase it through different outlets (i.e. HBO, Amazon) and it may be available as a podcast now. I sometimes use it when teaching a senior level Ecology, however it would be appropriate for the sophomore level as well. 11. I would start with Climate Central, especially the "How do we know?" series on their website. http://www.climatecentral.org/ Good luck and hope it helps! 12. Videos by journalist Peter Hadfield (aka potholer54) on YouTube are good.
