Theme-Based Resources

“Understanding Climate,” the theme of Earth Science Week 2009, was selected to promote scientific understanding of a timely, vital topic: Earth’s climate. Use these sources as a way to help you plan your Earth Science Week 2009 events.

“Understanding Climate” General Links:

• USGS Climate Webpage
• NASA Climate Webpage
• NOAA Climate Webpage
• NOAA's Climate Prediction Center
• Environmental Protection Agency Climate Webpage
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Department of Energy Climate Webpage
• NSTA Climate Activities
• DOE Lesson Plans for Teachers
• Polar TREC
• Polar TREC Learning Resources

State By State Links:

• American Association of State Climatologists
• Alabama State Climatologist Office
• Alaska State Climate Center
• Office of the Arizona State Climatologist
• Arkansas State Climatologist
• California State Climatologist
• Colorado Climate Center
• Connecticut State Climate Center
• Delaware State Climatologist Office
• Florida Climate Center
• Georgia State Climatology Office
• Hawaii State Climate Office
• Idaho State Climate Services
• Illinois State Climatologist Office
• Indiana State Climate Office
• Iowa Climatology Bureau
• Kansas State Climatologist Office
• Kentucky Climate Center
• Louisiana Office of State Climatology
• Maine State Climate Office
• Maryland State Climate Office
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation
• Michigan State Climatologist's Office
• Minnesota Climatology Working Group
• Office of the Mississippi State Climatologist
• Missouri Climate Center
• Montana Climate Office
• Nebraska State Climate Office
• Nevada State Climate Office
• New Hampshire State Climate Office
• Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist
• New Jersey Global Warming Website
• New Mexico Climate Center
• New York State Climate Office
• State Climate Office of North Carolina
• North Dakota State Climate Office
• State Climatology Office for Ohio
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• Oregon Climate Service
• The Pennsylvania State Climatologist
• South Carolina State Climatology Office
• South Dakota Climate and Weather Office
• Texas Climate Center
• Utah Climate Center
• Vermont State Climate Office
• Climatology Office of Virginia
• Office of the Washington State Climatologist
• West Virginia State Climate Center
• Wisconsin State Climatology Office
• Wyoming State Climate Office

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) links:

• IYPE Main Site

Other Resources:

• Association of Science-Technology Centers
• Global Climate Change Research Explorer

For classroom activities for Earth Science Week 2009, Click here!

Past theme-based resources pages