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Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit
Please note that the Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit has been updated; the new version is now available. EPA is maintaining this archive for historical purposes. Thank you for visiting the archived version of the Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit.
A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators
The new Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators is an update of the popular, award-winning Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with seven other federal agencies 1, developed the kit for classroom teachers and informal educators in parks, refuges, forest lands, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, science centers, etc., to teach middle school students about how climate change is affecting our nation's wildlife and public lands and how everyone, even kids, can become "climate stewards".
Teacher's Guide | Case Studies and Student Activities | Frequently Asked Questions| General Activities | Glossary | Wheel Card Calculator | Poster
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Teacher's Guide
- Teacher's Guide (PDF) (2 pp, 102KB, About PDF)
Case Studies and Student Activities
- Caribbean
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.96MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (7 pp, 117KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (11 pp, 425KB, About PDF)
- Desert Arid
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.55MB, About PDF)
– Student Activities (PDF) (26 pp, 406KB, About PDF)
- Eastern Coastline
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.32MB, About PDF)
– Student Activities (PDF) (11 pp, 141K, About PDF)
– Watershed Activity 1 (PDF) (5 pp, 81KB, About PDF)
– Watershed Activity 2 (PDF) (5 pp, 81KB, About PDF)
– Watershed Activity 3 (PDF) (5 pp, 80KB, About PDF)
- Eastern Forests and Woodlands
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.6MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (4 pp, 95KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (5 pp, 101KB, About PDF)
- Great Lakes
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.42MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (3 pp, 75KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (3 pp, 75KB, About PDF)
- Gulf Coast
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 6.58MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (6 pp, 78KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (6 pp, 81KB, About PDF)
- Pacific Islands
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.54MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (7 pp, 86KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (6 pp, 127KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 3 (PDF) (4 pp, 78KB, About PDF)
- Polar/Sub-polar
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 4.65MB, About PDF)
– Student Activities (PDF) (11 pp, 168K, About PDF)
- Prairie Grasslands
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 4.8MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (4pp, 77KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 2 (PDF) (5 pp, 81KB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 3 (PDF) (9 pp, 193KB, About PDF)
- Western Coastline
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 4.41MB, About PDF)
– Student Activity 1 (PDF) (6 pp, 83KB, About PDF)
- Western Forests and Mountains
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– Case study (PDF) (4 pp, 5.9MB, About PDF)
– Student Activities (PDF) (7 pp, 118KB, About PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions
- Climate Change FAQ Sheet (PDF) (8 pp, 1.46MB, About PDF)
General Activities
- Carbon Activities
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– Activity 1 (PDF) (6 pp, 86KB, About PDF)
– Activity 2 (PDF) (5 pp, 82KB, About PDF)
– Activity 3 (PDF) (6 pp, 84KB, About PDF)
Glossary of terms from Case Studies
- Glossary (PDF) (2 pp, 146KB, About PDF)
Wheel Card Calculator
- Global Warming Wheel Card – A hand-held tool that you can use to estimate your household's emissions of carbon dioxide and learn how you can reduce them.
Poster
- Climate Change: How Do You Measure Up? (PDF) (1 p, 923KB, About PDF) – Printable poster showing the planet surrounded by a tape measure and the website for the online EPA Personal Emissions Calculator which helps individuals estimate their own personal greenhouse gas emissions or their family's greenhouse gas emissions.