Resources for the 2025 Science Olympiad challenge in Meteorology: Climate and climate change
Science Olympiad is a national STEM competition dedicated to improving the quality of K-12 science education, increasing interest and engagement in science, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement by students and teachers. Science Olympiad tournaments emphasize teamwork, problem solving, and hands-on learning practices. For more information about Science Olympiad, visit www.soinc.org offsite link. Here, we share resources from NOAA and our federal partners.
Background information
Climate.gov
Dig into news, blogs, data, and more to help build a climate-smart nation. Climate.gov is a source of timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate.
The CLEAN Network offsite link
CLEAN is the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network. Explore the reviewed collection of free, high-quality teaching materials for teaching climate and energy. The collection includes activities, data visualizations, videos, and more.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. There are background information, data tools, and case studies.
U.S. Global Change Research Program resources
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency federal program that coordinates federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society. Explore their recommended education resources and the whole National Climate Assessment.
Carbon cycle and greenhouse gases education resources
This collection of data, infographics, videos, and more will help introduce the carbon cycle.
Paleoclimatology and carbon dioxide
A brief overview of carbon dioxide over the past 800,000 years with more information on recent years.
NASA: Climate kids
Climate Kids website tells the story of our changing planet through the eyes of the NASA missions studying Earth. Targeting upper-elementary-aged children, the site is full of games, activities and articles that make climate science accessible and engaging.
NASA: Climate change portal
Explore climate change resources from NASA for educators, students, and families.
NASA: Climate time machine
This series of visualizations shows how some of Earth's key climate indicators are changing over time.
NASA: Climate change and fires
This article discusses how fire weather is changing.
NASA: Climate change facts
This website shows evidence and impacts of climate change.
USGS: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) is a partnership-driven program that teams scientific researchers with natural and cultural resource managers and local communities to help fish, wildlife, waters, and lands across the country adapt to changing conditions.
USGS: Climate Research and Development Program
The Climate Research and Development (Climate R&D) Program strives to advance the understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the Earth system, the causes and consequences of climate and land use change, and the vulnerability and resilience of the Earth system to such changes.
EPA: Climate change portal
Understanding and addressing climate change is critical to EPA's mission of protecting human health and the environment. EPA tracks and reports greenhouse gas emissions, leverages sound science, and works to reduce emissions to combat climate change.
USDA: Climate solutions
Read about solutions and adaptations to climate change issues.
USDA: Climate hubs
The Climate Hubs develop and deliver science-based, region-specific information and technologies, with USDA agencies and partners, to agricultural and natural resource managers that enable climate-informed decision-making, and to provide access to assistance to implement those decisions. Explore their education page.
Department of Energy: Climate change
The U.S. Department of Energy's climate change page includes background information, maps, data, news, and a mini-quiz on climate IQ.
Data resources
Climate.gov maps and data
Explore numerous education materials, maps and data related to climate topics. Click across the Data Snapshots, Dataset Gallery, Climate Data Primer, and Climate Dashboard sections to see different data visualizations.
The Climate Explorer offsite link
Delve into historical data back to 1950 and predictive models through 2090 for temperature, precipitation, flooding, sea level rise from the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit.
National Integrated Drought Information System
The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) is a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting, planning, and information at national, tribal, state, and local levels. Explore data, including the U.S. Drought Monitor and the Climate Prediction Center's Seasonal Drought Outlook.
Climate at a Glance
Climate at a Glance, from the National Centers for Environmental Information, shows temperature and precipitation at local, regional, national, and international scales. You can change your parameters to show monthly, seasonal, or multi-year averages. Get started with our tiny tutorial!
Climate monitoring data products
Explore monthly climate reports from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Climate Prediction Center
View real-time products and information that predict and describe climate variations on timescales from weeks to years thereby promoting effective management of climate risk and a climate-resilient society.
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Examine recent, monthly, annual mean, and full record global CO2 data, as well as data from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Change the scale of the graph and find individual point values on the graph by mousing over the point in question.
Sea Level Trends
Explore sea level changes across the globe with annual data from at least 30 years. Arrows indicate whether and to what extent the sea level is rising or falling. You can also view global and regional trends and anomalies.
Sea Level Rise Viewer
Display potential future sea levels and view sea level rise simulations of up to 6 feet at local landmarks on this interactive map. Overlay social and economic data to see the potential impact that sea level rise may have on vulnerable people and businesses.