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Students investigate global warming through initial discussion of recent findings regarding weather patterns. They act as city planning 'committees' concerned with how the trends in global warming affect the agriculture and industries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students form definitions of the greenhouse effect based on prior knowledge, class discussion, viewing diagrams, and participate in group brainstorming sessions and class discussions related to the impact of the greenhouse effect and global warming. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study coral reefs and global warming. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students examine the potential impact of climate change to agriculture, coastal areas, forests, water, and human health. They hypothesize what might happen to a sugar maple forest and hold a debate about global warming. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students use "splash sheets" to brainstorm about global warming. After observing demonstrations about the greenhouse effect, they build models to display its effects on the earth. Then they research legislation related to global warming. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students review the meanings of global warming and global dimming. While watching a video, they take notes on different aspects of the issue. In groups, they develop a list on what can be done to reduce global dimming. They participate in an experiment which they measure and record weather conditions for a specific amount of time. To end the lesson, they determine the various factors that affect evaporation. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students build and evaluate simple models to understand the greenhouse effect. They explore the role of increased greenhouse gas concentration in global warming, and the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves and the Earth. In an associated literacy activity, students see how a bill becomes law and research global warming legislation. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are able to explain the suspected causes of relatively recent climate changes, specifically the observed global warming. They discuss how unusual or extreme global warming disrupts the balance of the earth's geo-spheres. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore hurricanes, the factors that contribute to them, and the role warmer sea surface temperatures may have on them. They perform experiments to observe energy transfer. Students explore the possible causes and effects of global warming. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students view the video "Biomes: The Threat of the Sea." They are asked to define the term global warming. Students use the classroom map, to locate three of the featured areas from the video. They describe how global warming is affecting each location. Students are told that in addition to rising sea levels, higher overall temperatures may lead to storms, drought, floods, and heat waves. Full Review »
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