Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students read a New York Times article and investigate a variety of emissions that contribute to global warming. They participate in a mock international summit in which they present recommendations for reversing the global warming trend. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students identify the role of government in protecting the environment, and participate in a game where they run a profitable or unprofitable power plant in changing market conditions. They summarize the pros and cons of emissions credit trading. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students demonstrate use of an Emission tube power supply, a diffraction grating, and a scientific calculator to determine the different wavelengths of light. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students investigate the emission of greenhouse gases by industrialized nations. They present their findings in a simulated international global warming conference. They then whether or not the United States should take part in the international climate accord and write an essay supporting their views. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
- Rating
Studentsexplore about the One-Tonne Challenge, and work out how they could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by one tonne, through individual actions and by influencing other people. Students use a GHG emission table to select actions to help them reach the one-tonne reduction goal, then develop a motivational plan to help themselves and others stick to their reduction plans. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students evaluate a strategy for Iowa emission reductions. They study the emission sources and the scale of each source and invent an image of what Iowa's emission profile looks like, to learn that there are several sources of emission and to realize that there are more activities that lead to greenhouse gas emissions than just energy consumption. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
- Rating
Students brainstorm the campus links to global warming. Students pick topics for individual or group research. Students develop a research plan. Students keep good records and report their progress. Students report findings both orally and written. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students develop a population density visualization chart to begin the lesson. In groups, they use this information to compare to rates of carbon emissions for their country. They identify solutions to the problem and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students explore technologies available to reduce carbon emissions. In groups, they develop a plan that is physically possible and politically acceptable to reduce carbon emissions. Students discuss their ideas and share the information with the class. In teams, they create a stabilization triangle and play a game to explore carbon mitigation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students discuss how increased atmospheric concentrations of heat-tapping gases warm the atmosphere. They predict what is happening to global temperatures if atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases increase. Students identify sources of heat-trapping emissions. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share