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Effects of Ozone Depletion
Explore the causes of ozone depletion and the effect on plankton, algae, plants, amphibians, and humans. Learn how the Montreal Protocol has possibly helped reverse the decline of the ozone layer. Warning: photos of skin and eye damage...
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Ozone Hole - Changes in the Stratosphere
Halting the depletion of the hole in the ozone layer has been one of humanity's happy recoveries from previous damage done to the environment. Meteorology masters muse the Montreal Protocol and examine data on changes in the ozone....
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Understanding the Ozone Hole PowerPoint Follow Sheet
For this ozone worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences while following a PowerPoint presentation on the ozone layer, its depletion, the causes of the depletion and its structure.
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Using Mass Balance to Understand Atmospheric CFCs
Students use an interactive online mass balance model to observe levels of chlorofluorocarbons over the past few years. Students evaluate the influence protocol emissions will have on the future levels of CFCs.
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Ozone Layer
Students read a CNNfyi.com article in order to identify causes of ozone depletion. They compare and contrast the effects of chlorofluorocarbons and bromine on the ozone. They develop a plan to prevent future destruction of the ozone.
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Identifying Ozone Variations over Different Locations
Learners analyze ozone data. In this atmosphere lesson, students will use a NASA resource to gather data for different regions of the Earth. Learners will then create a graph for their data and answer related questions.
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Integrating Environmental Science-Ozone Depletion
In this ozone worksheet, students read about the ozone layer, its make-up and its depletion. They answer three critical thinking questions about ozone and the ozone layer.
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Environmental Issues
In this environmental issues activity, students are given 10 current topics that are problems in our environment today. They complete sentences about each topic by filling in the blanks with the appropriate terms. Some of the issues...
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Ozone Layer Day
In this ozone layer day activity, students read or listen to a passage about ozone layer day, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...
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Throwing Precaution to the Wind Validity of the Precautionary Principle for Solving Climate Change
Students study climate change and come up with possible remedies for it. In this global warming instructional activity students complete and activity and watch a video on climate change.
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The Heat is On
Students investigate climate change. In this current events instructional activity, students research the listed Web sites that include information about the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth. Students discuss how to combat the...