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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: The Ultimate Heating Season

For Students 9th - 10th
This article talks discusses the climbing temperature and how it is affecting our lives here on earth. It examines El-Nina, global warming, and the greenhouse effect.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Everyone Counts (Post Assessment)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A post-assessment at the end of a unit on global atmospheric change. Students write persuasive letters about an issue related to it, e.g., the greenhouse effect or ozone loss. The letters encourage the recipient to protect the atmosphere...
Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Molecules and the Properties of Bonded Atoms

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level site goes into great detail about chemical bonding properties, as far as energies, structure, angles, and length. Infrared absorption, the greenhouse effect, and global warming are addressed to exemplify bond length...
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: News: Guide to Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers an interactive guide to climate change, including a sliding scale depicting climate change from 1885 to 2099, animation which explores how the greenhouse effect works, and detailed diagrams exploring the carbon cycle, the...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Introduction to Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is designed to be an introductory activity to climate change. It covers the importance of the atmosphere, the basics of the "Greenhouse Effect" and an introduction to the human contribution to increased greenhouse gases.
Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Greenhouse Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Polar scientists offer an article identifying the research and observations made on greenhouse gases. Why is there so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today? Scientists work diligently to determine the causes and effects of these...
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Greenhouse Gas in a Bottle Demonstration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simple demonstration that is quick and easy to setup and provides dramatic evidence of the effect on temperature of an atmosphere with increased carbon dioxide. [4 min]
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site on climate change includes basic information on greenhouse gas emissions, health and environmental effects, regulatory initiatives and what people can do at home, on the road, at the office and at school to reduce...
Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Potential Changes in Emissions Due to Improvements in Travel Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
An 84-page report from 2011 that addresses the issue of whether changes can be made in transportation to increase travel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Includes many tables and graphs...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming: Graphs Tell the Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine these graphs from the NOVA/ FRONTLINE Web site to see dramatic increases in the temperature of Earth's surface and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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Other

Woods Hole Research Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the issue of climate change. Here you can learn about the greenhouse effect, the scientific evidence to support global warming, the culprits, potential outcomes, what the skeptics don't tell you, and...
Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Greenhouse Gases

For Students 1st - 8th
Learn about greenhouse gases and how they are related to global warming.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Heat Things Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe demonstrations, and build and evaluate simple models to understand the greenhouse effect, the role of increased greenhouse gas concentration in global warming, and the implications of global warming theory for engineers,...
eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: The Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful introduction to the carbon cycle with a diagram and a discussion of the effects of carbon dioxide on the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity from NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory introduces students to the current scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. The activity leads them through several interactive tasks investigating...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Carbon Temperature Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this carbon/temperature interactive model, learners investigate the role of atmospheric carbon in the greenhouse effect using a relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperature.
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Other

Innovate Us: What Is Climate?

For Students 9th - 10th
Climate is the first factor that is considered before visiting a particular destination for your holidays. We all know that climates all over the world are largely different from each other. The specific climate of a region is mainly...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's Really Heating Up in Here!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create and observe a greenhouse effect model and discuss the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves and the Earth.
Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Demonstrating Climate Change and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Demonstration of the greenhouse effect and its role in climate change, discussion of the phases of water and the water cycle, and a hands-on experiment to investigate the role of temperature in phase changes of water.
Website
ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: Efecto Invernadero

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; this page talks about the greenhouse effect and how Argentina is affected.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Effects of Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Air pollution affects all things. It is harmful to our health, and it impacts the environment. Greenhouse gas pollution affects the entire planet.
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces global warming, and the greenhouse effect and the gases contributing to it.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Global Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn how the greenhouse effect is related to global warming and how global warming impacts our planet, including global climate change. Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and how we react to these changes are...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Pov's Borders: Air: Fuel for Thought

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan engages students in a real-life exploration of climate change as it is affected by greenhouse emissions from vehicles. The aim of this activity is for students to realize the impact of vehicle use in their family and to...

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