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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Lesson PlanThe Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Lesson Plan
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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

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Students explain the greenhouse effect. In this global warming lesson plan, students participate in an activity where they experience how greenhouses gases work and how they contribute to global warming. Students complete a diagram depicting the greenhouse effect.

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global warming, climate change, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect

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global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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