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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dimming the Sun

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils collect, interpret and analyze weather variable data. They describe atmospheric variables that affect evaporation. Students create graphs and analyze the information collected.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calculate Your Contribution

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars assess the environmental impact of their transportation choices. They keep a transportation journal and use a website to calculate vehicle emissions for themselves and their class. They evaluate their transportation choices.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat Transfer and Pollution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students perform computer simulations on air dispersion. In this chemistry lesson plan, students calculate energy transfer based on specific heat and temperature change. They explain the causes of smog.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Kyoto Protocol: What Should We Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine why the United States did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol. They develop their own opinion on the Protocol and share them with the class. They also discover how scientific data may be organized to use in a debate.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Will they grow?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds and see how they will grow in a specific temperature and are questioned about different environments and how they think crops would grow there. They form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and then collect...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: The Year 2007 to be the Hottest Ever

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "The Year 2007 to be the Hottest Ever," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Includes background reading and discussion questions. [2:26]
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Greenhouse Effect Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching box provides resources related to the greenhouse effect. It will help you teach how the greenhouse effect warms our planet.
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Energy Balance & Greenhouse Effect Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching box will help your learners understand how conservation of energy determines the average temperature of a planet, including Earth. These activities also illustrate how the greenhouse effect prevents our home planet from...
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today. What happens when you add clouds? Change the greenhouse gas concentration and see how the temperature changes. Then compare to the effect of...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Climate Change: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars study past climate change, explore the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's atmosphere today, and consider human impact on global warming.
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Activity
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learn: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the greenhouse effect, with explanations about Earth's atmosphere gases referred to as greenhouse gases, and the factors that influence the heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse. All information is reinforced...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 5th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes different greenhouse gases and how human actions impact the greenhouse effect.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how greenhouse gases temporarily trap heat within Earth's atmosphere, warming the planet via the greenhouse effect.
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Unit Plan
King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 3: The Chemistry of the Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the third lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It takes a look at how greenhouse gases cause warming and affect Earth's climate. Includes comprehension questions and interactive tools for...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Greenhouse S'mores

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about climate change as they investigate how different materials are affected by a greenhouse effect. The instructional activity and accompanying PowerPoint can both be downloaded.
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Handout
Other

California Air Resources Board: The Greenhouse Effect and California [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article has a brief summary of the causes and possible consequences of the greenhouse effect and global warming. In particular, the effects of the potential climate change in California are highlighted.
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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Seasons and Temperature: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated resource helps young researchers understand what global warming and the greenhouse effect mean.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Greenhouse Effect Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an overview of the greenhouse effect using this study guide.
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Student Guide: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the science behind the greenhouse effect.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the greenhouse effect and how humans affect the greenhouse gas level.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Greenhouse Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what greenhouse gas is, how the greenhouse effect works, and the history of fossil fuel combustion. Causes of other damaging greenhouse gases, including methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluoracarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today.
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Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Kids Crossing: Living in the Greenhouse

For Students 3rd - 8th
This web site provides information about the global climate, Earth's cycles, the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases, ancient climate changes, and climate events and news.