American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Greenhouse Effect: Make a Terrarium
Capture the essence of life within your own miniature greenhouse, or terrarium.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Greenhouse Effect
An inquiry lab measuring the effect of carbon dioxide and temperature change in an enclosed environment to simulate the greenhouse effect.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Greenhouse Effect and Surface Radiation
Young scholars will design a controlled experiment to demonstrate the greenhouse effect and the effect of different surfaces on light reflection.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: The Greenhouse Effect a Good Thing?
Rainforests at the Crossroads: Simulate the greenhouse effect by collecting and analyzing temperature data in three conditions: an open beaker, a covered beaker, and a covered beaker into which they breathe. Simulate the sun with a lamp...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Greenhouse Effect Lab
Young scholars measure temperature changes inside soda bottles filled with CO2 and air as incandescent light is shined on them to model the Greenhouse Effect.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
Students can investigate the greenhouse effect on the atmosphere with this simple lesson. The steps are easy and the materials needed are basic.
Other
Niwa: Climate Change, Global Warming, and Greenhouse Gases
Want to learn more about climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases? This web page contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about these. Topics include climate shift, greenhouse effect,...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Is the Greenhouse Effect?
An illustrated explanation of the greenhouse effect.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Greenhouse Effect in a Greenhouse
In this activity, you will use a temperature sensor to relate changes in sunlight to the temperature of the air trapped in a container.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Model Greenhouses
Students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the greenhouse effect. They construct their own miniature greenhouses and explore how their designs take advantage of heat transfer processes to create controlled environments....
PBS
Kqed: What Are Greenhouse Gases and Where Do They Come From?
Use this interactive infographic to learn about sources of the main greenhouse gases. Read facts, figures, and statistics about four important gases in the atmosphere.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Life in a Greenhouse
Use this website to discover how the Earth acts as a greenhouse due to the production of greenhouse gases. Find out what ozone it, where it's found, and even view a video showing the different concentrations of ozone in the atmosphere.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Effect in a Greenhouse
A lab where students will construct their own small greenhouse out of a plastic container, plastic wrap, and different materials to observe the effect this has on temperature. Data is collected, graphed, and saved online to be graded by...
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: What Is the Greenhouse Effect
Find out how Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse, and the effect this has on ecosystems.
NASA
Climate Kids: Greenhouse Effect
Fun website for kids to learn about earth science. Students read about greenhouse gasses and the effect on the environment.
PBS
Greenhouse Green Planet
Why is the earth just the right temperature to support life? The answer is the greenhouse effect, and you can learn more about it using this resource.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Greenhouse Gas (Ghg) Emissions
Earth's atmosphere contains greenhouse gases. Find out what these gases are and where they come from. Also link to other information about how greenhouse gases contribute to climate change.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Greenhouse Gases [Pdf]
Lesson plan in which young scholars observe and contrast thermal properties of three major greenhouse gases. Using simple, readily available materials, students collect temperature change over time for dry air, water-saturated air,...
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 6: Greenhouse Gases: A Closer Look
This is the sixth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It takes a look at the different important greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and some of the ways in which humanity is affecting the atmospheric...
Other
The Greenhouse Effect: Natural and Amplified Warming
This concise resource presents a thorough drawing which simplifies the explanation of the greenhouse effect into six easy to understand steps.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Your Own Greenhouse
Climate scientists around the world study greenhouse gases and the ways they affect global climate. By making a small greenhouse, recreate the greenhouse effect and measure its effect on temperature.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Are Greenhouse Gases?
A question posed by a ten-year-old from Bolivia: What exactly are greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect? Dr. Universe finds an answer from Washington State University's Brian Lamb.
PBS
Quest: How Do Greenhouse Gases Work?
Use this interactive infographic to learn about the function of greenhouse gases, and how they affect heat in the atmosphere.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Made Clear: What Are Greenhouse Gases?
Learn how greenhouse gases help keep the Earth warm.