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Lesson Plan - Is The Earth's Climate Changing?, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Is The Earth's Climate Changing?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
The main purpose of this lesson is to introduce the concept of climate change and to reexamine the earth as an energy system. The lesson begins by students watching short video clips with different perspectives on global climate change. The class then discusses whether or not they believe the climate is changing and what would count as evidence of climate change. Finally, the class analyzes temperature data from the past 120 years and then the past 1000 years that illustrates how the climate has become warmer over time. In the next lesson, students will explore why that climate change is …
Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Earth Energy System, Center For Urban Resilience
Earth Energy System, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Reading - Climate Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Reading - Climate Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Is The Earth’S Climate Changing?, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Is The Earth’S Climate Changing?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - The Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - The Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
This lesson presents students with a review of the greenhouse effect and the overall energy gains by the earth due to the enhancement of this process. To illustrate the ideas presented, the class will do an investigation logging the temperatures inside and outside of an aquarium, with and without vegetation. The molecular level interactions between light energy and gases will then be presented with a PowerPoint in order for students to better understand the proposed mechanism for the greenhouse effect.
Powerpoint - Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Greenhouse Effect, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - The Greenhouse Effect Model, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - The Greenhouse Effect Model, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - Why Should We Care About Climate Change?, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Why Should We Care About Climate Change?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
This lesson explores the connection between global warming, climate change and weather, with a special examination of the influence of climate change on the changing energetics of storms. The big idea is that global climate change is having a significant impact on a planetary scale and the most visible impact of that is on ocean temperatures. The lesson begins with brainstorming possible effects of global warming and allows students to analyze real weather data. There is special attention paid to how these climate and weather changes may affect students’ own neighborhoods.
Powerpoint - Global Warming, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Global Warming, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Powerpoint - Increasing Temperature, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Increasing Temperature, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Why Should We Care About Climate Change?, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Why Should We Care About Climate Change?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - Where Is The Carbon?, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Where Is The Carbon?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
Students will review the carbon cycle focusing on its qualities as a system. The lesson begins with a class discussion in order to illicit students’ prior ideas about the carbon cycle in terms of where it comes from and where it goes in the earth’s system. Then the teacher presents a PowerPoint presentation that discusses the inputs and outputs of carbon into the atmosphere and stresses the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the various reservoirs on Earth. Students will then simulate the movement of carbon throughout the carbon cycle by playing a game. …
Powerpoint - The Carbon Cycle, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - The Carbon Cycle, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Game Board, Center For Urban Resilience
Game Board, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - How Do Humans Impact The Production Of Greenhouse Gases?, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - How Do Humans Impact The Production Of Greenhouse Gases?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
The purpose of this lesson is for students to consider where they currently obtain their energy from and their subsequent impact on the carbon cycle. The goal is to help students understand that humans extract energy from a variety of sources including carbon based resources (e.g. wood, coal and petroleum). Many of the activities and decisions that humans make everyday impact the amount of greenhouses gases (particularly carbon dioxide) that they produce. The lesson begins by having students compare the energy usage and subsequent carbon dioxide production from an incandescent light bulb and a compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb. Then …
Carbon Calculator, Center For Urban Resilience
Carbon Calculator, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - How Much Difference Can A Bulb Make?, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - How Much Difference Can A Bulb Make?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - Food Choices And Climate Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Food Choices And Climate Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
Students will review concepts of the energy pyramid focusing on the loss of usable energy as it moves through food chains from producers to consumers. These ideas will then be used to explain pricing variations relative to vegetables and meats. Because more land is required to support a pound of animal vs. a pound of plants and there are limits to land that can be used for agriculture, the importance of food choice will be explored. As a concluding activity, students will calculate the distance that food ingredients for a standard lunch. In this way, students will also account for …
Powerpoint - Food Choices And Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Food Choices And Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Google Earth, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Google Earth, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Google Earth - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Google Earth - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Maps, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Maps, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Maps - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Maps - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Lesson Plan - Powering Our City: Exploring Renewable Energy Sources, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Powering Our City: Exploring Renewable Energy Sources, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
The goal of this lesson is for students to explore their greenhouse gas emissions and potential alternative energy sources. Using an online simulation, students explore the economic and environmental impacts of these different sources and recognize that no single alternative energy source will currently provide enough power for a city. However, by combining power from a number of sources, they can minimize the impact on the environment. Students will also discuss the strengths and limitations of this simulation. Finally students will discuss what alternative energy sources might be most viable in their own area.
Powerpoint - Impact Of Trees, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Impact Of Trees, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Reading - Renewable Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Reading - Renewable Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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Student Pages - Powering Our City: Exploring Sources Of Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Powering Our City: Exploring Sources Of Energy, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 03: Energy & Climate Change
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