Global Warming: Information
EPA
Global Warming for Kids
Good definitions,
clear explanations and a few games make this a teacher favorite. A little
heavy on text, but nicely presented. Some students may get lost clicking
on all the links, but the left navigation bar can help them find their
way back. Students can learn a lot here. Definitely a must see site for
those students doing research on this topic.
Earth
& Space Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and
the water cycle
Life Sciences: Standard 6: Understands relationships among organisms and
their physical environment
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Geography Standard
18: Understands global development and environmental issues
Global
Warming: Fact vs. Myth
This site from the
environmental watchdogs, Environmental Defense, is from 1999. It does,
however, provide good reading for understanding the environmentalists'
position on global warming. Since this article does not provide data to
support their facts (or at least doesn't give any links to let us really
look at the data), students may want to look for data to substantiate
or disprove the "facts" presented here. This site provides more
up-to-date information about global warming by going to the main site
and choosing Global Warming from the Issue pull-down menu at the top of
the page.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Life Sciences: Standard 6: Understands relationships among organisms and
their physical environment
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific inquiry
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Global
Temperature Trends
A site that provides
graphs showing changes in global surface temperatures since 1880. Click
on the graphs to see larger versions. Have students interpret the graphs
and come to some conclusions.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Life Sciences: Standard 6: Understands relationships among organisms and
their physical environment
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific inquiry
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Mathematics Standard 6: Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts
of statistics and data analysis
Global
Warming Games
A site that uses
graphics and survey tools to entice students to explore various aspects
of global warming. Requires the Flash plugin to work.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Life Sciences: Standard 6: Understands relationships among organisms and
their physical environment
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Answers
to Sea Level Rise Locked in Ice
This site provides
great graphics and an easy-to-understand summary of the composition of
the Antarctic Ice Sheet and how its melting could contribute to sea level
rise. Appropriate for grades 4-12 as introductory material.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Geography Standard 18: Understands global development and environmental
issues
Mathematics Standard 6: Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts
of statistics and data analysis
The
Impact of Global Warming
Nice short summary
of how rising global temperatures may affect the earth. The quiz is a
fun way to learn some facts.
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Geography Standard 18: Understands global development and environmental
issues
If
The Ice Melts
Animations from NOVA
illustrating the impact of the melting of the West Antarctic or East Ice
Sheet on the U.S., Europe, and Asia. These are definitely "attention-getters"
when talking about the potential impact of global warming.
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Geography Standard 18: Understands global development and environmental
issues
Global
Change
This web site provides
stories, poems and short definitions of different aspects of climate change.
The informational material seems to be at a much higher reading level
than the stories and poems. The stories could be used by students to produce
a play for other students in their school. Students could submit a poem.
Also provides Word Searches and Crosswords on environmental issues.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Life Sciences: Standard 6: Understands relationships among organisms and
their physical environment
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
NASA
Animates Antarctic Ice History
A QuickTime animation
of the shrinking of the Antarctic ice sheet. This is very dramatic and
shows clearly why scientists are very concerned about the effects of global
warming on the Antarctic ice sheet. Accompanying information is appropriate
for grades 5-12.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human action modify the physical
environment
Sinks
for Anthropogenic Carbon
A detailed explanation
with many graphs outlining the role carbon sinks may play in the global
warming scenario. Includes very nice graphs and charts to help explain
earth changes. This material is relatively technical, so is more appropriate
for high school students doing an in-depth project on global warming.
Earth & Space
Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water
cycle
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human actions modify the physical
environment
Interpreting
Ice Core Data
An interactive site
that allows students to see different data superimposed on a graph of
the mean temperature at Summit, Greenland. Questions are asked to help
guide student thoughts. Appropriate for grades 9-12.
Nature of Science:
Standard 11: Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific inquiry
Geography Standard
14: Understands how human actions modify the physical environment
GreenHouse
Gas Online
Many nicely illustrated
articles and up-to-date news on different greenhouse gases and climate
change. Good place to locate current information and descriptions of research
in the area of greenhouse gases and their effect on the earth. Appropriate
for grades 9-12.
Nature of Science:
Standard 11: Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific inquiry
Geography Standard
14: Understands how human actions modify the physical environment
Earth & Space Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes
and the water cycle
Modern
Global Climate Change
An authoritative
look at some current models of global climate change. Some nice graphs
and data in the full version. Appropriate for grades 10 -12.
Nature of Science:
Standard 11: Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific inquiry
Geography Standard
14: Understands how human actions modify the physical environment
Earth & Space Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes
and the water cycle
Climate
Timeline Information Tool
This interactive
website from NOAA tries to help students understand different time scales
used when describing weather and climate. It provides data related to
the different time scales as well as many different images. On Macintosh
System X machines, it seems to work better in Netscape than Explorer.
Appropriate for grades 9-12.
Nature of Science:
Standard 11: Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
Earth & Space Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle
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