Climate Change
Essential Questions:
What is the cause of climate change?
What action can we take to stop it?
Vocabulary:
global change, global climate change, global warming
Greenhouse effect
greenhouse gasses,
Positive and negative feedback loops
Wetland peat, permafrost, methane hydrates,
Historical data and past causes of climate change
Vostok ice core, Milankovitch cycles
Combating Climate Change
Carbon capture and sequestration, Kyoto Protocol, carbon taxes, cap and trade, IPCC, Kigali ammendment
Media:
Overview of unit with
corresponding pages in textbook:
What is climate change? (518-519)
The greenhouse effect (519-523)
Sources of Green house gasses (523-525)
History and future of climate change (525-534)
Feedback loops (524-535)
Consequences of climate change (535-539)
Combating climate change (539-542)
Classroom presentations:
1 - Intro (studying, causes, evidence)
Explanations and evidence of climate change
Explanation of greenhouse effect (video)
Good explanation of various causal factors
The role of water as a greenhouse gas
Consequences of Climate Change
The Changing Carolina Coast - WUNC
Zika Virus and Climate Change - LA times
The effect of bird poop on climate
Anti climate change propaganda
10 facts and 10 myths about climate change
Video
The last time the earth warmed
Wedge activity
Explanation of wedges (powerpoint)
Assignment:
Climate change: Science vs propaganda
Wedge project
Answers to end of module questions:
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Chapter 19, Module 64
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End of chapter questions
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