- January 8&9 - Completing Experiments for Climate Hypotheses
January 13&14 - Presentations of Climate Experiments
Friday, January 17 - Climate Unit Test
NOTES AND HOMEWORK - Check this page for notes posted for review before class or seatwork/homework assignments for those who lost the handouts provided in class.
INQUIRY DRIVEN UNIT
Student Booklet - folder of all forms given out day 1 including the checklist with all other links.
Dry Labs - folder of all labs and worksheets NOT for Submission
LAB ASSIGNMENTS: Labs assessed this year (2018) are:
Topic Sign up and Summary Sheets
1 - Climatographs - section 8.5 in Nelson Science Perspectives 10
3 - Dendrochronology Lab - Christmas Tree Lab
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND TERMS - Click here to get the updated review sheet for the 2019 Inquiry Driven Unit.
TEST MATRIX - Click here to get the mark breakdown by topic for the 2019 unit test
BELOW ARE LINKS AND FILES NOT USED IN 2018
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS POSTERS SUMMARY:
Three of your classmates put together an excellent summary of the impact poster for Ontario. Definately check this out before the quiz and exam!! Link below "Impacts Poster Summary.doc". Click HERE is you need a copy of the questions for your poster summary
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS - Research Assignment posted HERE get the Rubric HERE
- Sign up for your topic on line here
- Check out the sample presentation from Katie M and Emily M 2013
A great exemplar of this debate is available from this student link.
Solar influence or Greenhouse gases debate
Remember that you are being assessed on the PROCESS of your research equally with the PRODUCT you create for your presentation.
Files from Miss Stassen - for a different look at many of these topics, check out the notes prepared by a previous student teacher
Relevant Articles for Climate Research
Cosmoclimatology - Svensmark, 2008 - How does an increase in solar activity combine with other forces in space to increase the temperature on the Earth?
Moderate Warming - Can global warming be accounted for through "Natural Variability"? This author thinks so.
Paleoclimatology From Pebbles - find out how climatologists are
learning about the past by studying soil buildup on tiny pebbles
Converting Atmospheric CO2 to useful Methane - Check out what researchers in California are doing with reversible reactions and catalysts
Extreme Weather - Check out THIS ARTICLE on the 1935 Labour Day Hurricane
Possible Upsides of Climate change. Not all climate change impacts are universally negative.
Important Documents
*Documents are attached at the bottom of this page*
Unit Outline - "2D Dynamic Climate STUDENT unit chart" has text references and timelines for when each topic will be covered in class.
Climate Review - A breakdown indicating important terms and giving suggestions on question types you might see. Organized by topic.
TEST BREAKDOWN - The file below "2D Climate Test Matrix.xls" outlines how many marks each topic will have on the test as well as which types of questions.
WEB LINKS -
1 - Climate Data - A great place to start when looking for a variety of climate data sets.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/paleolast.html
https://climate.nasa.gov/ - Nasa Quick read stats on current climate variables.
https://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate-time-machine - Bioclimatic Profile of the globe showing temperature differentials against century based average
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/the-science-of-earths-rising-seas/ - Rising sea levels and climate change data and models from NASA
Canadian Geographic INFOGRAPHICS - topical graphics to use for research springboards or activities
2 - IPCC Publications Page - These folks have already sorted through which publications are relevant and what they all mean. Start here to find WHO is actually doing this research.
http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm
3 - Canada Center for Remote Sensing - lots of data and information on climate, ice coverage etc. Basically anything that can be observed about the surface of the Earth from space. http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/
4 - Environment Canada - a host of web pages on various weather and climate topics
5 - Physics.org - a repository of new studies about climate and climate change. Mostly well cited and peer-reviewed studies.
6 - Lindsay & Emily's Blog - How are trees responsible for increased CO2 increases? www.deforestationgenious.blogspot.com
ANIMATIONS AND WEB LINKS
Greenhouse Effect Demonstration -
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=The_Greenhouse_Effect
Carbon Cycle Interactive Diagram - See how sources and sinks of carbon move this element through its cycle.
VIDEOS
Toilets and the Coriolis Effect - Explained - 5 min Veritasium
BIOCLIMATIC PROFILE - see this NASA animation of how climate change has driven changes in vegetation for the past 20 years.
Ancient Weather - Killer Climate - Looking at Catastrophic climate changes in Earth's History
Coriolis Effect and Hurricanes - Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses how Hurricanes form and the role of the Coriolis effect in determining the direction of airflow!
National Geographic Videos - a collection of free videos on various topics
NY Times on IPCC 2013 report - preview of the 5TH IPCC report
Last Week Tonight - Bill & Carbon Tax