Students explore the greenhouse effect in this lesson using a computer simulation and develop a model for how it works.
Context for Use
This is the fourth lesson in the Climate Resiliency Education High School Climate Unit.
Two smokestacks releasing smoke into the air.
Program
Resource Type
Lesson
Topics
High School
Instructional Time
90 minutes
NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea(s)
Published Date
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What Students Will Do
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What Students Will Do
Students will learn that albedo doesn’t explain the worldwide trend of increasing temperature.
Materials
Climate Resiliency HS4 -Teacher Guide
Climate Resiliency HS4 -Student Activity Sheet
Climate Resiliency HS4 -Student Activity Sheet Key
Climate Resiliency HS4 -Slides
Climate Resiliency HS4 - Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
Climate Resiliency HS4 - StatisticsProbabilityStandards
Climate Resiliency HS4 - Wahl ClimChange2007
Climate Resiliency HS4 -Greenhouse Effect Simulation Help
Description
- (5 minutes) Do Now: Reorient students to the storyline.
- (15 minutes) Sharing Initial Ideas Discussion: Generate ideas for today's lesson.
- (14 minutes) Data analysis: Albedo in Colorado
- (5 minutes) Discuss: Return to the Driving Questions Board to determine the missing variable.
- (5 minutes) Brainstorm: Generate ideas for next steps in the investigation.
- (5 minutes) Data analysis: Introduce Greenhouse gasses.
- (25 minutes) Using Models: Explore the PhET Greenhouse Effect simulation and the Concord Conservatory Radiant Energy simulation..
- (15 minutes) Using Models: Create a model on poster paper.
- (15 minutes) Building Understanding Discussion: Debrief on using models.
- (5 minutes) Consensus Building Discussion: Discuss what we've learned.
