Teacher's Domain: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/6-8/sci/ess/watcyc/lp_global1/index.html

Teachers' Domain; WGBH Educational Foundation


In this lesson, students learn about ways in which scientists study past climate change. These studies involve investigations of ice cores taken from the vast ice sheet that covers Greenland and fossil evidence that parts of the Sahara Desert were once lush and filled with animal species more often associated with the African savanna far to the south. With the help of multimedia interactives and video, they will understand what global climate change is and that it has fluctuated many times during the history of the planet. They will also understand how changing climate affects our lives, learn about greenhouse gases, and consider the events that are causing an increase in the amount of these gases in the atmosphere.

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Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science