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    Quantum mechanics: Polar spectra part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
    Penny Rowe, NorthWest Research Associates
    Students learn about the greenhouse effect by examining a "forbidden" rovibrational band in the infrared emission spectra of Earth's atmosphere, recorded from the surface at South Pole Station. By ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Chemistry:Physical Chemistry, Physics:Other Sciences:Chemistry, Physics, Quantum Physics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Economics: Sea level rise part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
    Lea Fortmann, University of Puget Sound
    This module is framed from the perspective of a city planner trying to determine how much to spend on a local seawall given different scenarios of sea level rise and the associated storm surge and higher flood ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Sustainability, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
    Learn more about this review process.

    Thermodynamics: Sea ice melt part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
    Penny Rowe, NorthWest Research Associates
    Students learn about thermodynamics topics through calculation of the amount of heat required to melt Arctic sea ice. They start by watching an online animation of changing polar ice with time. They next download ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Physics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Physics:Other Sciences:Engineering
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Economics: Total Economic Valuation of the Arctic part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
    Lea Fortmann, University of Puget Sound
    This module involves students conducting a partial replication of a paper from the peer reviewed journal, Ecosystem Services, that involves estimating the total economic value of ecosystem services in the arctic. ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Economics, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review