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    Vostok Ice Core: Excel (Mac or PC) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
    Professor Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College. Based on data of J. Chapellaz, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environment, Grenoble. Archived at: Lamont-Dohert Earth Observatory ( This site may be offline. ) . Starting Point page organized by R.M. MacKay.
    Students use Excel to graph and analyze Vostok ice core data (160,000 years of Ice core data from Vostok Station). Data includes ice age, ice depth, carbon dioxide, methane, dust, and deuterium isotope relative ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Stable Isotopes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
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    Gold Star Panel Review This activity received a gold star rating from a Panel Peer Review.
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    US Historical Climate: Excel Statistical part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
    Activity and Starting Point page by R.M. MacKay. Clark College, Physics and Meteorology
    Students import US Historical Climate Network mean temperature data into Excel from a station of their choice and use Excel for statistical calculations, graphing, and linear trend estimates. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Measurements
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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    The Modern Atmospheric CO2 Record part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
    Bob Mackay, Clark College
    Students compare carbon dioxide (CO2) data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Barrow (Alaska), and the South Pole over the past 40 years to help them better understand what controls atmospheric CO2. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
    Gold Star Panel Review This activity received a gold star rating from a Panel Peer Review.
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    CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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    What Should We Do About Global Warming? part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
    Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus; Robert Thomas, Carleton College
    This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Project
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Public policy , Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Environmental Science:Policy:Global Policy, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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    Engaging Question part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities
    Karl Wirth, Macalester College Course: Dynamic Earth and Global Change 20 students This activity serves a number of functions, including an introduction to the course, a learning prompt that can be revisited ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Climate: Global Warming part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Socratic Questioning:Examples
    Dorothy Merritts, Franklin and Marshall College
    Detailed, annotated example of Socratic questioning for topics of climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Socratic Questioning
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review