Great lakes climate change curriculum greenhouse gases objectives. Feb 22, 2015 detailed lesson plan in science vii greenhouse 1. Any process, activity, or reservoir that releases a greenhouse gas ghg into the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is one of the things that makes earth a comfortable place to live. Books, articles, and other resources students can use to research sources of atmospheric. Scientists think that the things people do that send greenhouse gases into the air are making our planet warmer.
Earth isnt actually inside a greenhouse, but our atmosphere traps the suns. These heattrapping gases are called greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect in a planetary atmosphere is similar to the heating of a gardeners greenhouse or the inside of a car left out in the sun with the windows rolled up. The teacher may even want to act out the activity from day one again. The biggest components of the atmosphere, nitrogen and oxygen. Understand that carbon dioxide gas is a greenhouse gas whose increased concentration.
At the end of the activity, bring the learners back together as a group and discuss what they learned. Modeling the greenhouse effect, students will complete a lab that demonstrates the greenhouse effect and will discuss the results of the lab. The greenhouse effect keeps earths climate comfortable. Infrared light is what you feel as heat from heat lamps used in restaurants to keep. Students observe demonstrations, and build and evaluate simple models to understand the greenhouse effect, the role of increased greenhouse gas concentration in global warming, and the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves and the earth.
It is important that some kind of student product is collected at the end of the cycle, even if it is something as simple as scientific team group written. The curriculum comprises seven units that reflect relevant issues of concern to a greenhouse. This concept can be demonstrated by lining up a row of dominos and tapping the first domino so it falls, initiating a chain reaction that causes all the dominos to fall. Students simulate a portion of the greenhouse system using carbon dioxide.
In this experiment, we are going to wilt a plant and melt some chocolate in a parked car. Lead a class discussion about what the students know and want to know about the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases. The evidence that human activity has increased the amounts of these gases. After completing this activity, students will understand that.
A questions and answers about greenhouse warming policy. Explain the effect of carbon dioxide on the absorption of heat in the atmosphere. The socalled greenhouse effect is essential to maintaining a climate that is hospitable to life on earth, as we know it. The amount of greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere can be adjusted through time, and the longterm effects can be investigated. Students will be able to compare and contrast light photons and infrared photons. Understanding the greenhouse effect grades 5 6 description. Interactive physics ebook design of energy resources to optimize. Noaa research greenhouse effect page 1 greenhouse effect student activity book i. This process makes earth much warmer than it would be without an atmosphere.
The study was descriptive in nature and reflected a crossage design involving the collection of qualitative data from 51 secondary students from three different schools in the midwest, usa. Of those gases, known as greenhouse gases, water vapor has the largest effect. Without it the temperature of the earth would drop alarmingly. The greenhouse effect and global warming learning to give. Greenhouse gases are gases in earths atmosphere that trap heat.
When you start the greenhouse effect or use,the earth temperature is reset to cold and light photons start coming from the sun. Tell them that they will be asked to go home and explain the greenhouse effect and global warming to a family member using their diagram as part of a homework assignment. Even a little extra warming may cause problems for humans, plants, and animals. Without it, the earth would have extremely hostile temperatures like those on the moon. Explain to the class the the greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process that helps keeps the earth warm. In the module activities, students conduct virtual experiments with a visualization of the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect the environmental literacy council. Phet sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, gamelike environment where students learn through exploration and discovery. Student activities activity 1 fleet science center. Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide co2 and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earths surface.
The greenhouse effect is a warming of earths surface and the air above it. The questions in this activity involve decimal numbers. Greenhouse effect howard hughes medical institute animated lecture on the greenhouse effect experiments and projects earth on fire national aeronautics and space administration activity to calculate and compare the amount of co2 released in the atmosphere by fossilfuel burning and the actual increase of atmospheric co2. Human activity will continue to affect our atmosphere so we need to make major changes to the way we live on this earth. In an associated literacy activity, students learn how a bill becomes law and research global warming legislation. Have students create a diagram depicting the greenhouse effect using paper, markers, etc. Mar 26, 2019 a domino effect is a chain reaction that occurs when one small action or change sets off a series of actions or changes. But if the greenhouse effect becomes stronger, it could make the earth warmer than usual. Greenhouse effect learning objective e n g a g e 1 0 m i n u t e s 1. The greenhouse effect happens because of socalled greenhouse gases, which include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and others. In this way, they act like the insulating glass walls of a greenhouse.
We need the energy from the sun to survive, but too much of a good thing can be bad. The revised edition of greenhouse operation and management is designed as a semester course for 11th and 12th grade students who are interested in various aspects of greenhouse production. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. Student directions the greenhouse effect activity lorado. Apr 23, 2020 the greenhouse effect is a process that occurs when gases in earths atmosphere trap the suns heat. Copies of the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases diagram procedure. In order to understand greenhouse gas, we must first understand the larger concept of the greenhouse effect. Page keeley and laura tucker digital resources are stored online in your nsta library the purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students ideas about the greenhouse effect.
Fio, level 4, number sense, book two, the greenhouse effect. These data were analyzed for content in an inductive manner to identify. Nov 05, 2012 from droughts to monsoons and extreme weather patterns, climate change may be easy to see and feel, but the issues surrounding it are often far more complex. Without it, surface temperatures would be cooler by about 33 degrees celsius. Participate in group brainstorming sessions and class discussions related to the impact of the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Lesson objectives by the end of this lesson, students will. Introduction the greenhouse effect is an increase in the average temperature of the earth. This article describes both the natural greenhouse effect and the increase in the greenhouse effect due to human activity, denoted here the intensified greenhouse effect. Students setup and take data on the greenhouse models. The greenhouse effect on natural systems, student workbook. Clear plastic can also serve these same two functions. At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to. A domino effect is a chain reaction that occurs when one small action or change sets off a series of actions or changes. As students complete greenhouse escape, students should fill out the greenhouse effect handout.
Noaa research greenhouse effect page 1 greenhouse effect activity key i. Greenhouse effect student activity book noaa research. Assist students as needed during game play, pause playlist if you need to address content or questions to entire class. The greenhouse effect in a jar in this introductory lab activity by the franklin. Design experiments to observe how clouds change the photons behavior design experiments to. The greenhouse effect goodreads meet your next favorite book. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the concerns together. When materials like glass and plastic let sunlight, but not heat, pass through them, this. After completing this investigation, students will be able to. Form definitions of the greenhouse effect based on prior knowledge, class discussion, and viewing diagrams. You might want to use the speed, pause, and step tools to help you watch the photon and temperature changes. In addition to the greenhouse effect concept, the lab will reinforce the scientific method, data collection, modeling, and graphing. Identify what happens to light photons when they get to earth and why the temperature of the earth and its atmosphere changes.
Within this simulated region of land, daytimes rising temperature and the falling temperature at night can be measured, along with heat flow in and out of the system. The activity leads them through several interactive tasks to investigate recent trends in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Student choice greenhouse effect modeling or carbon as a. Greenhouse effect, a warming of earths surface and troposphere the lowest layer of the atmosphere caused by the presence of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and certain other gases in the air. Modeling our future climate in this video, students see how data from the ice core record is used to help scientists predict the future of our climate. This trapped heat helps in controlled growth of plants.
Help students to identify ways that could help slow down global warming during. Nsta science store the greenhouse effect book chapter. Have students draw the same chart on a piece of paper. First, glass allows the maximum amount of sunlight into the building. To help the students to work with understanding, encourage them to look at the relationships between the rates of growth of the control plant, plant a, and plant b. Greenhouse effect teaching box ucar center for science. California education and the environment initiative.
Some of the gases in earths atmosphere act like the glass in the car windows. Students will learn how greenhouse gases temporarily trap heat within earths atmosphere, warming our planet via the greenhouse effect. In this activity, students dig deeper into the greenhouse effect and explore natural and human caused. The greenhouse gases students should then each trap one heat student.
The purpose of this study was to investigate students conceptions of the greenhouse effect, global warming, and climate change. Review the graph below and consider the information as you write. In these examples, the window glass plays the role of greenhouse gases, letting sunlight in but reducing the outward flow of heat radiation. It happens because certain gases absorb infrared heat that would normally be radiated into space. Teaching the greenhouse effect the ui center for global. Greenhouse gases let the suns light shine onto the earths surface, but they trap the heat that reflects back up into the atmosphere. In light of the discussion above of the greenhouse effect, it is apparent that the temperature of earths surface and lower atmosphere may be modified in three ways. This is a very short and simple ecology lab activity in which the student will model the greenhouse effect. Relate the concept of greenhouse to the increasing temperature of earths atmosphere. Second, glass prevents heat produced in the greenhouse from escaping.
Students watch a short video on the greenhouse effect, and answer some questions. Identify solutions to minimize the effects of global warming. Normally, this radiation would escape into spacebut these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the. Global warming questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on global warming. Greenhouses are made almost completely of glass for two reasons. The most common greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane. Co2 and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and. Scientists say that unless we curb globalwarming emissions, average u.
From droughts to monsoons and extreme weather patterns, climate change may be easy to see and feel, but the issues surrounding it are often far. Without the greenhouse effect, earth would be too cold for life to exist. Founded in 2002 by nobel laureate carl wieman, the phet interactive simulations project at the university of colorado boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. They let in solar energy and block or absorb infrared energy.
Prior to the viewing of segments of the film and this activity students had to write any and all information about what they knew concerning global warming and the greenhouse effect. This activity from noaa earth system research laboratory introduces students to the scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. It is caused by gases in the air that trap energy from the sun. Students conceptions about the greenhouse effect, global. I the greenhouse effect on natural systems i student workbook 3 considering climate change lesson 1 page 1 of 2 name. In this activity, students use the absorption spectra of greenhouse gases to explore the nature of the greenhouse effect. Teaching the greenhouse effect it is true that there are other factors such as volcanic activity, variations in the earths orbit and axis, the solar cycle, yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to. Free global warming activities and classroom resources. The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide co2, methane ch4. Students design a small model to demonstrate the greenhouse effect. Students explore the greenhouse effect through computer simulations and then dive deeper learning how the greenhouse effect works via readings and videos online. Get students to understand the concept of global warming.
In a greenhouse, the suns heat can come in but cannot go out. A car parked in the sun on a hot day is a great model of the greenhouse effect. This activity mirrors how a greenhouse works, but its not exactly the same as the greenhouse effect that is taking place in the earths atmosphere. Pdf using interactive technology to support students. Once the earth has been warmed by the shortwave solar energy, excess heat is radiated back into the environment as longwave infrared radiation.