The Greenhouse Effect
The Greenhouse Effect Model/Simulation An interactive simulation to explore the role of different greenhouse gases in causing the greenhouse effect. This PhET simulation titled, ‘The Greenhouse Effect’ by University of Colorado, Boulder, helps to visualise the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere. Students will learn how certain gases in the atmosphere absorb outgoing terrestrial radiation and […]
Teaching Opportunity Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Teaching Opportunity Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about opportunity costs using an in-class experiment of trading emissions permits for the use of a hypothetical fuel that emits greenhouse gases. Global warming due to greenhouse gas […]
Infrared Spectroscopy and the Greenhouse Gas Effect
Infrared Spectroscopy and the Greenhouse Gas Effect Overview As an undergraduate-level Organic Chemistry teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you teach infrared (IR) spectroscopy and the use of IR spectra to detect functional groups in organic molecules. The lesson plan will help students differentiate between IR active molecules and IR […]
An Introductory Lesson Plan for High School
Climate Change: An Introductory Lesson Plan for High School Overview As a high school teacher, you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts to your students. In this lesson plan, students will be introduced to the basics of climate change, which is one of the most significant issues of our […]
An Introductory Lesson Plan for Middle School
Climate Change: An Introductory Lesson Plan for Middle School Overview As a middle school teacher (for age group 10-14 years), you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts to your students. Climate change can be complex and is often difficult to explain to middle school students. It is especially important […]
An Introductory Lesson Plan for Undergraduates
Climate Change: An Introductory Lesson Plan for Undergraduates Overview As an undergraduate teacher, you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts to your students. In this lesson plan, students will be introduced to the basics of climate change, which is one of the most significant issues of our time. Students […]
NASA Climate Games
NASA Climate Games Game NASA Climate Kids contains a collection of online games such as Coral Bleaching, Meet the Greenhouse Gases, Play OFFSET!, Play Power Up!, Slyder: The Art of Weather, Missions to Planet Earth, Wild Weather Adventure, and Whirlwind Disaster. About Tool Tool Name NASA Climate Kids Discipline Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography Topic(s) […]
NASA’s collection of climate games
NASA’s Collection of Climate Games Game NASA Climate Kids contains a collection of online games such as Coral Bleaching, Meet the Greenhouse Gases, Play OFFSET!, Play Power Up!, Slyder: The Art of Weather, Missions to Planet Earth, Wild Weather Adventure, and Whirlwind Disaster. About Tool Tool Name NASA Climate Kids Discipline Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, […]
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 1
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 1 Reading A reading from the ‘Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change’ by economist Nicholas Stern for the Government of the United Kingdom which contains a compilation of the scientific evidence of human caused climate change, its analysis through economic theory, and discussion on possible alternatives […]
Shadow Price and Social Cost of Carbon
Shadow Price and Social Cost of Carbon Reading A reading titled ‘The Social Cost of Carbon and the Shadow Price of Carbon’ by Richard Price, Simeon Thornton and Stephen Nelson Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), London, that discusses the topics of social cost of carbon (SCC) and shadow pricing of carbon (SPC) […]