Modeling Earth’s Carbon
Modeling Earth’s Carbon Model/Simulation A Model/Simulation to learn about the carbon cycle and carbon dioxide projections based on the observed CO2 concentrations from Land, Ocean and Atmospheric reservoirs. The model includes four RCP scenarios based of fossil fuel emissions: activities on the following topics Business as usual Slower Growth Big Reductions Very Aggressive Students can […]
Modelling the Earth’s Zonal Energy Balance
Modelling the Earth’s Zonal Energy Balance Classroom/Laboratory Activity A laboratory activity to create an energy balance model for planet Earth and obtain numerical solutions for the differential equations in the model. Students will write code (using MATLAB or Mathematica) to model the distribution of the Earth’s surface temperature in response to increasing carbon emissions in […]
Daisyworld – A Model to Explore the Gaia Hypothesis
Daisyworld – A Model to Explore the Gaia Hypothesis Model/Simulation A Model/Simulation to explore the Gaia hypothesis and the concepts of albedo and hysteresis through the example of daisies (living organisms) and their interaction with temperature (climatic factor). Students will configure the distribution of black daisies and white daisies, the albedo for each of these […]
World Petroleum Consumption
World Petroleum Consumption Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/ laboratory activity titled, ‘World Petroleum Consumption’ from Sustainability Math by Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College, USA, to teach integration using a hands-on computer-based classroom activity that includes world petroleum consumption data from 1980 to 2016. This data is provided in an Excel spreadsheet. The classroom activity also includes […]
Differentiation and Wind Energy
Differentiation and Wind Energy Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/ laboratory activity titled, ‘Wind Energy by Selected Countries and World’ from Sustainability Math by Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College, USA, to teach polynomial and logistic differentiation using a hands-on computer-based classroom activity that includes wind energy production data of several countries from 1980 to 2016. This data […]
Teaching Differentiating Functions through Solar Energy Data
Teaching Differentiating Functions through Solar Energy Data Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/ laboratory activity titled, ‘Country Photovoltaic Energy Production’ from Sustainability Math by Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College, USA, to teach differentiating functions – logistic and exponential, using a hands-on computer-based classroom activity that includes data of photovoltaic (solar) energy production of several countries from 1990 […]
Differential Calculus using Methane Data
Differential Calculus using Methane Data Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity for Mathematics teachers to teach about Differential Calculus, specifically, about polynomial differentiation focusing on Tangent Line Problem and Curve Fitting. This activity contains yearly data of the globally averaged marine surface methane from 1984 to 2019. Methane is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions […]
Meteorologist for a day
Meteorologist for a day Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to calculate the mean daily temperature using hourly temperature data and to compare different statistical techniques for determining this value. Students will use a given data set to calculate the mean daily temperature of a location, as determined by a meteorologist. They will also discuss weather […]
Climate Change in the Maths and Statistics Classroom
Climate Change in the Maths and Statistics Classroom Video A video lecture by Rahul Chopra, TROP ICSU and IISER Pune on climate change educational resources that Mathematics and Statistics teachers can use in their classrooms. These educational resources integrate climate change understanding with the core curriculum in Mathematics and Statistics. This video lecture is part […]
Using Polynomial Differentiation to Analyze Global Atmospheric CO2
Using Polynomial Differentiation to Analyze Global Atmospheric CO2 Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to learn and apply polynomial differentiation and to solve tangent line problems for global average CO2 data. Students will observe the trend in increasing atmospheric CO2 levels, infer when atmospheric CO2 levels could cause global temperatures to increase by 2 °C (potentially […]