What Makes Cities So Hot?

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• Teaching Tips
  The video presents an abstract concept of heat islands. Grounding this information by doing experiments on heat absorbance/reflectance in the classroom and considering local examples of heat islands will help students connect with the ideas presented. This could be used as an introduction video for the urban heat island effect. Students could tell a time when they experience this effect. Students could suggest solutions to this problem. Possible prompts: Why is this problem worse in a city? Why is this a problem that needs to be solved?
• About the Science
  This is a very quick video that focuses on urban heat islands. Some concepts, such as waste heat, may need to be further explained. Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
• About the Pedagogy
  This quick overview of urban heat islands could serve as a jumping off point for a lesson about albedo and how energy is transferred through heat. The video itself is very short but accurately describes the concept of urban heat islands.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  Video length is 0:44 min