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Topic(s): Greenhouse Gases

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Well-designed animation that allows students to view the molecular structure of greenhouse gases and their absorption spectrum. Animation provides background information to understand the significance ...

Meet the Greenhouse Gases

Topic(s): Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

Stand Alone" resource can be included in a larger lesson or activity focused on greenhouse gases. The cards do not come with a lesson plan but could be used in multiple creative ways such as, trading ...

Technologies that Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Topic(s): Emissions Reduction, Carbon-free Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Mitigation Strategies, Human Responses to Climate, Efficiency and Conservation, Energy Use

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

brief introductions to different clean energy technologies and other ways humans can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Passed initial science review - expert science review pending. This website provid ...

Greenhouse Gas Molecules

Topic(s): Greenhouse Gases, Measurements and Observations, Climate Data

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

real value of this resource is the visualization of the atmospheric concentrations of most greenhouse gases over several decades, from several sampling sites. These different charts are presented as i ...

U. S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chart

Topic(s): Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy Use

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

use is by far responsible for the majority of greenhouse gases. Most activities produce greenhouse gases both directly, through on-site and transport use of fossil fuels, and indirectly from heat and ...

What Is the Greenhouse Effect?

Topic(s): Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

without doing much work to establish the link. While both are caused by increased greenhouse gases, the impact of the atmosphere blocking more heat from escaping does not directly connect to acidifica ...

US Cropland Greenhouse Gas Calculator

Topic(s): Land Use Changes, Anthropogenic Changes, Climate Data, Measuring and Modeling Climate, Climate Impacts

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

students to justify their findings in a scientific report. Understanding the three major greenhouse gases from agriculture and quantifying them is necessary to determine the importance of farm mitigat ...

Energy Choices and Climate Change

Topic(s): Emissions Reduction, Mitigation Strategies, Personal Responsibility, Efficiency and Conservation, Energy Use

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Informal Education

types and amount of energy used and see what effect their decisions have on the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere. The goal is to reduce the greenhouse gases emissions while keeping ...

A Year In The Life Of Earth's CO2

Topic(s): Carbon Cycle, Atmospheric Composition, Measurements and Observations, Measuring and Modeling Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

to see the month-long simulations in specific regions. Would work well when discussing greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, or other emissions. Helps to show how gases like CO2 move in the atmosphere and ...

Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator

Topic(s): Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

project or service learning project for high school students to bring to their community. The greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator can be used to translate abstract measurements into concrete terms ...

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Climate Literacy Principles

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