SubjectKnowledge

= Climate Change Subject Knowledge =

Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate?


 * ~  ||~ **Subject** ||~ **Key** stage ||~ Description ||~ Comments ||
 * ===Basic science=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * The electromagnetic spectrum || Physics || 4 or 5 ||  ||   ||
 * [|Electromagnetic spectrum2] || Physics || 4 or 5 ||  ||   ||
 * [|Black body spectrum (to look at solar and terrestrial emr)] || Physics || 4 or 5 || Computer simulation that allows users to calculate emr emission for different temperatures. Students could use this to look at the wavelength of emission from the Sun compared with the Earth. ||  ||
 * [|Interactive simulation of the greenhouse effect] || Physics/Geography || 3/4/5 || Haven't tried this! ||  ||
 * ===The climate system=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * The carbon cycle || ? || 3/4 || Investigates the carbon cycle and how humans are affecting it ||  ||
 * [|The carbon question] || ? ||  || Investigates the carbon cycle and how humans are affecting it ||   ||
 * [|More carbon cycle activities] ||  || 3/4 || Several practical activities ||   ||
 * [|A simple model of the Earth's temperature] || ? || 5 || Students can investigate the effect of greenhouse gases, changes in the sun's energy and volcanoes on the Earth's temperature ||  ||
 * [|Ocean acidification] || Chemistry || 3 || A practical showing that disolving carbon dioixde in water increases its acidity ||  ||
 * [|Why greenhouse gases absorb infrared] || Chemistry ||  || Looks at molecular structure of various gases and how structure affects infrared absorption, students make conceptual models of molecules ||   ||
 * [|Climate data from tree rings] ||  || 4 || Pen and paper exercise ||   ||
 * [|Protecting the Earth: how big is your ecological footprint?] ||  || 3 or 4 || Questionaire based activity ||   ||
 * [|Several climate change activities] ||  || ?? ||   ||   ||
 * [|The chemistry of climate change] ||  || 4 || The booklet contains a section for age 14-16 (practicals and paper/internet based)
 * The Greenhouse effect 1 - I don't think this correctly demostrates the greenhouse effect.
 * A simple model of the greenhouse effect - again I don't think this correctly demonstrates the greenhouse effect
 * Is the Earth warming up? - uses internet sources of temperature data
 * Are concentrations of greenhouse gases increasing?
 * Collecting climate data from plants
 * Collecting climate data from ice cores ||  ||
 * [|The chemistry of climate change] ||  || 16-18 year olds || The booklet contains a section for age 16-18 (these are all paper/internet based)
 * The greenhouse effect and global warming
 * Climate change and carbon dioxide
 * Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas
 * Climate feedbacks
 * Paleoclimatology and ice core chemistry
 * Earth surface temperature data ||  ||
 * [|Video] of Ian Stewart's demo of CO2 absoprtion form the "Climate Wars" BBC1 programme ||  ||   || Video of practical demonstration of IR absorption by carbon dioxide ||   ||
 * [|TES] [|Climate change resources] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Teaching and Learning Scotland: [|Exploring Climate Change] ||  ||   || Background information and topical news, no activities here ||   ||
 * [|Schools climate change toolkit], || Cross curricular || 2 and 3 || You can download or order a pack of resources related to energy use and climate change. Lots of emphasis on taking action. ||  ||
 * [|EU Active Learning: sustainable energy for schools] ||  || 6-12 years || Lots of hands-on activities ||   ||
 * [|British Council: Climate4Classrooms] || Geography || ?? || Background and activities: what is climate change, what might the impacts be, a little on global politics and mitigation/adaptation. ||  ||
 * [|Kyoto in the Home (KITH)] ||  ||   || Background information and activities related to sustainable and renewable energy ||   ||
 * [|You climate your life] || Geography and citizenship || 3 (links to 4) and A level || UK climate change maps (uses [|UKCIP 02], this has now been replaced by [|UKCIP 09]). ||  ||
 * [|Cool the world] ||  || 1/2 || Lesson Plans and Ideas ||   ||
 * [|British Council: Climate4Classrooms] || Geography || ?? || Background and activities: what is climate change, what might the impacts be, a little on global politics and mitigation/adaptation. ||  ||
 * [|Kyoto in the Home (KITH)] ||  ||   || Background information and activities related to sustainable and renewable energy ||   ||
 * [|You climate your life] || Geography and citizenship || 3 (links to 4) and A level || UK climate change maps (uses [|UKCIP 02], this has now been replaced by [|UKCIP 09]). ||  ||
 * [|Cool the world] ||  || 1/2 || Lesson Plans and Ideas ||   ||

[|Interactive simulation of a glacier]