Washington State University
Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Are Greenhouse Gases?
A question posed by a ten-year-old from Bolivia: What exactly are greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect? Dr. Universe finds an answer from Washington State University's Brian Lamb.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How greenhouse gas levels can be reduced.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How greenhouse gas levels can be reduced.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Warming
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How global warming is affecting the Earth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Warming
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How global warming is affecting the Earth.
Read Works
Read Works: Can the Amazon Be Saved?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Read Works
Read Works: Holy Cow!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about methane created by cows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using the scientific method to address and investigate questions.
Community Learning Network
Community Learning Network: Global Warming/climate Change Theme Page
A large collection of web resources on the topics of global warming and climate change. Some links may be broken, as the site is no longer actively maintained.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Climate Patterns, Causes, and Effects
This interesting site examines climatic changes over the last 10,000 years, temperature changes over the last 100 years, causes of global warming, and the effects of global warming.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Chemistry of Burning
In this activity, students use pipe cleaners and foam balls to build a model of a hydrocarbon molecule. They then modify it to demonstrate the chemical reaction that happens when the hydrocarbon is burned.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Gases
Do you understand the relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? This computer model shows factors such as clouds and carbon dioxide that could cause global temperatures to rise. Students investigate how the...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide
Explains what carbon dioxide is, where it is found, sources of it, and describes human activities that contribute to carbon depletion and increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Updated: February 22, 2013)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Climate Sensitivity Calculator
This simple calculator allows you to play around with the relationship between atmospheric CO2 concentration and average global temperatures. This is called climate sensitivity.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical cycles happen when individual elements are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. Two examples are the Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Cycle. Read an explanation of biogeochemical cycles and view a diagram of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Growing Appetites, Limited Resources Quiz
Try this quiz about energy demand and resources.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Greenhouse Gases
Polar scientists offer an article identifying the research and observations made on greenhouse gases. Why is there so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today? Scientists work diligently to determine the causes and effects of these...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Networked Beauty of Forests
Deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined. Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks- and how those...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Stabilization Wedges Game
A team-based exercise that teaches players about the scope of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and help steer Earth away from climate change.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Carbon's Travels
A collection of images which shows the effects of too much carbon in our atmosphere There are also some promising carbon-reducing images as well.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Outdoor Air Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Air pollution is due to chemical substances and particles released into the air mainly by human actions. This pollution affects entire ecosystems around the world....
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Southern Ocean Carbon Sink Filling Up Fast
From ABC News in Science, Deborah Zabarenko's article explores the rising danger of the amount of carbon dioxide currently filling up the southern ocean around Antaratica.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
Discusses greenhouse gases and how they affect climate change. [May 7, 2010]
Other
Greenpeace: Stop Climate Change
Greenpeace offers an in-depth look at climate change (or global warming). Content includes a look at the cause of climate change, the scientific evidence that supports it, the problems that occur during climate change, foreboding...