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How Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere? ActivityHow Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere? Activity
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Colorado State University
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6th - 12th
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How Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere?

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Things are about to heat up in your classroom! A kinesthetic lesson asks learners to play the part of the gases in the earth's atmosphere and interact with the sun's radiation. The focus is to learn the impact of the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases.

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electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic energy, the atmosphere, the earth's atmosphere, solar radiation, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect

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science

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate a graphic organizer to record the behavior of the different atmospheric gases

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  • Requires a specific set of materials and time for set up
  • Expects an understanding of the gases in the earth's atmosphere

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  • Includes photos of the activity to help in planning the lesson
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