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* Recommended by the CoVis Program: Learning through Collaborative Visualization -
Enhancing science learning to provide authentic experiences in the practice of science CoVis Program. Review by Dr. Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Director UWM CoVis Project, Assoc Professor, Atmospheric Science
Name of Product: Global Warming: Understanding Greenhouse Gases
Climatologists are making ever-greater progress understanding the Earth's climate and how humans are influencing it. There is now a wealth of information and data available over the Internet on this topic;
as well as considerable debate, confusion, and misinformation on what it all means.
To help get a great start on any climate change studies considering using our brief summary of the evidence and potential consequences (constituting the work of many scientists and studies).
Then consider using our software to quickly gain a solid foundation of the underlying principles and science behind the climate studies so that students develop the understanding needed to make sense of all the news and debates on climate change in the press and over the Internet, and to sort through them from an informed perspective.
Wump World by Bill Peet
The Lorax (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
Janice Vancleave's Ecology for Every Kid : Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun (Science for
Every Kid)
Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming by S. George Philander
Basics of Environmental Science by Michael Allaby
Atmosphere, Climate, and Change (Scientific American Library) by Thomas E. Graedel
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John T. Houghton
Climate Process & Change by Edward Arndt Bryant
The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R. Weart
What's Up With the Weather? by Nova,et,al. Video
A Global Warming? The History Channel Special Presentation
Critical Software Review:
* Recommended by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Software [X] Web-Based [ ] (check one)
Publishing/Parent Company: Seeds Software
System Requirements (Mac/PC): Mac/Win
Subject Covered: Earth Science, Physics
Approximate Grade Level of Appropriate Student: 9-14
Supplemental Materials: Teacher's Guide, labs, activities and answers to
exercises are included with the software. The labs and activities are
quite detailed and well thought-out.
Description: This software provides a hands-on experimental tool for
investigating global warming and the greenhouse effect. Several
background topics are included: irradiation, photons, molecules and
gases. The heart of the program is an atmospheric general circulation
model (GCM), which allows users to vary several important parameters,
including concentrations of various greenhouse gases, cloud cover, and
snow and ice feedbacks. A good tool for demonstrating the complexities
associated with the global warming debate.
Evaluation: Indicate Level 1-10 (10 being highest)
Graphics: 9
Interactivity: 8
Ease of Navigation: 8
Treatment of Subject: 9
Development of Critical Thinking Skills: 8Evidence & Consequences of Climate Change
Book & Video Resource Recommendations
A fictional story about the effects of environmental change. An imaginative and well done look at nature impacted by unnatural change. A good discussion book for the
"Why do we have to know this crowd." Paperback (4-8 yr old readers)
Buy it today!
"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to
get better...It's not." Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned
against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. Hardcover (It is written for childern but its message rings for everyone)
Buy it today!
Good reference with simple experiments to illustrate ecological issues facing our planet. Greenhouse gases and global warming are briefly explored. A good starting point to jump
into a more in depth look at the complex issues. Paperback (9-12 yr old readers)
Buy it today!
Synopsis: This book is science written in a straight forward, nontechnical, language. It is less about global warming theories and predictions and
more about giving the reader an appreciation of how complex and difficult it is to predict global warming.
Much of the book is devoted to providing an overview of the many factors involved in the earth's climatic system, its mechanisms and
actions, and their intricate interplay. Hardcover-Illustrations (secondary school students and above)
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A good overview of the history and issues confronting environmental studies. Allaby is considered one of the gurus for this newcomer science, and a
master at analyzing complex systems and their interactions. A good place to start as he gives valuable insights into reading informational studies and
research with a critical eye. Paperback (secondary school students and above)
Buy it today!
Review: Booknews, Inc. , August 1, 1995 (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or)
The authors describe in clear, accessible language how scientists use clues
embedded in rocks, ice cores, ocean sediment, and tree rings to construct the
story of long-term climate change. Also explored are the causes of long-term
climate change, with an emphasis on the recent human contribution to change;
effects these changes have had on the evolution of life; and scientific predictions
of the future. Plentiful color photographs and diagrams. Paperback (secondary school students and above)
Buy it today!
Synopsis: The author (Sir Houghton), a world-renown expert, is one of the editors of the final assessment reports on climate change made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
This book guides the reader through the scientific basis of global warming studies and the IPCC reports, what is understood,the current predictions,
the uncertainties and consequences, and actions that can be taken to mitigate the impact. Hardcover (high school-college, adult readers)
Buy it today!
Editorial Review: This textbook encompasses the true complexity of climate change. Bryant presents the basic processes behind
climate change and outlines the nature and reasons for the dramatic temperature fluctuations over millenia,
including recent changes partially related to human activity. The effect of climate change upon human health
and the world's ecosystems are discussed.
Paperback (high school-college, adult readers)
Buy it today!
Comments of the author: This book is a history of how scientists came to imagine such things as how a tree could be felled by global warming. "It is a hopefull book. It tells how a few people,
through ingenuity and stubborn persistence came to understand a grave problem even before any effects became manifest.
And it tells how many other people, defying the old human habit of procrastinating until a situation becomes unbearable, began working out solutions."
Paperback (high school-college, adult readers)
Buy it today!
This video is an excellent introduction or supplement for climate change studies. It provides the viewers with many insights into the issues of global warming
and climate change. There is a fine balance in the presentation of the science, the predictions, and the difficulties of altering the course of
human influences. Viewers will gain a better appreciation of why global warming is such a hot issue, widely debated, with very real and possibly very large consequences
for the earth and how we live.
Video (Secondary to Adult viewers). 2Hr, NTSC format (US and Canada only)
Buy it today!
Synopsis: Increased temperatures, sea level rise and human suffering...what's causing the Earth to warm and what might happen if we can't reverse or slow the trend?
Follow climate experts from around the world as they investigate the most dramatic climatic events in history in this no-holds-barred look at global warming and its consequences.
It's a story of unimaginable extremes, mass extinctions and remarkable survival.
Cable TV Programming (Secondary to Adult), Available @ iTunes, 1 Hour and 30 minutes, Copyright 2007
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