Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change

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This web page is a module for Grades 6-9 on the processes associated with global climate change. It contains background information on the carbon cycle, greenhouse gas concentration, and explores how human activity has been linked with increased greenhouse gases. Included are seven classroom activities with printable student data sheets.

http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/lea...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Other Sciences - Geoscience Thermo & Stat Mech - First Law = Heat Transfer	- Middle School - High School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Activity = Laboratory = Tutorial = Unit of Instruction

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Restriction:: © 2001 http://www.ucar.edu/legal/terms_of_use.shtml
Keywords:: carbon cycle, carbon dioxide, demonstration, experiment, greenhouse gases, heat, heat transfer, infrared radiation, module, radiation, solar energy, thermal energy, transpiration
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 16, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 20, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 11, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics To Go

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This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: Heat and Temperature
Unit Title: Environmental Concerns: Global Climate and Greenhouse Effect

A week-long unit on the processes associated with global climate change. Seven creative classroom activities promote understanding of the carbon cycle, transpiration, and how human activity is impacting the climate of our planet.

Links to Units:

Physical Sciences K-8 Environmental Concerns: Global Climate and Greenhouse Effect Unit

Topic: Heat and Temperature
Unit Title: Environmental Concerns: Global Climate and Greenhouse Effect

A module for 9th grade Physical Science on the processes associated with global climate change. Includes seven creative classroom activities to promote understanding of the carbon cycle, transpiration, and how human activity is impacting the climate of our planet.

Link to Unit:

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=8186">University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change. Boulder: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, October 11, 2007.</a>

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(University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 2001), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_1.htm).

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Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 2001), <http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_1.htm>.

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Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change. (2007, October 11). Retrieved May 20, 2025, from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_1.htm

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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change. Boulder: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, October 11, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_1.htm (accessed 20 May 2025).

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Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere: Global Climate Change. Boulder: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 2001. 11 Oct. 2007. 20 May 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20170209230158/https://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_1.htm>.

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