The document discusses global climate change and perspectives on nature and the environment. It references a presentation by Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist who was part of the IPCC and won a Nobel Prize. The document also mentions the Mauna Loa Curve showing increasing carbon dioxide levels over time and the greenhouse effect. It notes that we cannot do a controlled experiment on climate change due to having only one planet, so we rely on mathematical models and the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Learn about the process of accretion by playing the role of the Sun. Or, be a dust particle that turns into a planet.
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This document summarizes work being done by the New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force and a related urban heat effects study in New York City. It discusses the concept of the Anthropocene geological epoch and examines factors like exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity related to climate change impacts. It also outlines partnerships between academic institutions and city agencies conducting a pilot study on public health impacts of urban heat effects and climate change in NYC neighborhoods.
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This document discusses solar power and its impacts. It provides information on the top 5 largest solar plants globally and discusses how solar power works by converting sunlight into thermal or electrical energy. Potential issues with solar power are mentioned, such as the land usage required and impacts on wildlife like birds. Suggested solutions to issues include using satellites and developing self-cleaning solar panel systems.
This document presents a seminar on microgravity environments. It defines microgravity as very small gravitational forces, similar to weightlessness. Microgravity is created using three main methods: placing objects in free fall in orbit, flying parabolic arcs on aircraft, and using neutral buoyancy laboratories. The effects of microgravity on the human body include muscle and bone loss without exercise. Artificial gravity through rotation is proposed to counter these health effects of long-term weightlessness. The seminar discusses applications of microgravity research and the need for alternatives like artificial gravity for human space flight.
The document summarizes arguments in favor of conducting solar radiation management (SRM) experiments. It reviews literature on geoengineering, finding support from prominent scientific bodies for limited SRM experiments under governance frameworks. However, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity currently has a moratorium on geoengineering. The document argues this prevents critical research and that principles of addressing climate change through innovative solutions, SRM's affordability and potential impact, and including SRM as part of a portfolio of solutions justify establishing governance for controlled SRM experiments before considering deployment.
This document outlines a student activity to investigate global warming. Students will be split into groups that research what causes global warming, document its local consequences through photos/videos, and design a poster with solutions. They will create a PowerPoint on causes, a Flickr page showing local impacts, and a Glogster poster with solutions. The activity aims to educate students on this important issue and steps that can be taken to address it.
The document discusses global climate change and perspectives on nature and the environment. It references a presentation by Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist who was part of the IPCC and won a Nobel Prize. The document also mentions the Mauna Loa Curve showing increasing carbon dioxide levels over time and the greenhouse effect. It notes that we cannot do a controlled experiment on climate change due to having only one planet, so we rely on mathematical models and the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Learn about the process of accretion by playing the role of the Sun. Or, be a dust particle that turns into a planet.
Register to explore the whole course here: https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive?WT.mc_id=Slideshare12202017
This document summarizes work being done by the New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force and a related urban heat effects study in New York City. It discusses the concept of the Anthropocene geological epoch and examines factors like exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity related to climate change impacts. It also outlines partnerships between academic institutions and city agencies conducting a pilot study on public health impacts of urban heat effects and climate change in NYC neighborhoods.
This document discusses solar power and its impacts. It provides information on the top 5 largest solar plants globally and discusses how solar power works by converting sunlight into thermal or electrical energy. Potential issues with solar power are mentioned, such as the land usage required and impacts on wildlife like birds. Suggested solutions to issues include using satellites and developing self-cleaning solar panel systems.
This document discusses solar power and its impacts. It provides information on the top 5 largest solar plants globally and discusses how solar power works by converting sunlight into thermal or electrical energy. Potential issues with solar power are mentioned, such as the land usage required and impacts on wildlife like birds. Suggested solutions to issues include using satellites and developing self-cleaning solar panel systems.
This document presents a seminar on microgravity environments. It defines microgravity as very small gravitational forces, similar to weightlessness. Microgravity is created using three main methods: placing objects in free fall in orbit, flying parabolic arcs on aircraft, and using neutral buoyancy laboratories. The effects of microgravity on the human body include muscle and bone loss without exercise. Artificial gravity through rotation is proposed to counter these health effects of long-term weightlessness. The seminar discusses applications of microgravity research and the need for alternatives like artificial gravity for human space flight.
The document summarizes arguments in favor of conducting solar radiation management (SRM) experiments. It reviews literature on geoengineering, finding support from prominent scientific bodies for limited SRM experiments under governance frameworks. However, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity currently has a moratorium on geoengineering. The document argues this prevents critical research and that principles of addressing climate change through innovative solutions, SRM's affordability and potential impact, and including SRM as part of a portfolio of solutions justify establishing governance for controlled SRM experiments before considering deployment.
This document outlines a student activity to investigate global warming. Students will be split into groups that research what causes global warming, document its local consequences through photos/videos, and design a poster with solutions. They will create a PowerPoint on causes, a Flickr page showing local impacts, and a Glogster poster with solutions. The activity aims to educate students on this important issue and steps that can be taken to address it.
Climate action project dautry-week 3- video call with the Republic of MoldovaMarie-Hélène Fasquel
This document outlines the third week of a climate action project between students in France and Moldova. It discusses exploring the potential impacts of 1.5-2 degree Celsius of global warming through research and reviewing sources like the IPCC report. Students are asked to consider effects on plants, animals, weather patterns, and human activity. They will then have a virtual exchange to share ideas about future impacts and actions to address climate change through icebreaker activities and discussing reasons for confidence.
This document provides an agenda and materials for a workshop on climate change. The workshop aims to address participants' needs and foster helpful discussions through presentations on topics like the Earth system, climate change basics, impacts on people, policy contexts, and potential solutions. Activities are included to help explain concepts like the carbon cycle, climate modeling, and impacts of climate change. The goal is to present useful, effective, and fun classroom-ready activities to improve understanding of this important issue.
This document outlines an assignment for students to research and present on various effects of climate change. It instructs students to get into groups, each assigned to one effect of climate change such as droughts or hurricanes. They are to read an article about their assigned effect, then create a newscast answering questions about the signs, causes, concerns, related problems, and areas impacted. Finally, students will present their newscasts and take notes on each effect.
This document provides guidance for a student's independent study task on climate change. It outlines topics for the student's report such as natural climate change mechanisms, past climate changes including ice ages, the greenhouse effect and human contributions to it, predicted impacts of climate change globally and in the UK, and conclusions on whether the USA was right to refuse signing the Kyoto climate change treaty. It recommends including maps, diagrams and graphs, and provides a list of useful websites for researching the topics, including sites outlining the basics of global warming, climate change impacts, and information on Milankovitch cycles. The student is asked to produce a report of no more than 800 words to clear up the debate on climate change.
This document provides a curriculum map for a Grade 5 science class unit on Earth's atmosphere and the solar system. The unit consists of 12 lessons over several days covering topics like the hydrologic cycle, heating of land and water, tropical cyclones, climate, seasons, the solar system, and more. Each lesson has clear learning objectives and incorporates activities, discussions, presentations, worksheets and quizzes to help students understand key concepts and practice critical thinking. The overarching goal is for students to realize the complexity of natural systems and promote initiative in identifying and resolving environmental issues.
This lesson plan aims to teach students about global warming through class discussions, research, and a final project. Students will form definitions of the greenhouse effect, analyze diagrams and resources on global warming, conduct research on different perspectives in the debate, compare viewpoints in a Venn diagram, take a position and support it with evidence. The lesson relates to national science, geography, health, world history, and language arts standards and is estimated to take 4-5 class periods plus time for a final project.
This document discusses sustainability and innovation. It begins by defining sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It then outlines four objectives of a sustainable society: 1) reducing impacts on the Earth's crust, 2) reducing accumulated substances, 3) reducing physical degradation of nature, and 4) ensuring people can meet basic needs. The document argues that through innovation and changing perspectives, sustainability can become an opportunity. It provides examples of companies that have benefited from sustainable practices.
This document discusses sustainability and innovation. It begins by defining sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It then outlines four objectives of a sustainable society: 1) reducing impacts on the earth's crust, 2) reducing accumulated substances, 3) reducing physical degradation of nature, and 4) ensuring people can meet basic needs. The document argues that through innovation and changing perspectives, sustainability can become an opportunity. It provides examples of companies that have benefited from sustainable practices.
The document discusses strategies for teaching sustainability and climate change concepts to early childhood students. It outlines a 5Es lesson plan focused on the greenhouse effect, engaging students with videos, having them do a hands-on experiment to explore temperature changes inside jars with different conditions, explaining concepts like climate change and its future impacts, elaborating on how these issues apply personally and generating ideas to help the environment, and evaluating student understanding of key takeaways about the importance of addressing climate change. Resources like books and websites are also provided to support teaching sustainability and climate change topics to early learners.
This slideshow outlines a 2-week class project called "Global What?" where students will study global warming and its effects. They will construct a poster presentation displaying what global warming is and how it affects both individuals and Earth. The project aims to help students understand global climate concepts like how global warming affects humans, the ozone layer, and more. It will involve time outdoors observing temperature/weather patterns. The roles of teachers, parents, and students are defined to ensure the project's success.
The disappearance of the golden toad in Costa Rica's Monteverde cloud forest in 1999 was one of the earliest observed effects of climate change. Scientists believe rising temperatures caused the clouds to lift higher, drying out the frogs' environment. This event highlights the emerging field of environmental science, which studies human interactions with the environment using various disciplines like ecology, chemistry, geology, and social sciences. Sound scientific practice requires testing hypotheses through reproducible experiments and openly reporting results, even if they disprove initial hypotheses.
The document describes a scenario where a team of 4 scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
The document describes a scenario where a team of four scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - as a climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
This document provides a lesson on global warming that is designed to be completed in one to three class periods. It discusses key concepts around global warming including the greenhouse effect, causes of rising carbon dioxide levels, evidence of climate change, and potential impacts. Students are engaged through class discussions and an assessment where they write an essay evaluating evidence on the causes and effects of global warming.
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This document provides an overview of navigating the global "safe operating space" with three key points:
1) It discusses five core sustainability principles and acknowledges the ecological, social, economic, and governance challenges of staying within planetary boundaries.
2) It notes the urgent issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, perturbed biogeochemical cycles, land use change, pollution, and their interacting effects that require addressing simultaneously.
3) It recognizes the need for new science-business-policy partnerships to help shift trajectories towards sustainability given the knowledge that exists around necessary actions like halting fossil fuel emissions and resource overuse.
This document discusses global warming and its causes, consequences, and possible solutions. It begins with an introduction defining global warming and noting that while it is a natural phenomenon, human activities have amplified it. It then outlines the major causes as both natural (methane gas releases and greenhouse gases) and manmade (greenhouse effect, fossil fuel burning, and deforestation). The consequences section describes rising temperatures, sea levels, extreme weather, and habitat changes. The document proposes solutions such as renewable energy and efficiency and outlines roles for governments, corporations, organizations, and individuals to address global warming. It concludes that global warming poses serious threats and that conservation and emission reduction are needed to slow its effects.
The document discusses the current environmental situation and the need for changes. It outlines questions on the topic, provides examples of how to quote and paraphrase from newspapers, and suggests an outline for discussing the situation, arguments, refuting opposing views, and providing an evaluation. The outline suggests addressing topics like the current environmental state, causes and consequences of issues, and the thesis that natural disasters are results of human consumerism that requires action. It also gives examples of formatting for claims, evidence, and rebuttals when arguing a point of view and refuting opposing views.
The document discusses climate change and global warming. It defines climate change as long-term shifts in weather patterns due to natural and human causes that lead to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other factors. The natural causes are listed as solar output, volcanic activity, and variations in Earth's orbit. The human causes are identified as the increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, which raise carbon dioxide levels. The document outlines the debate around whether global warming poses a serious threat or is a natural phenomenon, and suggests student activities like dividing into groups to discuss causes and solutions, and developing a class project focused on environmental protection.
This document outlines several science topics that can be taught across multiple classes and disciplines:
1) Forensic mysteries where students solve crimes by discovering clues and analyzing data using sciences like chemistry and biology.
2) Impacts of climate change on social studies, current events, weather modeling, and student predictions for the future.
3) Planetary systems discussing other star systems and using physics concepts to discover exoplanets and create scale models of the solar system.
4) Ecosystems and biodiversity examining the roles of different parts of an ecosystem through chemical analysis, hands-on composting activities, and studying earthworms' role in soil.
5) Field trips and hands-on activities to help students
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Climate action project dautry-week 3- video call with the Republic of MoldovaMarie-Hélène Fasquel
This document outlines the third week of a climate action project between students in France and Moldova. It discusses exploring the potential impacts of 1.5-2 degree Celsius of global warming through research and reviewing sources like the IPCC report. Students are asked to consider effects on plants, animals, weather patterns, and human activity. They will then have a virtual exchange to share ideas about future impacts and actions to address climate change through icebreaker activities and discussing reasons for confidence.
This document provides an agenda and materials for a workshop on climate change. The workshop aims to address participants' needs and foster helpful discussions through presentations on topics like the Earth system, climate change basics, impacts on people, policy contexts, and potential solutions. Activities are included to help explain concepts like the carbon cycle, climate modeling, and impacts of climate change. The goal is to present useful, effective, and fun classroom-ready activities to improve understanding of this important issue.
This document outlines an assignment for students to research and present on various effects of climate change. It instructs students to get into groups, each assigned to one effect of climate change such as droughts or hurricanes. They are to read an article about their assigned effect, then create a newscast answering questions about the signs, causes, concerns, related problems, and areas impacted. Finally, students will present their newscasts and take notes on each effect.
This document provides guidance for a student's independent study task on climate change. It outlines topics for the student's report such as natural climate change mechanisms, past climate changes including ice ages, the greenhouse effect and human contributions to it, predicted impacts of climate change globally and in the UK, and conclusions on whether the USA was right to refuse signing the Kyoto climate change treaty. It recommends including maps, diagrams and graphs, and provides a list of useful websites for researching the topics, including sites outlining the basics of global warming, climate change impacts, and information on Milankovitch cycles. The student is asked to produce a report of no more than 800 words to clear up the debate on climate change.
This document provides a curriculum map for a Grade 5 science class unit on Earth's atmosphere and the solar system. The unit consists of 12 lessons over several days covering topics like the hydrologic cycle, heating of land and water, tropical cyclones, climate, seasons, the solar system, and more. Each lesson has clear learning objectives and incorporates activities, discussions, presentations, worksheets and quizzes to help students understand key concepts and practice critical thinking. The overarching goal is for students to realize the complexity of natural systems and promote initiative in identifying and resolving environmental issues.
This lesson plan aims to teach students about global warming through class discussions, research, and a final project. Students will form definitions of the greenhouse effect, analyze diagrams and resources on global warming, conduct research on different perspectives in the debate, compare viewpoints in a Venn diagram, take a position and support it with evidence. The lesson relates to national science, geography, health, world history, and language arts standards and is estimated to take 4-5 class periods plus time for a final project.
This document discusses sustainability and innovation. It begins by defining sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It then outlines four objectives of a sustainable society: 1) reducing impacts on the Earth's crust, 2) reducing accumulated substances, 3) reducing physical degradation of nature, and 4) ensuring people can meet basic needs. The document argues that through innovation and changing perspectives, sustainability can become an opportunity. It provides examples of companies that have benefited from sustainable practices.
This document discusses sustainability and innovation. It begins by defining sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It then outlines four objectives of a sustainable society: 1) reducing impacts on the earth's crust, 2) reducing accumulated substances, 3) reducing physical degradation of nature, and 4) ensuring people can meet basic needs. The document argues that through innovation and changing perspectives, sustainability can become an opportunity. It provides examples of companies that have benefited from sustainable practices.
The document discusses strategies for teaching sustainability and climate change concepts to early childhood students. It outlines a 5Es lesson plan focused on the greenhouse effect, engaging students with videos, having them do a hands-on experiment to explore temperature changes inside jars with different conditions, explaining concepts like climate change and its future impacts, elaborating on how these issues apply personally and generating ideas to help the environment, and evaluating student understanding of key takeaways about the importance of addressing climate change. Resources like books and websites are also provided to support teaching sustainability and climate change topics to early learners.
This slideshow outlines a 2-week class project called "Global What?" where students will study global warming and its effects. They will construct a poster presentation displaying what global warming is and how it affects both individuals and Earth. The project aims to help students understand global climate concepts like how global warming affects humans, the ozone layer, and more. It will involve time outdoors observing temperature/weather patterns. The roles of teachers, parents, and students are defined to ensure the project's success.
The disappearance of the golden toad in Costa Rica's Monteverde cloud forest in 1999 was one of the earliest observed effects of climate change. Scientists believe rising temperatures caused the clouds to lift higher, drying out the frogs' environment. This event highlights the emerging field of environmental science, which studies human interactions with the environment using various disciplines like ecology, chemistry, geology, and social sciences. Sound scientific practice requires testing hypotheses through reproducible experiments and openly reporting results, even if they disprove initial hypotheses.
The document describes a scenario where a team of 4 scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
The document describes a scenario where a team of four scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - as a climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
This document provides a lesson on global warming that is designed to be completed in one to three class periods. It discusses key concepts around global warming including the greenhouse effect, causes of rising carbon dioxide levels, evidence of climate change, and potential impacts. Students are engaged through class discussions and an assessment where they write an essay evaluating evidence on the causes and effects of global warming.
Business in boundaries göteborg sept 2015Sarah Cornell
This document provides an overview of navigating the global "safe operating space" with three key points:
1) It discusses five core sustainability principles and acknowledges the ecological, social, economic, and governance challenges of staying within planetary boundaries.
2) It notes the urgent issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, perturbed biogeochemical cycles, land use change, pollution, and their interacting effects that require addressing simultaneously.
3) It recognizes the need for new science-business-policy partnerships to help shift trajectories towards sustainability given the knowledge that exists around necessary actions like halting fossil fuel emissions and resource overuse.
This document discusses global warming and its causes, consequences, and possible solutions. It begins with an introduction defining global warming and noting that while it is a natural phenomenon, human activities have amplified it. It then outlines the major causes as both natural (methane gas releases and greenhouse gases) and manmade (greenhouse effect, fossil fuel burning, and deforestation). The consequences section describes rising temperatures, sea levels, extreme weather, and habitat changes. The document proposes solutions such as renewable energy and efficiency and outlines roles for governments, corporations, organizations, and individuals to address global warming. It concludes that global warming poses serious threats and that conservation and emission reduction are needed to slow its effects.
The document discusses the current environmental situation and the need for changes. It outlines questions on the topic, provides examples of how to quote and paraphrase from newspapers, and suggests an outline for discussing the situation, arguments, refuting opposing views, and providing an evaluation. The outline suggests addressing topics like the current environmental state, causes and consequences of issues, and the thesis that natural disasters are results of human consumerism that requires action. It also gives examples of formatting for claims, evidence, and rebuttals when arguing a point of view and refuting opposing views.
The document discusses climate change and global warming. It defines climate change as long-term shifts in weather patterns due to natural and human causes that lead to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other factors. The natural causes are listed as solar output, volcanic activity, and variations in Earth's orbit. The human causes are identified as the increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, which raise carbon dioxide levels. The document outlines the debate around whether global warming poses a serious threat or is a natural phenomenon, and suggests student activities like dividing into groups to discuss causes and solutions, and developing a class project focused on environmental protection.
This document outlines several science topics that can be taught across multiple classes and disciplines:
1) Forensic mysteries where students solve crimes by discovering clues and analyzing data using sciences like chemistry and biology.
2) Impacts of climate change on social studies, current events, weather modeling, and student predictions for the future.
3) Planetary systems discussing other star systems and using physics concepts to discover exoplanets and create scale models of the solar system.
4) Ecosystems and biodiversity examining the roles of different parts of an ecosystem through chemical analysis, hands-on composting activities, and studying earthworms' role in soil.
5) Field trips and hands-on activities to help students
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3. What is the project about?
◦ Four Weeks of Learning and Sharing
◦ EXPLORATION
◦ CAUSES
◦ EFFECTS
◦ SOLUTIONS
◦ ACTION!
◦ What is Climate? What is causing Climate Change? What are the effects of climate
change? Are they the same locally as globally? What are potential solutions? Students
try to create prototypes Students take Action and have live Interactions with global
peers.
4. Exploration of the causes
◦ Objectives for this week: Understand the difference between climate and weather Explore how
weather and climate can be measured Draw a conclusion on whether the Earth’s climate is
changing Determine if human activity is causing climate change.
◦ What is causing climage change?
◦ Is it the same locally and globally?
Activity #1: let’s define weather/climate/ climate change.
◦ 1st step: Brainstorming (in groups), using this Padlet. 15 minutes.
◦ Define:
◦ weather,
◦ Climate
◦ climate change.
◦ 2nd step: Exchanging (as a class). Link to Nasa. website, Generation Genius.
5. Activity #2 – Is the Earth’s Climate Changing?
◦ Develop a hypothesis/prediction: choose one of the two following hypotheses :
• The Earth’s climate is changing. /• The Earth’s climate is not changing.
◦ Scientists have been recording data on the Earth’s climate since we invented thermometers
other instruments to measure weather. They also have figured out ways to measure what was
the Earth’s atmosphere, temperatures, and precipitation, long before humans were on the
planet.
◦ Explore this source of climate data and note any evidence that supports AND does not
your prediction.
6. Activity #3 – Are Humans Causing Climate Change?
◦ What human activities are most responsible for climate change?
◦ Develop a hypothesis/prediction: choose one of the two following hypotheses:
• Human activity is causing the climate to change /• Human activity is not causing the climate to
climate to change
◦ Research and collect data:
◦ “What would we need to find out to figure out which prediction is correct?”
7. ◦ Research and collect data:
◦ “What would we need to find out to figure out which prediction is correct?”
◦ Check out these websites:
• NASA: Causes of Climate Change
• The Royal Society: The Basics of Climate Change
• UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change
8. ◦ Research to be presented in class and on Padlet.
◦ 1 minute-presentations.
◦ Drawing conclusions & making posters (shared on the same Padlet). Competition (3 best
posters).
9. Bibliography / Web links
◦ General environment Padlet
◦ Climate Action Project website