The Science of Global Warming

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.05.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Introduction
  3. The Scientific Method in Everyone
  4. The Greenhouse Effect and the Albedo
  5. Global Warming
  6. Activities for Interdisciplinary Instruction of Sea Level Rise and the Earth Day Celebration
  7. Organizing the Earth Day Event
  8. Bibliography For Teachers
  9. Reading List for Students
  10. Websites
  11. Materials
  12. Implementing District Standards

Educating the Community about Global Warming and Sea Level Rise through Earth Day

Matthew D. Cacopardo

Published September 2006

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Bibliography For Teachers

Alley RB, Clark PU, Huybrechts P, and Joughin I., Ice-Sheet and Sea Level Changes. Science 2005; 310 : 456-460 This article provided information on sea level rise and its impact on ecosystems.

Douglas BC, Leaterman SP, Zang K, Global Warming and Coastal Erosion. Climate Change 2004; 64:41-58 An in depth analysis on how sea level rise and coastal erosion will affect the East Coast.

Gao SP, Kraucho N, Li MH, Global Warming: Can Existing Reserves Really Preserve Current Levels of Biological Diversity. Journal of Integrated Plant Biology 2006; 48 (3): 255-259. This article provides a good introduction to global warming's affect on species migration.

Hansen J, The Threat to the Planet., The New York Review., 7/13/2006

IPPC In: Hughton, J.T., Ding, Y., Griggs, D.J. Noguer, M., van der Linden, P.J. Dai, X., Mandkell, and K., Johnson C.A., Climate Change: The Scientific Basis Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press 2001; pg. 881

Kaufmann, William J, Universe, 3rd Edition, W.H. Freeman, 1991

Schwartz, M.D., Atlas, R., and Assa, A., Onset of Spring Starting Earlier Across the Northern Hemisphere., Global Change Biology 2006; 12:343-351

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