The Science of Global Warming

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.05.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. The Students
  3. The Unit
  4. Lesson Plans
  5. Resources

Teaching Science and Global Warming

Michele L. Murzak

Published September 2006

Tools for this Unit:

Resources

Readings for Research

(1) An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore,

Rodale, 2006

(2) Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert,

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006

(3) Universe by R.A. Freedman, W.J. Kaufman,

W.H. Freeman Publications

Student Readings

Concept Science Books on the Universe by Colin Walker,

Modern Curriculum Press, Inc. 1990

Global Warming by Sally Morgan,

Heinemann, Sept. 2002

Global Warming by Peggy J. Parks,

Thomson Gale, Nov. 2004

Global Warming: The Threat of Earth's Changing Climate by Laurence P. Pringle,

North-South Books, Feb. 2003

Human Impact by Carole Garbuny Vogel,

Scholastic Library Publishing, Sept. 2003

Our Star: The Sun

Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 1993

Our Warming Planet by Lim Cheng Puay,

Raintree Publishers, May 2004

Sky and Earth by Time Life,

Time Warner, Inc., 1992

The North Pole Was Here by Andrew C. Revkin,

Houghton Mifflin Co., April 2006

The Sun by Niki Walker,

Crabtree Publishing Co., 1998

1000 Facts about the Earth by Moira Butterfield,

Times Four Publishing, 1992

Web Sources

http://www.giss.nas.gov

Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA); search James Hansen on Global Warming

http://www.en.wikipedia.org

World Encyclopedia

http://www.epa.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.noaa.gov

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

http://www.edf.org

Environmental Defense

http://abcnews.go.com

ABC News

http://www.nas.edu

National Academies; Advisors to the Nation of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

http://www.uscsusa.org

Union of Concerned Scientists; Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions

http://www.aaas.org

Advancing Science, Serving Society

http://www.climatecrisis.net

An Inconvenient Truth Website; search under "Take Action"

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