The Science of Global Warming

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.05.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Fundamentals of Global Warming
  3. Strategies
  4. Sample Lessons
  5. Bibliography
  6. Appendices

A Planet Worth a Thousand Words: An English Teacher's Guide to Global Warming

Kimberlee Presswood

Published September 2006

Tools for this Unit:

Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography for Teachers

Chapman, C. & King, R. (2005). Differentiated assessment strategies. Thousand Oaks,

CA: Corwin Press, Inc. This is a comprehensive look at assessment for all

learners.

Collom, J. & Noethe, S. (2000). Poetry everywhere. New York: Teachers and Writers

Collaborative. This book is full of fantastic writing exercises and sample poems. It contains lunes, haiku and pantoums among other forms. The "I Remember" poem is similar to the "I Come From" form.

Flannery, T. (2006). The weather makers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Flannery

emphasizes the effects climate change has on biodiversity.

Kolbert, E. (2006). Field notes from a catastrophe. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.

This book clearly explains aspects of global warming from a journalist's perspective.

McCarthy, B. (2000). About teaching: 4Mat in the classroom. Wauconda, IL: About

Learning, Inc. This is a useful source for structuring lessons.

Motavalli, J. (ed). (2004). Feeling the heat: Dispatches from the frontlines of climate

change. New York: Routledge. Passionate voices contribute to this collection of short essays and articles.

Reed, Ishmael. (ed). (2003). From totems to hip-hop: A multicultural anthology of poetry

across the Americas, 1900-2002. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. Reed includes poetry about identity, family, politics and nature.

Stwertka, A. (2002). A guide to the elements. New York: Oxford University Press.

Anyone who wants to understand the components of our atmosphere should refer to this book.

Sylwester, R. (1995). A celebration of neurons: An educator's guide to the human brain.

Alexandria, VA: ASCD Publications. This is a great book for any educator who

wants to know how people think.

Internet Sources

Buchdal, Joe. Global Climate Change Student Guide:

http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/Resources/gcc/. Although this is a guide for college students, it offers nice explanations for the different aspects of climate change. Some sections may be appropriate for high school students.

Goddard Institute for Space Studies: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/. This is a good site for

general information.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/index.html. The Kyoto

Protocol can be found here.

Inuit Circumpolar Conference: http://www.inuit.org/index.asp?lang=eng&num=2. This

site provides useful links.

National Academies:

http://www4.nas.edu/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/climate?OpenDocument. This is information about global warming from the scientists themselves.

Annotated Bibliography for Students

Gore, A. (2006). An inconvenient truth. Emmaus, PA: Rodale. This book breaks down

the information about global warming for the general public.

Kemp, W.H. (2004). Smart power: An urban guide to renewable energy and efficiency.

Tamworth: Aztec Press. Use Kemp's suggestions to help mitigate global warming.

Maslin, M. (2002). Global warming. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press. This is an excellent

introduction to global warming. It includes great photographs.

Tal, A. (ed.). (2006). Speaking of Earth. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Speeches about the environment from all over the world can be found here.

Internet Sources

Climate Change Education: http://www.climatechangeeducation.org/tv.html. This site

may provide ideas for the final presentation. It also contains links to a student-made video and a parody by Will Ferrell.

Environmental Protection Agency:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html. This has a lot of useful information on global warming, including a link to measure a carbon footprint. It also has a kid's site that may provide ideas for a final presentation.

Koshland Science Museum:

http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp. This is a great site for the basic facts about global warming.

Safe Climate: http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/. Measure your carbon footprint.

Wildlife Federation: http://www.nwf.org/globalwarming/wildlife.cfm. Learn how global

warming affects animals and plants.

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