Energy, Climate, Environment

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.07.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Objectives
  3. The Essence of the Earth
  4. The Natural State of Affairs
  5. When Things Go Awry and Upset the Natural Balance
  6. What's Happening to Our Environment?
  7. What's Plastic Got to do With Climate Change?
  8. Strategies Employed During Implementation
  9. Independent Research
  10. Classroom Activities
  11. Teacher Resources
  12. Student Resources
  13. Interactive Websites for Students
  14. Appendices
  15. Endnotes

Energy, Climate, Environment: What's Plastic Got To Do with It?

Doriel I. Moorman

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Interactive Websites for Students

http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids

Informational and illustrated website on Climate System and global warming.

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/pdfs/k00-001.pdf

An informational booklet that explains the reasons to reduce, reuse, and recycle. It makes the connection to trash and climate change. Students in grades 4-5 complete puzzle activities and use their math skills to learn about how reducing, reusing, and recycling affect climate change.

http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials

A section of the Environmental Protection Agency's website that contains information on a variety of non-hazardous materials recovered for recycling in the United States.

http://www.wildwildweather.com/

This site offers sources for learning activities and interaction regarding weather that lead to studying Science, Math, Language, and Geography.

http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/kidspage.cfm

An informational global warming kid's page aimed at helping kids better understand global warming with links to other related sites.

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

This is an animated diagram of the water cycle.

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/

Animated diagram of Global Warmng and the Greenhouse Effect.

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/energybalance/index.html

Animated diagram of Global Energy Balance.

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