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

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Endnotes

1 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change p 6

2 Mark Maslin, Global Warming-A Very Short Introduction, 4-6

3 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 6-8

4 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 31

5 Mark Maslin, Global Warming-A Very Short Introduction, 4

6 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 24-25

7 Mark Maslin, Global Warming-A Very Short Introduction, 6

8 EPA, Climate Change Kids Site - The Greenhouse Effect,

9 Mark Maslin, Global Warming-A Very Short Introduction, 6

10 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 39

11 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 54

12 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 58

13 EPA, Climate Change Kids Site Carbon Cycle Movie, adaptation

14 Jan Thornhill, This Is My Planet-The Kid's Guide to Global Warming

15 Thomas R. Karl, Global Warming and the Earth's Water Cycle: What Do the Changes Mean and Why be Concerned?

16 Marian Koshland, Global Warming Facts and our Future, http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/carbon02.jsp,

17 Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, (eds.), Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States,

18 Mark Maslin, Global Warming, 6-7

19 Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S.;U.S. Global Change Research Program

20 Frances Drake, Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, 54

21 Hertsgaard, Mark. 2006. While Washington Slept

22 Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, (eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2009, 18

23 Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, (eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2009, 18

24 Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, (eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2009, 16-17

25 Action Club, 2008;Plastic Bag Fact Sheet, Lincoln Academy

26 Richardson, Annie. 2008. Plastic bags and oil consumption

27 John Wargo, The Quiet Revolution in Plastics, 269

28 John Wargo, The Quiet Revolution in Plastics, 273

29 How are plastics made? Michigan Reach Out

30 John Wargo, The Quiet Revolution in Plastics, 267

31 John Cowens, Paper or Plastic?

32 Plastic bags and plastic bottles - CO 2 emissions during their lifetime

33 Auden Schendler, Getting Green Done, 18

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