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CREATE
PROCESS
CONTENT
Design/Conduct
Greenhouse Effect
PRODUCT
Experiment with Lab
Report
Design and conduct an experiment to test the effect of a greenhouse gas on temperature. Prepare a
lab report to show your findings.
EVALUATE
Justify
Greenhouse Effect
Letter or Verbal
Presentation
Assume you were a climate scientist and were called before a congressional committee to testify on
the global warming issue. What public policies would you recommend that require reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions and why? Explain your position and support it with scientific evidence in a
letter to the committee.
ANALYZE
Conduct/Analyze data
Greenhouse Effect
Data Analysis Report
Use the PhET Greenhouse Effect on-line interactive simulation to analyze greenhouse gases' tendency
to absorb infrared radiation and visible radiation. Analyze data that describes what happens to photons
that are absorbed and re-emitted by greenhouse gases. Report your approach, your data, and a
description of your findings.
APPLY
Compare
Greenhouse Effect
Venn Diagram or Essay
Compare and contrast natural and human activities that contribute to the increase of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere. Include the explanation of the effect on Earth’s changing climate.
UNDERSTAND
Explain
Greenhouse Effect
Presentation with
Visuals
Create a presentation to explain what the Greenhouse Effect is and how it affects Earth’s changing
climate. Describe the evidence for increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and
for the relationship between increases in these gases and increases in temperature.
REMEMBER
Define/Illustrate
Greenhouse Effect
Illustration/Diagram or
Skit
Identify the key components of the Greenhouse Effect. Name four greenhouse gases and show how
they absorb and redirect solar energy.