Cindy Shellito, On the Cutting Edge Collection - Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
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Students gain experience using a spreadsheet and working with others to decide how to conduct their model 'experiments' with the NASA GEEBITT (Global Equilibrium Energy Balance Interactive Tinker Toy). This activity helps students become more familiar with the physical processes that made Earth's early climate so different from that of today. Students also acquire first-hand experience with a limitation in modeling, specifically, parameterization of critical processes.
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Greenhouse effect, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Solar radiation Resource Type: Activities Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16) Theme: Teach the Earth:Enhancing your Teaching:NGSS, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Environmental Science, Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science
