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Climate Literacy
This Video builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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- Sun is primary energy
- Climate is complex
- Life affects climate; climate affects life
- Climate is variable
- Humans affect climate
- Climate change has consequences
Energy Literacy
This Video builds on the following concepts of Energy Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- This video can be used to introduce or reinforce the concept of the greenhouse effect and how greenhouse gases function. It offers the opportunity to tie into other climate topics including human-caused climate change, ecosystem impacts of climate change, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
About the Content
- This video provides a simple and visually-appealing explanation of the greenhouse effect and climate change. It describes how greenhouse gases absorb and re-emit longwave radiation. It includes a discussion of how scientists know that climate change is mostly caused by the of burning fossil fuels. It also considers how these changes affect our planet globally.
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- Recognition that everything emits radiation
- Difference between short wave and long wave radiation
- Clearly and visually describes how the greenhouse effect works and the benefit to having greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
- Explanation of carbon isotopes
- Impacts of warming world (hotter days, more dependence on water resources, more forest fires, less skiing days, warmer Arctic)
About the Pedagogy
- The explanation and illustrations of the greenhouse effect and the function of greenhouse gases are presented in a coherent, logical manner.
- There are opportunities to stop the video and further explain concepts or explore them in more detail.
- This video can be used in a larger lesson or unit plan to help students gain understanding of these concepts.
