Week 13

 What did you do in lab? What was the big question?

- talked about the Before the Flood movie

- talked about coupled inquiry

- Phenology: timing of natural events

- why is it important to help students learn how to read data? 

                - because they will need to be able to read data and create data when they are older and for when they are wanting to learn about these things that are changing. 

Create a brief lesson plan outline on how you could introduce the idea of “data” ad reading data in your future classroom? 

What did you learn from the Pressbook?

What is a greenhouse gas?

Certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere are called greenhouse gases. Like a greenhouse, they let sunlight through to reach the surface of Earth and then trap its heat in the atmosphere. The most abundant greenhouse gases are:

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)-Carbon dioxide is naturally released from decaying organisms and volcanic eruptions. However, humans are the main cause of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels.
• Nitrous oxide (N2O)-Bacteria naturally produce nitrous oxide, but humans create more from industrial activities such as factory waste and agricultural products such as fertilizer.
• Methane (CH4)-Methane is naturally created in wetlands and oceans, but humans also contribute to excess methane through agriculture; cows release a significant amount of methane by burping when they digest their food.
• Water Vapor (H2O)-From the effects of climate change, there is more energy in Earth’s systems and the global water cycle. As the temperature increases, this causes more water to evaporate and enter the atmosphere as water vapor, a heat-trapping molecule.
• Ozone (O3)-High in the atmosphere, the ozone layer (naturally occurring ozone) blocks the Sun’s radiation and helps regulate Earth’s temperature. Lower in the atmosphere, however, human activities such as vehicle emissions create additional ozone. This ozone is bad because it traps heat in the atmosphere and creates smog.
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What did you learn from lecture? 

Why do some regions have cold climates and some have warmer climates?

L.O.W.E.R

Near Water

L: Latitude

• Distance from the Equator is a key factor in detaining whether a climate is hot or cold.

• Places closer to the North and South poles = colder temperatures 

• Places near the equator = warmer temperatures

O: Ocean Currents

• The temperature of the ocean current affects the temperature of air that passes over it. 

W: Wind and Air Masses

• An air mass is a large volume of air that takes on the climatic conditions of the area where it is formed. 

E: Elevation

• the higher in altitude, the colder in temperature

• As the air rises, it expands because of the lower air pressure

• As the air expands, it cools

R: Relief 

• precipitation created when an air mass rises to cross a mountain barrier

Near Water

• In the summer the water acts like an air conditioner to keep the air temperatures cool.

• In the winter, water acts like a heater to keep the temperatures from getting too cold

• Continental Climate (away from water)

• Maritime Climate (close to water)