AIT Global Warming Resources

Global Warming Resources

Before watching An Inconvenient Truth (AIT), complete the following sheet (click here to download in Word).

Use the following resources to define these concepts on your sheet:

Once you have completed defining the vocabulary, read the Spatial Perspetive Handout with your class.

Watch the movie AIT. As you watch answer the An Inconvenient Truth (2006) study guide questions.

Counting Carbon Emissions Resources:

Write answers to the following in your Science notebook.

About how far do you travel to school each day?
How can we figure out how much carbon we as a class are putting into our atmosphere?
How can we figure out how much carbon our community is putting into the atmosphere? Our state? Our country?
How much carbon do you put in the air each year?

Use the following websites to calculate your average weekly carbon emissions:

Data Sources for greenhouse gas emissions:

In your Science notebook respond to the following:

What are Washington State's policies regarding air quality? Regarding global warming?
What are the U.S. policies regarding air quality? Regarding global warming?
What do you think other countries are doing about air quality? About global warming?

Information on Fuel Economy, Emissions, ETC:

Fuel Economy
Weather.com Green Vehicle Guide

And another resource submitted by Ms. Britton's Science classes in Grand Prairie, Texas:
Heating Up the Earth - Global Warming for Kids!

Here is another resource with a great video recommended by Barbara & Bridget Lincoln:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards in the United States

Here are more resources sent by Jamie Strand of SciCamps: