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The Greenhouse Effect
How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today. What happens when you add clouds? Change the greenhouse gas concentration and see how the temperature changes. Then compare to the effect of glass panes. Zoom in and see how light interacts with molecules. Do all atmospheric gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Greenhouse Effect
- Greenhouse Gases
- Heat
- Thermodynamics
- Climate
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe the effect of greenhouse gases on photons and temperature
- Describe the effect of clouds on photons and temperature
- Compare the effect of greenhouse gases to the effect of glass panes
- Describe the interaction of photons with atmospheric gases
- Explain why greenhouse gases affect temperature
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
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Greenhouse gases - sense making by observing photons
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW |
12/10/12 |
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Investigating the Greenhouse Effect
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Traci Radil | HS | Lab | 10/22/10 |
| Greenhouse Effect | Kevin Fairchild | MS HS |
Lab | 4/1/12 |
| The Greenhouse Effect Lab | Greg Van Houten | HS | Lab | 3/23/11 |
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Greenhouse Simulation Lesson
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro HS |
Demo | 10/21/10 |
| Greenhouse Effect | David Moutoux | HS | Demo HW CQs |
10/29/10 |
| Greenhouse Effect | Kayne Spooner | HS | Lab | 10/22/10 |
| The Greenhouse Effect | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | 10/21/10 |
| 온실효과 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | MS HS |
Lab Demo |
5/17/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
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Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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