Activities:
10:15 - 10:30 am
Pre-test (no grade)
10:30 - 11:00 am
In-class Activity #1 - All class
· Class puts together a list of the different changes in climate
it thinks are taking place at this time
· Class orders them as a function of evidence with which it is familiar
· Class assigns a level of confidence of the connection to global
warming
11:00 - 11:30 am
In-class Activity
#2 - Group of 2 students
· Describe in word to your fellow student what the graphic shows
· Working together, interpret the results in different ways
· What would be needed to decide which way is more valid?
12:30 - 1:00 pm
In-class
Activity #3 - All class
· Update original list
· Order them as a function of what you think the level of scientific
confidence is
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 1
Why is climate changing and how can we predict how it will change in the
future?
10:00 - 10:45 am
Lecture
10:15 - 11:15 am
In-class Activity #1 - All class
* Class, with guidance from instructor, puts together a list of laws that
pertain to energy and radiation
In-class
Activity #2 - Group of 2 students
* Discuss laws that pertain to energy and radiation
and provide examples of how they apply in the day-to-day world
11:15 - 11:30 am
- Break
11:30 - 12:15 pm
In-class Activity
#3 - Group of 2 students
* Follow teacher's instructions to compute the Earth radiative equilibrium
temperature
In-class Activity #4 - All class
* Discuss greenhouse effect
12:15- 12:30 pm
- Break
12:30 - 1:15 pm
Lab
1:15
- 2:00 pm
In-class Activity #3 - All class
* Discuss results on models found
* Discuss uncertainties
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 8
What
can be done to mitigate and adapt to climate changes?
10:00 - 10:30 am
In-class Activity #1 - All class
* Class puts together a list of climate impacts to be expected from global
warming
10:30 - 11:00 am
Lecture
- Global
warming impacts and potential actions
11:00
- 11:30 am
In-class Activity #2 - Group of 2 students
* Discuss what remedial actions could be taken
11:30 - 11:45 am-
Break
11:45
- 12:30 pm
Lab
12:30 - 1:00 pm
In-class Activity #4 - All class
* Present Main idea of Framework Convention for Climate
Change and Kyoto Protocol
* Present someof the problems of the Kyoto Protocol
