This video may not work on your computer, since most computers at our school do not have Quicktime.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/PlanetEarthScience/GlobalWarming/GW_IntroMovie.html

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change

Scroll down the page and click on "Quotes" read the quotes on global warming and pick the quote that you find most interesting, rewrite the quote and the source (who said it) on your worksheet.

Then go to the "timeline" on global warming. Summarize in one to two sentences the main global climate events in the following years: 1987, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005

Make sure you answer extra question for 1997, what is the Kyoto Protocol Agreement?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/climate_change/usa.stm

Looking at the chart which country is responsible for the most CO2 emissions?

Describe how President Bush feels about the Kyoto Protocol?

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html

Check out the animation showing how global warming happens by clicking on the sun twice and then clicking on the green arrow under the word NEXT to view the animation.

Explain what happens in the different scenes

For example:

Scene One:  Lots of pollution from cars and factories interacting with the sun's rays

Scene Two: ____________________________

Scene Three:____________________________

Scene Four:____________________________

Scene Five:____________________________

Scene Six:_____________________________

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/change.html

What has caused all of this change? Answer the following questions.

What major historical period began a dramatic change in our environment?

This change led to many other changes on the planet like increased ______

_________, ____________ burning, and ______

all of these have affected the mixture of _________________.

What our some common things we do that add greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

1.______________________

2.______________________

3.______________________

What are some other things we do that also send greenhouse gases into the air?

1.______________________

2.______________________

3.______________________

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/climate_change/impact/default.stm

What is happening in these countries?

United Kingdom__________________________

Southern Europe__________________________

USA_______________________________

Australia_____________________________

Antarctica_____________________________

Indonesia_____________________________

Bangladesh____________________________

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/difference.html

The Environmental Protection Agency has come up with a short list (eleven items) of things we can do to reduce gas house emissions.  After reading the list rank the top three recommendations and explain why would think they are most important.

1.____________________________________________

2.____________________________________________

3.____________________________________________

http://www.coolcities.us/

Find out was some cities are doing since our federal (Washington D.C.) government has been somewhat slow with bring measure to try to reduce gas house emissions and possibly decrease global warming.

What is the Cool Cities program?

Click on Illinois.  What Illinois cities are participating in the program?

1. _______________

2._______________

3._______________

4._______________

Read what Schaumburg is doing.  List three different initiatives (new ideas/plans/programs) that are taking place.

1.________________________________

2.________________________________

3.________________________________

Click on Chicago to read more.  What are some campaigns that Chicago has developed in response to the Cool Cities program?

1.________________________________

2.________________________________

Currently there is a major debate over global warming, is it really happening? And if temperatures are rising is this a natural climate change or one caused by humans?

Videos may not stream correctly at school, but we can try!  Click on "Glaciers" using the media format WMV Hi

http://streams.cei.org/

What is the message of this video?

http://t2www.nasa.r3h.net/centers/goddard/mov/97513main_Esu%20Pkg%20REVISED.mov

What is the message of this video?