Atmosphere

A subset of this group of APES teachers are also part of the Lawrence Hall of Science Climate Change Education group and so we have created a sister site specific to climate change: ===LHS Climate Change Education Wikispace for California Teachers ===

From: Deborah Lepper Suggestions on the best movie to cover air pollution and/or global warming: "Six Degrees Could Change the World" and "Too Hot Not to Handle".

From: Mark Ewoldsen I do one that I call Acid Rock that involves adding HCl to beakers that contain different rocks or chalk to illustrate what acid rain does to buildings and seashells, respectively. I also have them tell me which rock would be best as a buffer for lakes. I also add several tabs of Alka Seltzer to minimal water (control has no Alka Seltzer) to closed container and shining a heat lamp at it to imitate added CO2 to the atmosphere. They measure the change of temperature versus time for the two containers.

See National Science Foundation website with videos: "What Americans Believe About Climate Change." []

From Mark Ewoldsen: The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) has released a brochure that provides an overview of key issues related to climate change science. NACAA's Primer on Climate Change Science provides a summary of the most important information on climate change science, with the view to answering some of the key questions posed by our members (and others) about climate change science. The primer explains the greenhouse effect, the major greenhouse gases (GHGs) and their sources, the differences and similarities between GHGs and conventional air pollutants, and it documents the scientific consensus that the planet is warming and that this warming is from man-made causes.A copy of the brochure is posted on our web site: []