1. GLOBAL WARMING
By: Mr. Hunter

2. Bellwork: Copy these sentences. When feet cross the line, mouths close.
Driving a car contributes to an increase in global temperature.
Diseases can be spread more easily as a result of global warming.
Rising sea levels are a result of global climate change, but not global warming.
Exhaling contributes to global warming.
Alternative energy sources help to save gas, but do not contribute to a decrease in global temperature.

3. What is global warming?
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the earth’s near-surface air and oceans.
Some scientists believe that global warming is a result of various human activities; other scientists believe that the temperature increase is a natural change in climate.

4. What do you know about global warming?

6. Four things cause Earth’s temperature to rise.
1. increased amount of _____ _____ in earth’s atmosphere

7. Question: Does Carbon Dioxide Trap Heat?

8. 2. burning of _____ _____
coal, oil, and natural gas

9. 3. More methane is being released into the atmosphere.

10. Greenhouse Effect
Gasses trap the sun’s energy and heat closer to the surface of the earth

12. More extreme wet and dry conditions
What are some effects of global warming? Discuss how each will effect you.
More extreme wet and dry conditions
Plant and animal species migration or disappearance
Rising sea levels

14. What can you do to stop global warming?
Using your knowledge of the causes of global warming, brainstorm some ways you can stop global temperature increase.

15. Adjust your thermostat. Buy cloth shopping bags.
Use florescent bulbs.
Fill the dishwasher.
Use recycled paper.
Adjust your thermostat.
Take shorter showers.
Buy products locally.
Drive a hybrid car.
Reduce garbage.
Plant a tree.
Buy cloth shopping bags.

16. Driving a car contributes to an increase in global temperature.
Diseases can be spread more easily as a result of global warming.
Rising sea levels are a result of global climate change, but not global warming.
Exhaling contributes to global warming.
Alternative energy sources help to save gas, but do not contribute to a decrease in global temperature.

22. Assignment Choices
A. Create a cartoon that accurately reflects either the causes, impacts, or solutions to global warming.

23. The Earth speaks….
If the earth could talk to all humans about global warming, what would it say?
Write a 1-page plea……

24. How will I grade the assignment?
Creativity ____ 30 pts.
Scientific Accuracy _____ 30 pts.
Reflects student knowledge of global warming _____ 30 pts.
Grammar, punctuation, and spelling accuracy ____ 10 pts.