WEBQUEST

Global Warming

Global Warming Webquest Student page

Introduction

Global warming and its potential harmful impacts has become a pressing issues facing scientists and policy makers all over the world. In this activity, you are being called into action by the United Nations to examine the causes and potential impacts of global warming and to develop policy recommendations for adoption by UN member nations. You serve as an expert member of a climate action team working on global warming issues. Your team will investigate the following questions:

•  Is the climate warming?
•  What role, if any, do humans have in contributing to climate change?
•  What policy choices can be made to respond to global warming?

The UN has asked that you pay special attention to sustainable energy and the production of greenhouse gases. While much is now known about climate change and energy use, there are still many questions that need to be answered and decisions that will have to be made in order to address the problems associated with global warming.

For this project you will work in groups of five. As a team, you will use the Koshland Science Museum website along with other web-based resources to investigate climate change and global warming. Your initial investigation will be completed as a group using the Group Worksheet. NOTE – While this scenario is fictitious, many of the questions addressed in this activity are the same questions being considered by real-life climate scientists, economists, policy analysts, energy experts, and urban planners.

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