Earth's Energy Budget

Autor/inn/en	Barth-Cohen, Lauren; Greenberg, Kevin; Moretz, Elizabeth
Titel	Earth's Energy Budget
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 86 (2018) 2, S.20-27 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Energy; Climate; Radiation; Ecology; Heat; Environmental Education; High School Students; Charter Schools; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Models; Graphs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Energie; Klima; Strahlung; Ökologie; Hitze; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Charter school; Charter-Schule; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Analogiemodell; Grafische Darstellung
Abstract	Understanding the relationship between energy and temperature can be challenging, but it is crucial to developing an understanding of the underlying mechanism behind climate change. In this article, the authors review the development of a unit that focuses on the relationship between energy, greenhouse gases, aerosols (a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air), and temperature through a model known as the Earth's Energy Budget, which tracks incoming and outgoing radiation, similar to a monetary budget. They implemented this unit in an Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science class, using the framing question: "Could aerosols worsen or improve what greenhouse gases are doing to our atmosphere?" By the end of the unit, the students knew why greenhouse gases and aerosols affect the climate and used this understanding to ask insightful questions that the authors hope will propel their intellectual curiosity. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01