1. What Is Global Warming? Learning Objectives
1. Summarise the causes and effects of Global Warming
2. Identify and Describe perspectives on Global Warming
3. Communicate your ideas

2. What do I know?
Causes
Effects
Perspectives
What do I want to know?
In groups discuss and write your ideas

3. Glossary – please start a glossary with these words
* Climate
* Climate Change
* Global warming
* Global Average Temperature
* Atmosphere
* Greenhouse effect
* CO2
* Methane
* Deforestation
* Desertification

4. Greenhouse effect- the warming of the surface by back radiation from the atmosphere
Without the greenhouse
effect the world would
be frozen!

5. Temperature Change Temperature change is part of a natural process
The world is coming out of an ice age or colder period
The problem is that the warming is happening very quickly
Describe and explain what this graph shows

6. An explanation of the causes of rapid recent temperature changes include
Make your own copy of this diagram

7. This graph shows the increase in world temperature
in the last 100 years
Describe and explain what this graph shows
What are some of the possible reasons for this?

9. Man made Greenhouse gases
Make your own copy of this diagram

10. The possible effects of global warming

11. Describe what this map shows.
Explain why some places are affected more than others
Is this fair?

13. Viewpoints held about global warming by
List groups
who would
oppose the
idea of global
warming and
support it

19. Use the nisktobegp.weebly.com
website to help you identify groups who agree or disagree with global warming ideas
For
97% of scientists
Against
Conservative groups
Global Warming
Groups
WHY?
For each group come up with possible reasons for their perspectives